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What do our students have to say about Science?
It has been an exciting few modules in the Science department recently. Students have been pushing themselves harder than ever to grasp answers to the big questions.
Some of our most engaged science students have shared their thoughts below on the science curriculum and the extracurricular activities on offer at Leigh Academy Blackheath.
Tomaz is one of the school's most dedicated pupils. In between revising for his exams and doing his homework Tomaz recently filled his time by combining his two favourite subjects; Science and Computer Science. After completing all the extra challenges set by his Computer Science teacher, Tomaz tried some coding all of his own using Python code. He built a digital periodic table searcher engine, where the user can search for and identify elements based on their proton number.
Tomaz said that the task was “difficult to do, as there are over 100 elements on the table, but I enjoyed the challenge.” Tomaz has aspirations of studying Chemistry, Physics and Computer Science in his post-16 education.
Another two students who have lofty ambitions are Henry and Albira, both in year 8. When asked why she thought science was important Albira said that she “loves knowing all the different things you can do and you should never stop learning. It’s never ending.”
Henry also shares this love of learning. His goal in life is to study Physics at a top university and wants to work at CERN, probably the largest and most respected Science institute in the world. When asked why he wanted to do this he said “I want to see why everything is there. I want to see why humans are here. Why is the Universe here?”
These are the sort of questions that have been addressed elsewhere at LAB this module. Every Friday Mr. Lavrentakis runs an astronomy club. The questions explored include the following: "How are stars made? What was The Big Bang? Is there life anywhere in space?" These questions go well beyond anything normally covered in a secondary school and show the dedication that our scholars have to science. Alex R in year 10 says that the club “is really interesting and goes beyond what we normally do at GCSE."
Digital Periodic Table Searcher Engine by Tomaz
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