Today we had a group from Applemore school visiting us. The visit was organised by Dr John Woollard. He did the visit as part of his PGCE teaching. It was interesting as he taught constraint programming (interesting computer science topic) in Scratch. It was interesting to hear about this. He taught a complex topic using a simple tool. Its an approach I would consider in the future. The pupils then got to learn about Nanotechnology, specifically looking at Scale. They looked at cross sections of butterflies and looked at objects very close up. There was a ‘guess the objects quiz’. There was then a chance to visit our very impressive nanotechnology lab. The group had the added drama of a gas leak alarm going off, which added a dramatic effect! We hope they had a fab day . Thanks to all involved.
Jan 08