Welcome to Maryhill High Media Arts College Science Department.
The Science department at Maryhill is a strong and successful department with a total of 8 staff with a teaching committment and 3 support staff.
At KS3 the department follows its own course designed to fulfill the criteria of Assessing Pupil Progress. The emphasis is now on developing scientific skills.
In Year 9 students take part in a Forensic Science day in which they can participate in a variety of activities based on forensic techniques.
At KS4 all students complete AQA Core Science GCSE. Set 1 students follow the triple award AQA course and those in set 2 complete the Additional Science course. Set 3 students follow Additional Applied Science in year 11 which takes a more vocational approach to learning about science.
All courses are underpinned by the concept of “How Science Works” and lessons are interesting, stimulating and relevant.
The department runs AS/A2 courses in Biology, Chemistry and Physics in conjunction with Clough Hall Technology College.
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Extra Curricular Science
Year 7 & 8 Science Club takes place on Thursdays from 12.25pm-12.55pm in room 24
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Science ‘Cells’ Topics
Click here to read more about 8MH’s ‘Cells’ homework project for Dr Ma from 2011-2012
Click here to read more about 7SE’s ‘Cells’ lesson from 2010-2011
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Science News: Fireworks at Maryhill High School!
The A-level Chemistry group made their own fireworks with their teacher, Miss. Carroll. Students prepared a mixture of potassium nitrate and sugar and used different metallic compounds to give a range of colours. One student, Jonathon Hodgkinson, prepared his firework by layering the chemicals to give a fountain of diffferent colours. The lesson certainly went with a bang!
