Summer Preparation Programme
Science and Maths Zoom links and resources
Welcome to the resources page for the Science and Maths subject sessions. Click the dropdown boxes for each week to access the Zoom links, resources and recordings.
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Introductory preparation resource on fractals
Please remember to have your scientific calculator with you for the session.
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Please read the article “What is Dark Matter?” by Lisa Randell and start to think about the following questions.
Please also ensure you have a calculator, pen and paper ready for the session, as well as access to a web browser.
If you have any questions for Hannah following the session, please email them to outreach@lucy.cam.ac.uk and we will forward them to her.
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Pre-Session Activity:
Before the session, you might find it useful to explore the following website that covers the Nature/Nurture debate:
Nature vs. Nurture in Psychology
Post-Session Activity:
Attempt a short essay (500 words or less) attempting to answer one of the discussion questions we looked at together at the end of the session:
- Should we be putting people in prison?
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What should be the focus of prisons – punishment or rehabilitation?
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What should we do if we know somebody has many risk factors for criminality but has not yet committed a crime?
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Should somebody with many risk factors for criminality be considered responsible for their criminal activity?
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Should somebody under the age of 25 be tried as an adult?
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Paper Airplane Resources:
How"> to make your science project scientific
Engineering Summer Schools:
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Please have a look at the following introductory activity before the session:
General extra resources:
- Nobel prize in Physiology and Medicine 2017 was awarded for the discovery of molecular basis of circadian rhythms to three scientists who worked on the fruit fly Drosophila to discover genes involved in the animal clocks. More about their discoveries in this 6-min video:
2017"> Nobel Prize for Circadian Rhythm
- How eating feeds into the body clock – researchers at Cambridge explain their latest findings linking metabolic and circadian regulation:
How"> eating feeds into the body clock
- A “Naked Scientist” podcast exploring circadian rhythms from many perspectives. It includes A great introduction into basic mechanisms in the beginning, followed by a discussion of recent studies on links between body clocks and obesity/diabetes; other topics covered include sleep and light exposure, as well as an evolutionary perspective on circadian rhythms:
Clock This: Science of Circadian Rhythm
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Pre-session activity:
Research the following themes:
• What is a vet?
• Sheep production cycle
• Equine lameness – causes, diagnosis, treatment
• Common masses in small animals – causes, diagnosis, treatment
Please ensure you have a calculator, pen and paper for the workshop.
Extension activity:
Please write no more than an A4 page in total.
• Describe how to prepare an uncontaminated culture from a wound using aseptic technique. What preparation would be required? What equipment would you use? How would you produce the culture? How would you analyse the culture?
• You have identified a client’s horse as being lame on the right fore, by visually assessing gait. What further diagnostics could you use to localise and identify the cause of lameness? List a few of the most common methods, with advantages and disadvantages of each.