Science In our aim to be a mindful community, The Southport School has encouraged both staff and students to participate in the Habits of Mind (HOM) in an effort to stimulate intelligent dispositions leading to intelligent attitudes and behaviours. One of the most popular HOM this year in the Science Department has been “See the wonder, mystery and awe in the world”, which encourages students to “be intrigued and passionate about the world and enjoy figuring things out”.
KATE WARING
Head of Science
Here at The Southport School we are constantly encouraging students to consider Science as a career. Scientists are critical in tackling the challenges we, as a nation and in fact the world as a whole, is facing: Climate change, an ageing population, food security, loss of biodiversity and especially fast-spreading viruses like Ebola.
we aren’t exposed to them first-hand. Most dissection classes use foetal pigs. The most memorable moment for me (other than the potent smell of seafood in the lab) was seeing the dissection of the cadavers. Many of us were anxious and apprehensive about seeing cadavers for the first time, and we worried that we’d feel nauseous at the sight of a dead body. The professor was extremely informative and gave a detailed description of how the bodies are prepared for dissection. When he pointed out a particular organ or body part, I could identify what I saw through what I had learnt in the classroom.
Science underpins everything we do and how we live – it creates opportunities, pushes boundaries and supports new industries and economies essential in this day and age. In an effort to display this HOM, this year’s Science edition of the Southportonian will illustrate snippets from some of the students and teachers regarding some innovative ways they have experienced the mystery, awe and wonder in the world. Enjoy! Kate Waring B.Pharm. HOD Science YEAR 12 BIOLOGY EXCURSION: BOND UNIVERSITY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORIES.
Nick Ruan – Year 12 Biology Travelling to Bond University to see their medical facilities opened my eyes to an area of science that I had never seen before. It was a fun experience and also a refreshing change to time in the classroom. At school, it becomes hard to visualise the concepts being taught in Human Anatomy and Physiology, since
Another experience that I thoroughly enjoyed was the pathology museum. The museum featured a variety of pathological organs and tissue that were suspended in a liquid. In the museum I got to see how smoking cigarettes over a long period of time can completely destroy one’s lungs as the tar builds up in the alveoli. I also saw a gangrenous foot that was the result of a patient who had not properly monitored their diabetes. This experience was certainly enlightening and has expanded my knowledge in the world of science and medicine.
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