Welsh Super Scientists Catalena Angele, 8 July 2014 Ysgol Clocaenog in Denbighshire was awarded first place out of sixty nine Welsh schools taking part in the Museum's Spring Bulbs for Schools investigation this year.The Super Scientists won a fun-packed trip to the National Slate Museum where they learnt about the Story of Slate, looked for mini-beasts and built giant nests in the quarry!Professor Plant: “Ysgol Clogaenog did really well in the Spring Bulbs investigation and sent in the most weather data out of all the schools in Wales! This really was an achievement as schools are getting better and better at recording and sending their data. It was lovely to meet the Super Scientists from Ysgol Clocaenog, we had lots of fun building nests and pretending to be little birds! We also learnt lots about Slate and I especially enjoyed watching the slate splitting!”If you would like to take part in this project next term please complete the on-line application form: Spring Bulbs for Schools - Application form
Flower Drawing Competition 2014 Catalena Angele, 30 May 2014 Congratulation to the winners of the Flower Drawing Competition 2014! Here are their excellent botanical illustrations. 1st: Abbey – Coppull Parish Church School 2nd: Louise – SS Philip and James CE Primary School (Pink 3) 3rd: Amelie – Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School In this competition I was looking for botanical illustrations – these are pictures of plants drawn in a scientific way. This means I was looking for beautiful pictures but they also needed clear labels to show the different parts of the flower.All of the drawing sent in were really fantastic, so I have put them all on our website for you to see! Well done to all of you.Click here to view all the drawings.Many thanks,Prof P
Spring Bulb for Schools: Results 2005-2014 Catalena Angele, 27 May 2014 The ‘Spring Bulbs for Schools’ project allows 1000s of schools scientists to work with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to investigate and understand climate change.Since October 2005, school scientists have been keeping weather records and noting when their flowers open, as part of a long-term study looking at the effects of temperature on spring bulbs.Certificates have now been sent out to all the 4,075 pupils that completed the project this year.See Professor Plant's reports or download the spreadsheet to study the trends for yourself! Make graphs & frequency charts or calculate the mean. See if the flowers opened late in schools that recorded cold weather. See how temperature, sunshine and rainfall affect the average flowering dates. Look for trends between different locations. Many ThanksProfessor Plantwww.museumwales.ac.uk/scan/bulbsTwitter http://twitter.com/Professor_Plant
Super Scientist Awards 2014 Catalena Angele, 28 April 2014 Ninety five schools across the UK will be awarded Super Scientist Certificates from Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales this year, in recognition of their contribution to the Spring Bulbs – Climate Change Investigation.Huge Congratulations to all these schools! They are listed below, is your school listed?Thank you to every one of the 4200 pupils who helped this year! Thank you for working so hard planting, observing, measuring and recording - you really are Super Scientists! Each one of you will receive a certificate and Super Scientist pencil, these will be sent to your school around the middle of May.Many thanks to the Edina Trust for funding this project and helping to make this all happen! Winners 2014Well done to our three winners for sending in the most weather data! Each will receive a class trip of fun-packed nature activities. Ysgol Clocaenog in Wales Abronhill Primary School in Scotland Dallas Road Community Primary School in England Runners UpEach school will receive a gift voucher to purchase lovely things for your gardening projects. Ysgol Gynradd Cross Hands in Wales Wormit Primary School in Scotland The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School in England Highly commendedEach school will receive certificates, pencils, flower seeds and herb seeds. Abergwili VC Primary Archbishop Hutton's Primary School Arkholme CE Primary School Balshaw Lane Community Primary School Bleasdale CE Primary School Burscough Bridge Methodist School Carnforth North Road Primary School Christchurch CP School Combe Primary School Coppull Parish Church School Cutteslowe Primary School Darran Park Primary Freuchie Primary School Gladestry C. in W. Primary Glyncollen Primary Kilmaron School Raglan VC Primary SS Philip and James CE Primary School St Athan Primary School St Blanes Primary School St Ignatius Primary School St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Leyland St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School St Michael's CE (Aided) Primary School St Nicholas Primary School St Patrick's Primary School Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School Ysgol Bro Eirwg Ysgol Deganwy Schools with special recognitionEach school will receive, certificates, pencils and flower seeds. Auchengray Primary School Britannia Community Primary School Cawthorne's Endowed Primary School Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor Culross Primary School Greyfriars RC Primary School Holy Trinity CE Primary School John Cross CE Primary School Llanishen Fach Primary School Red Marsh School St Anne's Catholic Primary School St Laurence CE Primary School Woodplumpton St. Anne's Primary School Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau Ysgol Terrig Ysgol Y Plas Schools to be awarded certificatesEach school will receive Super Scientist Certificates and pencils. All Saints' CE Primary School Balcurvie Primary School Ballerup Nursery Blenheim Road Community Primary School Brockholes Wood Community Primary School Brynhyfryd Junior School Catforth Primary School Chatelherault Primary School Cleddau Reach VC Primary School Cobbs Brow Primary School Coed-y-Lan Primary School Flakefleet Primary School Glencairn Primary School Golden Hill School Henllys C/W Primary Hillside Specialist School Ladywell Primary School Lakeside Primary Lea Community School Manor Road Primary School Manor School Milford Haven Junior School Newport Primary School Pinfold Primary School RAF Benson Primary School Rogiet Primary School Rougemont Junior School Scotforth St Paul's CE Primary School St Bernadette's Primary School St Gregory's Catholic Primary School St John's CE Primary School St Nicholas C/W primary school Trellech Primary School Tynewater Primary School Woodstock CE Primary School Ysgol Bro Tawe Ysgol Glan Cleddau Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn Ysgol Nant y Coed Ysgol Rhys Prichard Ysgol Santes Tudful Ysgol Sychdyn Ysgol Y Berllan Deg Ysgol Y Faenol Daffodil Drawing Competition 2014Congratulations to the following pupils who produced some excellent botanical drawings! Winners will receive Bird watching kits with mini binoculars. 1st: Abbey – Coppull Parish Church School 2nd: Louise – SS Philip and James CE Primary School (Pink 3) 3rd: Amelie – Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School Well done, you have all done an AMAZING job.Professor Plant
Smoggy London Catalena Angele, 14 April 2014 If you had been visiting London last week you would have noticed it was very smoggy, as if you were looking at everything through a dirty cloud! But what exactly is smog, and how is it different to fog?What is fog?Fog is a cloud on the ground! It is a natural part of the weather. It is lots of very tiny water droplets floating in the air. Fog helps plants by providing moisture and does not harm you if you breathe in.What is smog?Smog is a kind of air pollution. Smog is created when fog mixes with smoke and chemical fumes from cars and factories. Some of the chemicals in smog are toxic – this means poisonous! It is harmful to plants and animals and can be dangerous if breathed in.The recent smog in London is a mixture of fog and pollution and a third ingredient – sand from the Sahara desert! The Sahara desert is a huge desert in Africa. Some of the desert sand is very, very small, like dust. Sometimes wind storms sweep up the dust and blow it thousands of miles to the UK. It’s amazing how far it travels!Unfortunately, this mixture of fog and pollution and desert dust means that the London smog is not good for your lungs, and has made some people ill. Smog is one very good reason why we should all try to reduce air pollution!So what can you do to help reduce air pollution?Think about air pollution… What causes it? Can you think of 3 things you can do to reduce it? Why not talk about it in class and then click here to check your answers. Find out more information about smog click here. To see more picture of smoggy London click here. Your comments, my answers: Glyncollen Primary School: Sorry we were late again. We had a busy week as we are going to Llangrannog. We have had great fun doing this investigation. We can't wait to find out who has won the competition. We are going to tell the year3 class about it as they will be doing it next year. Thank you Professor Plant. Yr. 4. Prof P: Hope you had fun at Llangrannog! I am so glad you have enjoyed the investigation Glyncollen. Thank you so much for taking part! Ysgol Clocaenog: Pen wedi disgyn ffwrdd! Athro'r Ardd: Wedi colli ei ben! Gladestry C.I.W. School: Although the flowers were open earlier in the week, they have closed up again at the drop in temperature. Prof P: I can tell that you have learnt a lot about your planrs Gladestry, well done! Many thanks, Prof P
