SCIENCE

A huge welcome to all of our students as we begin another exciting year at Mooroolbark College. We look forward to spending many lessons together with our students exploring and experimenting to find out how the universe works. We would also like to welcome Darren Jackson, Christie Godby and Tooba Awais on board this year; we are all excited to be working with you.  

Our Year 7 students have begun the year by transforming into detectives as they investigate the importance of safety in our Science labs and identifying hazards in CSI style crime scenes. Soon they will be demonstrating how they can safely operate a Bunsen burner and will receive their own licence to operate the equipment. 

Our Year 8 students are exploring how the how human body works, more specifically how blood flows through it and its importance in the survival of organisms. This will lead students into performing their own dissection of a sheep’s heart, investigating the blood pathways. 

The Year 9 students now know that neurons carry messages around the human body at approximately 430 kph. They are learning about the structure and function of the brain and eye, and will soon be completing dissections of a sheep’s heart and bulls eye. 

Our Year 10 Chemistry students have been learning about the periodic table and the structure of atoms, completing a flame test to observe the emission spectra of different elements. 

Our Year 12 Biology students have been learning about protein formation through transcription and translation, completing hands on activities demonstrating this process. 

Looking forward to another fantastic year! 

Tristan Dunkley
Science Key Learning Head