In Science we celebrated the return to onsite learning by engaging students with experiments and activities. Students were able to continue the development of their practical skills in a fun way.  

Our Year 7 students used water beads to explore the differing effects of hot and cold water as well as salt and sugar solution on their size. This led to discussions on how to make scientific predictions and develop hypotheses.   

 

 

Year 8s have been exploring the building blocks of life by preparing their own slides of plant cells and viewing them under our new microscopes. It can be difficult to use a microscope correctly but our students put in a huge effort and were rewarded with some great images.  

 

Our Year 9s have been busy developing a scientific question for their independent investigations. Students have considered the independent and dependent variables and which variables must be kept controlled throughout their investigation to ensure validity of the data collected. Some questions students are investigating include “Which type of soft drink contains the highest concentration of CO2?”, “Which liquid will allow a cut flower to stay alive for the longest?” and “What concentration of vinegar will make an egg bounce the highest?”. Once students have collected and analysed their data they will present their findings as a scientific poster to be displayed in our Science classrooms.  

 

 

Our Year 10 Chemistry students have been performing acid-base titrations in class. They were set the challenge of determining the concentration of acid in an unknown liquid. 

 

 

Our senior students have now completed their coursework for the year and we wish them all the best with their exams. We will welcome back our 2022, Year 11 and 12 students for their Orientation classes shortly.  

Farewell and good luck to the class of 2021, we are so proud of you and hope you come back to visit! 

 

Skye Jennings
Science Key Learning Head

 

Below are some of the pieces that were shown at our NIGHT OF EXCELLENCE.  Well done to all students for their amazing work!