Pupils at a primary school near Abingdon and Didcot recently toured a science facility in Oxford, Diamond Light Source.
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
According to the school, the year five and six classes at Long Wittenham CofE School were the first primary class to tour the facilities, as well as being the first primary school to tour the Satellite Applications Catapult.
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The school said the visit offered an "educational adventure on many scales".
The children zoomed in to see objects visible to the naked eye, objects observable only with a microscope, and then down to the atomic level with the help of a synchrotron.
They also zoomed out to see the globe as viewed from a satellite and all the information this tells us about how our planet is functioning and how we are using it’s resources.
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The school said the experience not only showcased the wonders of advanced scientific research and technology, but also highlighted the curiosity and potential of young minds when exposed to the frontiers of science.
During the tours, the children visited the synchrotron's inner workings, in which they observed the powerful magnets used to accelerate electrons to near light speeds, the application of liquid nitrogen, the functionality of high-power lasers, and the operation of robotic systems.
According to the school, the scientists leading the tours were impressed by the children's imaginative questions, enthusiasm, and their quick grasp of challenging ideas.
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