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It was a real pleasure to see Ms Booth in action with a Year 7 class using fire from a Ruben’s tube and some nostalgic music in a fun and hugely enjoyed science lesson. A...
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It was a real pleasure to see Ms Booth in action with a Year 7 class using fire from a Ruben’s tube and some nostalgic music in a fun and hugely enjoyed science lesson. A...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
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Posted by Amita Vaghela
I would like to thank Mr Malik and all the staff and students who have been involved in all the activities across the school as part of the national Mental Health Awareness Week....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our year 11 Time to Sh9ne group completed their final two sessions in the sixth form centre this week. In Science the students were given advice by Mr Charmokly on the ‘long...
Posted by Lauren Wright
For the last two months a group of keen readers from years 7,8, and 11, have been reading the eight books shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal. The CILIP Carnegie...
Posted by Teresa Turton
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On Tuesday the art department put on an after school workshop of ‘Action Painting’, inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock. Staff were excited to exert some energy...
Posted by Sam Cole
This week Y12 Government and Politics students have been discussing the results and assessing the wider impact of the elections held across the UK on 6th May. Overview Labour...
Posted by Giles Monks
We are very proud of our students at Bushey Meads and we are delighted to recognise hard work in all forms. The pastoral team chose the student of week by looking at all the...
Posted by Helen Blowers
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Posted by Suresh Varsani
It was a real pleasure to see Ms Booth in action with a Year 7 class using fire from a Ruben’s tube and some nostalgic music in a fun and hugely enjoyed science lesson.
A Rubens’ tube, also known as a standing wave flame tube, or simply flame tube, is an antique physics apparatus for demonstrating acoustic standing waves in a tube. Invented by German physicist Heinrich Rubens in 1905, it graphically shows the relationship between sound waves and sound pressure, as a primitive oscilloscope. Today, it is used only occasionally, typically as a demonstration in physics lessons like Ms Booth’s.
The Year 7 class enjoyed watching the flames dance to theme tunes such as Harry Potter and Star Wars. I was very surprised when the Year 7 students even recognised correctly one of the theme tunes from a film I expected only the teachers and parents to know – Back to the Future!
Well done Ms Booth and our budding Year 7 students!