KINGSBRIDGE Community College recently held their first collaborative event of the year as leaders of the Ogden Trust partnership - a charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics.

On Wednesday, October 21, Medical Mavericks were invited into the college to put together a series of exciting, hands-on workshops for students to explore. The idea was to show students the role of physics in a variety of careers.

During the day, Year 10 triple-science physics students attended the workshops and then after school, the ‘girls into physics’ group and students from the other schools in the partnership explored the event.

They used ultrasound to see inside their own body and discover its inner workings, ran a race to see if they could run faster than Usain Bolt and used a Watt bike to compare their power output with that of Sir Chris Hoy and Jessica Ennis.

Students also got to discover how aerodynamic their heads were, by putting them in a wind tunnel and using different hats to see how the air flow was affected.

With their hearts racing, students had an ECG taken and printed, alongside other medical tests.

One student said: ‘My favourite part was looking at my heart beating on the ultrasound as it was totally surreal and probably a moment that is unlikely to occur again.’

The aim of the Ogden Trust is to increase the uptake of physics at A-level by inspiring students with stimulating projects.

The Medical Mavericks seemed to inspire many students throughout the day and hopefully this first event is just one of many success stories that will happen throughout the year.