Rat Husbandry at Myerscough
Before dinner the group looked at different aspects of rat Husbandry. This included handling with positive reinforcement using meat paste, cleaning their cage, feeding and looking at enrichment. (Making their lives more interesting)
Snail Husbandry at Myerscough College
This morning in Animal Studies at Myerscough College, the pupils learnt about animal Husbandry.
Animal Husbandry is the process of looking after animal health and wellbeing. With the giant African land snails this involved bathing them in clean warm water and cleaning their shells.
Myerscough College: Animal Care (part 2)
This morning on the year 11 group's first day of Animal Care the pupils have had a lovely tour of the campus and seen some of the animals they'd be working with.
They visited the reptile room, rodent room, aviary and looked at the animals in the foundation learning buildings, handling a…
Myerscough College: Animal Care.
This morning on the year 11 group's first day of Animal Care the pupils have had a lovely tour of the campus and seen some of the animals they'd be working with.
They visited the reptile room, rodent room, aviary and looked at the animals in the foundation learning buildings, handling a variety…
Healthy Lifestyles at Myerscough College
Today's session started with a classroom lesson on Healthy Lifestyles.
Students were then taken to the college's Sports Conditioning Room part of the Myerscough Sale Sharks Academy to do cardiovascular and conditioning training.
Badminton at Myerscough College
This afternoon the students were given a taster of badminton
Sports at Myerscough College
At the first Myerscough College sports session the pupils introduced themselves to Olly the tutor and had a cardiovascular gym induction. For the first week the pupils did some football skills training and finished with a match.
Vehicle Inspection Part Two
Students went on to check the under bonnet fluid and oil levels and raised the car up to check for fluid leaks, tyres, suspension and brakes.
Vehicle Inspection at Myerscough College
Vehicle Inspection at Myerscough College Motorsport department. So far this morning the students have learned about checking all the exterior lights and wind screen wipers and washers.
Introduction to a Dirt Bike Motorcycle.
Today at Myerscough College the students looked at a dirt bike motorcycle. They learned about how to start a bike, accelerate, brake and change gear.
They also learned how to strip off the dirt bike plastics/fairings to clean or replace them and to expose the mechanical components to work on…
Myerscough College: Motorsports
Keiron and Jordan were crowned champions of the bottle Racer Distance Challenge. Their combination of water volume and air pressure powered their vehicle the greatest distance.
Bottle Racer Distance Challenge
Pupils made compressed air powered racing cars at Motorsports today.
They changed variables such as jet angle, air pressure and volume of water in the bottles to achieve better distances travelled when their cars were released.
