Wise words from Mr Jackson. X24 working Faster, Leaner, Cleaner. 
Category : 8 STEM
X24 students are continuing their expedition work in STEAM by looking at speed. They were given some marbles and some track and were challenged to work out the speed of the marbles. Students quickly designed their own experiments and decided how they were going to get to the answer. This work builds their knowledge for their work this week designing experiments focussing on investigating ” a factor that affects the speed of an object “.
So far students have planned to measure the speed of Nerf bullets, RC cars, falling objects and toy cars on tracks. We’re excited to read their reports when they’re finished next week!
We would just like to inform you that X24 Presentation of Learning for their current expedition ‘Life through a Lens’ will take place at XP School on Wednesday 10th July at 5pm.
This will be the final Presentation of Learning for Year 8, so it would be brilliant to see you there in support of our students.
Thank you
X24 Team
X24 Started their new STEAM expedition on Friday with their first immersion challenge: Building and testing air powered rockets. We had a fun session with paper, card and tape before going outside to fire the rockets using our custom made compressed air launcher. The expedition title and Guiding Question will be revealed early next week!
X24 did their first work in the science lab during this expedition – looking at cooling and insulation. We’d like to appreciate Mr. Green who came in to help us out.
X24 students will be out on fieldwork for two days next week.
On Tuesday 2nd April we will be travelling to Sheffield as part of the immersion for our new STEAM expedition. The fieldwork will take place during the day so students should arrive at school at the normal time. Lunch will be provided.
On Wednesday 3rd April we will be on Humanities fieldwork but will need to leave school at 8am and will arrive back at 4.15pm Students will need to bring a packed lunch and should have coats and sensible shoes for walking outside as there will be a 10 minute walk from the coach stop to our destination.
We’ve been really lucky this week to have the MANufacturing TRAnsport visiting from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Sheffield. On Monday and Tuesday this week, students from XP and XP East have been able to experience something of the future of manufacturing and engineering on this fantastic lorry! We’ve handled objects, used AR to investigate an engine and tried out virtual MIG welding. Congratulations to Kelsea who was the champion welder with an impressive 91% score for the quality of her weld!
We’re looking forward to working again with the team from the AMRC and would like to appreciate them for their hard work in setting everything up and working with our students.
Today in STEAM sessions, X24 created a timeline of life on Earth. With every step taking us back 10 million years – our students planted flags to show when major species evolved. We did this to try to understand the absolutely huge length of time that our planet has been around, and how long it took for life to evolve.
After walking the entire length of the XP site we had gone back just over 3 billion years. Another 150 metres would have taken us right back to the formation of the planet – 4.54 billion years ago.
At this scale, the whole of human civilisation would fit into half a centimetre!
Great work by X24, even in the freezing cold.
We’re pleased to announce that X24’s Presentation of Learning events will take place on 17th and 19th December
Admiral: Monday 17th December 5:00 – 6:30pm
Skipper: Wednesday 19th December 5:00 – 6:30pm
Students will be showing their work and discussing their responses to the guiding question, “What does it mean to be human?”
Learning materials for the self study unit on ‘The Nervous System’ have been posted on Google Classroom for both 8 Admiral and 8 Skipper. This work is due to be completed in STEAM books by Monday 15th.
If you have any questions please get in touch.