Fleur Doyle-Fisher (Year 7)

The study of Frankenstein in Year 7 is providing the girls with opportunities  for collaborative research work, as English Teacher Mrs Barrett suggested different groups investigated different aspects of the novel.  As Year 7 student Fleur Doyle-Fisher (Year 7) explains:

As a springboard to studying Romantics and the Sublime in Frankenstein, we were tasked to undertake independent research exploring links between Science and Society in the 19th Century. I  chose to investigate the scientific discovery of electricity, and decided to make a Faraday Disk.

The Faraday disk was powered by hand and made electricity. It links to Frankenstein because Frankenstein’s monster was brought to life with something like a Faraday Disk, only much bigger so it could produce more energy.

The Faraday disk was invented in 1864 by Michael Faraday. I used bits of old wood, a glue gun, a dead light bulb, a baking tray, some string, a potato peeler and a tin circle. I really enjoy this independent and creative way of studying and am now looking forward to our next task where my group are exploring the psychological landscapes in Frankenstein and his journey by making a video using images and quotations from the text, together with our analysis. I suppose a sort of movie essay!