Kess Rowe, 10 Glynde,
writes:
We
were given seven lectures in all. The first was in the assembly hall with
everyone present. The presentation was on the world’s fastest ‘clean energy’
electric motorbike, given by Phil Edwards, one of the creators of the bike, who
works for Weald Technology, an engineering company. He told us about the
competition and struggles of building the bike.
We were then split into eight groups and attended the following lectures:
Sharon
Lowe talked about her work in geophysics, which is to do with extracting oil
from the ground for companies like BP.
Dr
Bentley Crudgington first talked about his previous work where he had to use
road kill to investigate tuberculosis in badgers but then moved on to talking
about his work testing if cows have been vaccinated. Personally I think he
was the best speaker because he was loud and very funny. He was telling us the
different types of scientists you would need to investigate a zombie apocalypse
or werewolves.
Andy
Smith from McLaren, (we won an award in engineering at the McLaren base last
year), talked about composite materials and how they can be used in cars
and sports equipment.
April-Louise
Smith and Matt Seithel, who work for the Institute of Physics and Engineering
in Medicine (IPEM), talked about the vast range of jobs in medicine. They asked
volunteers to measure the radiation all around the lab (not real) using this
machine. It was fun and they showed an interesting video.
Marie Hemingway and Dr Gillian Deal, from AWE (Atomic Weapon Establishment), talked about atomic weaponry and plasma physics. They got students to answer questions by giving out reward bags for those who answered questions.
Dr Wendy MacFarlane at the
The day was very interesting and we all learned a lot. The whole aim of the day was to show us that different departments in science work together and we are the future, so all our actions will affect the world.
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