Building Bridges: Bridge 7 - Into the Blue

Bridge 7 of our Into the Blue enrichment theme is designed to draw together prior learning from this scheme through a visit to Oxford. 


Students and their teachers will 'Meet the Into the Blue researchers' at Wadham College.

Capturing Light: they'll discover the work of Oxford Chemistry's Ritchie, Vallance and Cotterell groups and understand how optical cavities are used to analyse gases in our lungs, water pollutants and aerosols. 

Colouring in Cells: in this session, we'll consider the work of Oxford Chemistry's Harry Anderson group on novel fluorescent tags, and how this can help us with super-resolution microscopy. 

Uncovering the Past: visitors will find out more about work of Dr Luciana Carvalho, Dr Victoria Kemp, and Dr Andrea Czermak, spanning Oxford Chemistry (McCullagh Group), the Ashmolean Museum, and the School of Archaeology. They will a) explore the use of visible-induced luminescence of Egyptian Blue in understanding ancient artefacts as well as in modern forensics, b) determine the pigments used in William Henry Hunt's 'Peach and Grapes', 1845, using XRF data c) consider how copper corrosion yields pigments and clues about the past and d) find out more about how fluorescence microscopy uncovers the diet of people from the past.


In 'The Treasure Trove', students and teachers will explore the galleries of the Ashmolean Museum, visiting Ancient Egypt and Sudan, the Islamic Middle East, Pissarro and the Pre-Raphaelites - each gallery containing artefacts explored during Bridges 1-6, including the Great Bookcase, designed by the Victorian Architect and Designer, William Burges. A visit to Worcester College, formerly Gloucester College, allows our visitors to find out more about Burges, whose design of the Chapel was finished in 1864.   


Our visiting students and teachers will also enjoy lunch in one of our partnership colleges: Wadham, Worcester, Balliol and Hertford. 


Find out more about the aims of our Building Bridges Partnership Project

Date

18/07/2024

Location

Ashmolean Museum, Wadham College, Worcester College, Hertford College, Balliol College 

Audience

Year 7 students (aged 11-12 yrs)