Culturing scientific curiosity; this is the official twitter feed for STEM @NorthwoodGDST

Northwood, London
Joined March 2017
Fantastic first Biology Week activity of double helix models of DNA made of sweets made by Year 7 and 8 NWC students #Biologyweek #creativelearning
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Charlie has changed colour and is looking a paler pink than her usual vibrant orange. She is about to shed her skin and grow a new one! #Charliethecornsnake
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Great job team Honduras for completing the 12 Bridges London Bridge Wellness WalkπŸ’ͺ🏼#nwc #TeamHonduras – at Camberwell, London
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What a day hosting the inaugural @GDST Science TeachMeet! @NorthwoodGDST Bringing together Science teachers, @theASE, @RSC_EiC, @ClassVR, @twin_science πŸŽ‰πŸ©»πŸ§ͺπŸ§¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬Thank you to everyone involved!
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A wonderful day in the world of plants, Year 9 studied plant adaptations to different biomes from across the world @kewgardens 🌎 🌱 πŸ“– @NorthwoodGDST @NWC_ECO #wheregirlslearnwithoutlimits
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Discovering careers associated with #healthcare including optometry πŸ‘οΈ and surgery πŸ‘©β€βš•οΈ as part of Y8 STEM careers day @NorthwoodGDST @NWC_Careers
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Great fun in Y8 STEM careers day looking at practical urine tests to diagnose disease and identify suspects #chemists #biomedicalscience #forensicscience πŸ§ͺ πŸ₯ πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ @NWC_Careers @NorthwoodGDST
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Y8 STEM careers day and this time we’re learning about #architecture and being an #engineer building bridges πŸŒ‰ πŸ‘·β€β™€οΈ @NorthwoodGDST @NWC_Careers
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Year 8 STEM careers day in full swing today with our brain tingling #psychologyandneuroscience session 🧠 πŸ”¬ πŸ’­ @NorthwoodGDST @NWC_Careers
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Lots of fantastic investigation going on in our Science department today, from Force Diagrams in Physics to Making Salts in Chemistry βš›οΈ πŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ #WomenInSTEM @NorthwoodGDST #wheregirlslearnwithoutlimits
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What a great day with Year 13 completing the @Amgen @ABEProgOffice programme πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ 🧬 🦠 🧫 @NorthwoodGDST #wheregirlslearnwithoutlimits
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Our Y13 biologists are now adept at loading gels and confident in analysing gel electrophoresis outcomes. Well done πŸ‘πŸΌ @ABEProgOffice, thank you for the kit loan 🧬 #WomenInSTEM @NorthwoodGDST
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Focus, fun and fine detail while working in biotechnology. Our biologists were impressive today showing undergraduate level technique @ABEProgOffice @Amgen @NorthwoodGDST #biotechnology #WhereGirlsLearnWithoutLimits πŸ§¬πŸ¦ πŸ§«πŸ’‰πŸ’Š
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Learning how to do PCR using a hands on approach today with @ABEProgOffice - such an important skill moving forward with their careers 🧬 #WomenInSTEM @NorthwoodGDST
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More high-level Biology today with Year 12 completing restriction digests of DNA from 5 different organisms and creating profiles using electrophoresis to compare them 🧬 πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ @NorthwoodGDST Thanks to @Amgen @STEM_UH @ABEProgOffice for the resources #WomenInSTEM #biotech
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Year 13 biologists πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ inoculating agar plates using a lawn culture technique to investigate bacterial growth in response to a range of antibiotics 🧫 🦠 @NorthwoodGDST #microbiology #WomenInSTEM
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Final day of #BritishScienceWeek2023 saw #connections by different forms of telephone, exploring the physics behind these methods πŸ“ž and a form picture quiz on diversity in Science and key vocabulary πŸ‘οΈ @NorthwoodGDST thank you everyone for taking park this week πŸ‘πŸΌ
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Day 4 of #BritishScienceWeek2023 saw an engineering challenge in the form of #connecting different levels of pipes to form a marble run in 30 mins. Everyone working together, from Y7-11, had a β€˜ball’ 🏐 πŸš§πŸŽ’πŸ—οΈ @NorthwoodGDST #WomenInSTEM23 #WhereGirlsLearnWithoutLimits
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Extend lesson: Scientific investigation of what makes the best biscuit @NWC_STEM #OurTeachersWow @NWC_Classics @NWC_Innovation @NorthwoodGDST – at Hillingdon, London
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Elena making sweet smelling esters from carboxylic acid and alcohols #perfumery #chemistry #Extend ⁦@NWC_STEM⁩ #OurTeachersWow @NWC_Innovation ⁦@NorthwoodGDST⁩
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