We hope all the schools who participated in this year’s Let it Grow and Soil Your Undies competitions enjoyed learning about agricultural science in a fun and practical way.

Here’s our final instalment of photos of students and schools who took part. 🥕

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Where do a handful of nails go if you throw them in the air in this room?
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Looking down a microscope reveals a whole world we never normally see Cells become real, microorganisms come alive, and biology suddenly makes sense.
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Gravity filtration too slow for lessons? Vacuum filtration with a Büchner funnel turns a 15-minute wait into seconds — cleaner solids, better yields, and time left to think about the results.
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It’s been brilliant seeing our Y7 students start to gain their Bunsen Burner ‘licenses”, learning how to light and use them safely. 💜🔥💜 #OrielScience #PracticalScience #NewSkills

​Mendel's Experiments — But Actually Grow the Generations. Get the Ratios.

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​Designing Science Experiments That Make Concepts Click. Creating practical demonstrations that turn abstract ideas into something students can see.

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Making Something Useful from Chemistry: Building a Lead–Acid Accumulator

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When a Practical Demonstration Is Better Than Another Worksheet

Why real experiments still matter in science teaching.

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Is It a Liquid or a Solid? The Strange Science of Non-Newtonian Fluids

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A look back at the third day of core practical work for our Y12 A Level Biologists; Investigating the effects of wavelengths of light on photosynthesis and using turbidity to measure growth rate of a yeast culture. Great work from everyone 💜👏👏💜 #OrielScience #TeamBiology #PracticalScience #Boom

​Microscopes Should Not Be a One-Off Lesson. Microscopes should be used throughout biology chemistry and even physics.

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@pascoscientific Light Sensor day in the lab. It’s amazing how quickly “that looks brighter” becomes proper physics when students can measure illuminance in real time.
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​Balancing a metre rule looks simple… until students realise mass and distance matter @pascoscientific
Perfect for teaching moments (literally).
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Investigating Resistance in Wires Why does a longer wire have more resistance? Why does thickness matter so much?
This classic GCSE & A-level practical brings equations to life.
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Some of the most important chemistry happens quietly.
Time-lapse and macro techniques reveal faint indicator changes and slow precipitate formation—turning “blink and you miss it” moments into powerful teaching tools.
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