Year 11 on the road…..
July 14, 2010 on 5:50 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 CommentYear 11 students attended a Higher Education experience this week when they visited three universities.
On the first day they visited the GENIE labs (Genetics Education Networking for Innovation and Excellence) at the University of Leicester. There they donned lab coats and gloves and took part in a range of interesting activities – they found the DNA of a banana, took part in the Human Genome Race, acted as DNA detectives and found out how they were “one in a million”
The group then transferred to De Montfort University where they attended a presentation about optical illusions and learned how the brain works to convince us that what isn’t there actually is! This was followed by a session using Photoshop to create a design which was printed and bonded to the appropriate material to form their own mouse mat!
The second day was spent at Loughborough University. After a brief tour of the campus which enabled them to see the Olympic size pool and to peek at the gymnastics area, they moved on to a presentation about Ergonomics which was followed by a design challenge task. The students came up with some fantastic designs for a new mobile phone and the winning group received gift vouchers as a prize.
The afternoon saw us in the Sports Department with a choice of attending a fitness testing session or one on sports psychology. This session was followed by an experience of a new sport – Rock-It-Ball – fast, furious and slightly dangerous!
After two fascinating days the students left with a clearer idea of what university life might be like, and hopefully an increased determination and aspiration to include it in their plans for the future.
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