How does food become poo? Digestion…? Come find out how your body turns your dinner into faecal matter and then use your scientific skills and knowledge to make your very own poo! (No actual faeces included) All Year 7 & 8 Students Welcome! Monday 11th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 210 For more information see Miss Isles in 216.

All Students Welcome! Tuesday 12th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 215 Sweet Treats! Ever wondered how your favourite sweets are made? Discover the science behind the journey of sugar to make sweets. All Students Welcome! Tuesday 12th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 215 Miss Taylor

Science Week STEM! Eco-car Creations Use your engineering and creative skills to help prevent climate change by designing a brand new car that will run without using fossil fuels. We will look into how we can create a new type of car and then put them to the test! All years welcome! Wednesday 13th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 302 Mr Antrobus

MUMMIFICATION! Take a step back to 5000 years ago where life after death was more important than life itself! Discover and recreate the gruesome process that the Egyptians used to turn the dead into the living dead! All Y7 & Y8 welcome Thursday 14th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 214 – Miss Houston

Prizes for the winning team! How far is..? Ever wondered how long a car journey to the moon would take? Join in with the treasure hunt and find out how long it would take to travel around the universe by car. Prizes for the winning team! Talk to Mr Slack for a treasure hunt sheet. Completed sheets to be handed in to Mr Slack in room 204 by lunchtime Friday 15th March!

Think you’re a whizz at science? Why not put it to the test? VMG Quiz Time! Think you’re a whizz at science? Why not put it to the test? Complete the quiz during form time next week for a chance for your whole form to win a prize! All quiz sheets need to be returned to Miss Searby in 303 by Friday 15th March at break time.

Make a… 3D Solar System! Travel to the stars and make your own model of the solar system! Get creative, have fun and learn more about the 8 planets (sorry Pluto!) All Students Welcome! Tuesday 19th March 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 215 Mr Dunning

Poster Competition Design a science poster based about this years British Science Week theme for the chance to win prizes! This years theme is JOURNEYS - so where will your poster take us? What journeys have you learnt about in science…? Students can enter as teams or individuals and all posters must be 2D and either A4 or A3. All work submitted MUST be original. Closing date: Friday 22nd March All entries must be submitted to Mr Exley in room 301

As part of their partnership with the British Science Association on this year’s British Science Week, Guinness World Records is offering a very special poster competition prize for the Junior category… Junior students have the opportunity to win the chance to spend a day in the life of the Guinness World Records team at their global headquarters, and see with their own eyes how the team review evidence and verify new records for extraordinary journeys. The lucky winner will also be invited to write a blog post on their experience for the Guinness World Records Kids website and there may be an opportunity to meet a real-life record holder too. The winner will also have the chance to have a sneak peak of the Guinness World Records 2020 Edition before it is even releases in store, and have your very own copy before anyone else. In addition, winners in all four categories of this year’s BSW poster competition will receive a copy of the Guinness World Records 2019 Edition, packed with thousands of new and updated records.

CSI: Kirk Balk Throughout British Science Week year 10 are solving criminal mysteries in their science lessons. Test your forensic science skills and find out who did it!

Calling all Year 9 and Year 10 Triple Scientists! Get up to Speed (Wednesday 27th March 2019 @ Magna) Calling all Year 9 and Year 10 Triple Scientists! Return your reply slips to Ms South (Room 215) by Friday 8th March 2019

British Science Week at Kirk Balk Academy 8th – 19th March 2019 Monday 11th March Tuesday 12th March Wednesday 13th March Thursday 14th March Tuesday 19th March Year 7 & 8 Make Your Own Poo! Miss Isles Room 210 2:30pm – 3:30pm All Years Sweet Treats Miss Taylor Room TBC 2:30pm – 3:30pm All Years Eco-car Creations Mr Antrobus Room 302 2:30pm – 3:30pm Year 7 & 8 Mummification Miss Houston Room 214 2:30pm – 3:30pm All Years Make a 3D Solar System Mr Dunning Room 215 2:30pm – 3:30pm Throughout the week: “Journeys” Poster Competition Mr Exley Room 204 Deadline: Friday 15th March How far is...? Treasure Hunt Mr Slack Room 204 Deadline: Friday 15th March VMG Competition Miss Searby Room 303 Deadline: Friday 15th March CSI: Kirk Balk In lessons, year 10 will be learning about and then using forensic science skills.