FHS Science podcast - Beyond the curriculum.

FHS Science Department

English Education

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Episodes 108

Avg. Duration 25m

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Since May 2021

Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Schedule

Every 2 Weeks

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Episodic

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About This Podcast

Science 1. reasonably-regular light-hearted discussions of every day science with Mr Short , Mr Atkinson, Mr Forsyth and Mr Young. We are not experts in everything! 2. ‘meet the teachers’ episodes where I chat to science teachers in the school and their background - for current FHS pupils to get to know their teachers and for catchment. primary pupils who want to know more about the teachers they will meet when they come to the High School; 3. DYW episodes of science careers such as ‘women in science’.

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Recent Episodes

S4 E10 - Goodbye to Mr Atkinson

Feb 28, 2025 25m

Just a chat this morning, no prep, no format, just a final in-person chat with Mr A before he leaves FHS for a new school. We wish him all the best, and the podcast would not be what it is without…

S4E9 S4 E9 - The Hadza energy revelation

Feb 18, 2025 28m

The hunter gatherer Hadza tribe burn as much energy each day travelling between 10 and 20km on foot as an office worked. How? We talk energy and how to lose weight you must diet, and also how you…

S4 E8 - SWEAT!!

Jan 30, 2025 29m

We talk sweat, why we sweat, what doesn't sweat, and what data we can get from sweating!

S4 E7 - what happened in 2024?

Jan 16, 2025 28m

We talk frivolous science and POST notes from 2024 and what to look out for in 2025. HNY!

S4 E6 - Biosensors

Nov 28, 2024 30m

S4 E6 = biosensorsWe talk about biosensors and whether they are useful or indeed accurate.

S4 E5 - data centres and golf.

Nov 07, 2024 26m

We talk about the ‘hidden’ impact of using the internet, and then the ‘hidden’ dangers in the violent world of golf!

S4 E4 - what been in the news?

Oct 30, 2024 24m

We discus some items that have appeared in the news recently: vaping, drought, the Cass report and daylight savings time!

S4E3 S4 E3 - Plants and Chlorphyll

Oct 09, 2024 23m

We talk chlorophyll! …and plants. Although, there’s a load more to talk about!

S4E2 S4 E2 - Net zero?

Sep 18, 2024 25m

We talk about what it might mean to be ‘net zero’ and whether e are on track to achieve it.

S4E1 S4 E1 - welcome back, what’s in the news?

Aug 24, 2024 26m

Welcome to series 4! We start with an overview of what’s in the news this week - viruses, dust and space!

S3E8 S3 E8 - welcome to 2024

Jun 14, 2024 30m

What does this year hold in store? Amongst the doom and gloom of global destruction there is the shining light of science! Be optimistic, 2024 is going to be awe…. Wait for it…..SOME! 🤘😁😉

S3E12 S3 E12 - where do new names come from?

Jun 14, 2024 24m

We chat about new words and what they mean. Where did the word for ‘atom’ come from. Before we knew they existed there was no ‘atoms’! 😂

S3E11 S3 E11 - alcohol! …or more precisely ethanol.

Mar 14, 2024 31m

Ethanol is a key chemical in society from its (ab)use in drinks to fuels to hand gels. There are other ‘alcohols’, but how do alcohols work? We share our ignorance on the subject and hope to provide…

S3E9 S3 E10 - the Sun

Feb 29, 2024 27m

What do we know about the Sun? What can we calculate about the Sun?! The Sun is essential for life on Earth - its distance, the heat it radiates… but what do we know about it and Heliophysics?

S3E8 S3 E9 - artificial intelligence.

Feb 13, 2024 39m

We try and talk around what AI is… and some of the perceptions in films, and whether it’s all doom and gloom!

S3E8 S3 E8 - Films

Jan 19, 2024 22m

We talk about films and science predictions. What predictions have come true…

S3E7 S3 E7 - PODMAS!

Dec 21, 2023 34m

We talk Christmas and science… stars, planets, trees, batteries… all good stuff, some of it may be true, 😂🤘

S3E6 S3 E6 - comic book science

Nov 09, 2023 28m

How much of the comic book science is based on reads science? We talk Ant man, Wolverine and Deadpool.

S3E5 S3 E5 - scientific facts exposed!

Nov 02, 2023 28m

We talk about some scientific ‘facts’ and whether they are true or not…. Does what goes up always come down?

S3E4 S3 E4 - carbon dioxide

Sep 28, 2023 26m

We talk about the molecule carbon dioxide and it’s importance, it’s uses and the problems it’s causing for our weather and climate.

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