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Forensics with Freebrough

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Students from Freebrough Specialist Engineering College were continuing their scientific investigations at the centre this week. There had been an incident at the centre and a replica of the Carling Cup, the only major trophy Middlesbrough’s ever won, had been stolen! The perpetrator of the crime was hiding in plain sight in the centre but proof was needed to apprehend the thief!

Fortunately the scoundrel had left clues that would reveal their identity in the form of foot and finger prints.

The students set about creating molds of the foot prints and dusting for finger prints and in no time the guilty party was identified.

In the audio file below, Charlotte, one of our class room mentors at the centre explains to students the different parts that make up a finger print.

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Freebrough Sound Science

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Students from Freebrough Specialist Engineering College have been attending the Study Support Centre this term, carrying out investigations all about sound.

During the first session students welcomed Chris Jackson, an Environmental Health Officer (EHO) with Middlesbrough Council. Chris spoke about many aspects of his job including a how to become an EHO and noise nuisances and also showed the students some interesting maps of Middlesbrough showing how sound levels differ throughout the area.

In a later session the students participated in an experiment where the aim was to calculate the speed of sound. Students recorded the echo created inside of the Riverside Stadium when beating a drum and analysed the sounds on the centre’s computers to get the most accurate figures for the calculations. Rather than simply writing their experiment in the usual manner they were then tasked to produce an audio podcast detailing their research and findings.

Below are examples of their fine work.

Lindsay & Hannah

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Alisha & Connor

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Lucy

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Yasmin & Lauren

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