Excellence Awards

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Excellence Awards

• Learning outcome
• To know which Excellence Award you would like to
  do first

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What is an Excellence Award?

• Science and Social subjects that is even more
  fun.
• Your choice!!

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Whilst doing your Award you will

• Problem solving
• Teamwork
• Hands on
• Investigate
• Display and share

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www.scienceaward.co.uk

• Awards are currently available in the following
  topics
• Marine and Freshwater Biology
• Changing Climate
• Practical Chemistry
• Medicine through time
• Energy
• Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Topical Science
• Space and Astronomy

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Marine and Freshwater Biology
                                                                                                 

• All about what goes on in the seas, oceans, river
  and lochs of the world. Think Finding Nemo.

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Changing Climate
Find out how the world is changing and try to
find out why. Is climate change for real? Write
to the US President and make 3D models of the
Earth.
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Practical Chemistry
                                                                                                 
                                                                                        

• Learn how to do lots of chemistry experiments and
  make some equipment yourself.

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Medicine through time

• Become a doctor and figure out lives have been
  saved using medicine.

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Energy
                                                                                                

• Conduct experiments to find out about energy and
  why it is important in the world.

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Engineering
                                    

• Become an engineer, design, build and find out
  about trains, bridges and the pyramids.

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Environmental Science
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                  
                                                                                

• Try to figure out what you can do to help the
  Earth and make the world a better place.

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Topical Science
                                                                                              

• See what current scientific events and happening
  around you e.g. Swine flu.

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Space and Astronomy
                                                                                              

• Make models of the solar system, find out what
  kinds of stars there are and many other things
  that are out of this world!

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How to achieve

• 6 stars Bronze Award
• 9 stars Silver Award
• 12 stars Gold Award
• Certificate for each level.

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• You do the work, with occasional input from
  parents and teacher.

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Time to look through the sheets and pick 3 awards

• In groups of four look through the samples you
  are given and write down the order of the awards
  you would like to do onto the sheet.
• Make sure your FULL
• name is on it too.