Showing items for tag “STEAM”

• 10/10/22

  An opportunity to speak to neuroscientists and see brain imaging technology in action

  Year 13 IB Psychology students recently visited UCL's Centre for Neuroimaging, where they saw brain imaging technology in action and spoke to neuroscientists about their research and career paths.

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• 28/09/22

  Year 12 students take part in university-style science collaboration based on the theme ‘at the movies’

  It was fantastic to be able to involve our entire new cohort of IB Diploma students in the IB Science Group Project so early in the year.

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• 19/07/22

  Year 10 Physics students collaborate with other schools in STEM challenge

  A group of Year 10 Physics students collaborated with students from other local schools to explore the science behind a slinky drop as part of a STEM club challenge.

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• 12/07/22

  Bohni’s Science writing is published in Imperial College magazine 'I, Science'

  Congratulations to Bohni (Year 10) whose article Looking for joy? Find some fear won the I, Write competition run by I, Science, a science magazine published by Imperial College. 

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• 07/06/22

  Upcycled picnic blankets showcased in the House of Commons

  Following on from Soha and Aditi’s collaboration with students in the Bahamas, a project was rolled out to STEM club in which over thirty students from years 7 – 10 upcycled crisp packets to create more blankets. 

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• 28/04/22

  Students collaborate with STEM Club in the Bahamas to co-create sustainable gifts to present to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and First Lady Ann Marie Davis of the Bahamas

  Aditi and Soha (Year 12) who were part of a team that was placed third in the 2021 BIEA International STEM Youth Innovation Competition, collaborated with students from the FEM STEM Club in the Bahamas to create sustainable picnic blankets as gifts to raise awareness of climate change. 

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• 29/03/22

  Coders win South East final of the CyberFirst Girls Competition

  Congratulations to Miranda, Lizzie, Jingwen and Emily in Year 8 who won the South East final of the CyberFirst Girls Competition in February.  Run by the National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ), the competition attracted 6000 teams and aims to support and inspire girls interested in a car...

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• 22/03/22

  From detecting DNA to designing a sustainable greenhouse – a celebration of Science

  TGS celebrated Science Week with a wide range of activities that included a ‘Four Day DNA Technology Series’ supported by the Royal Society, measuring trees in the school grounds for the Treezilla research project, designing a greenhouse from sustainable materials as part of our Marvello...

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• 15/03/22

  An inspirational visit from Professor Sophie Scott C.B.E. on International Women’s Day

  We were delighted to welcome Professor Sophie Scott C.B.E, of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, to TGS to mark International Women’s Day.  She has an interest in the neural basis of vocal communication - how our brains process the information in speech...

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• 18/11/21

  A Royal Society funded project, in academic partnership with Dr Hearn (King's College London), provides students with high level research opportunities using university-standard technical equipment

  A STEM project that was submitted to the Royal Society by Dr Emmanuel, Teacher of Biology and STEM Co-ordinator, was recently approved and provides TGS students with £3,000 of university-standard technical equipment. 

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• 02/11/21

  Interdisciplinary Science project challenged all Year 12 students to investigate ‘Travel’.

  A key focus of the IB Diploma is providing students with opportunities to use their knowledge in an interdisciplinary way in real life situations to solve global problems.   

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• 21/10/21

  DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING WINS STUDENTS 3RD PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL STEM COMPETITION

  Team Quadrifolium, that included Aditi and Soha in Year 12, won third place in the BIEA International 2021 STEM Youth Innovation Competition. 

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