by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Jun 12, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary Science
Grade 7 students have been studying body systems including digestive, circulatory and respiratory. As part of the unit, they dissected lamb hearts. They found identifying parts of the heart much easier on paper than in reality!
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Jun 1, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary Science
Grade 7 have started to work it out. They measured 20 ml of water and recorded its temperature. Then they set a small piece of food alight and held it under the water so that all the heat went into the water, then measured the new temperature. Now they will have to do...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | May 22, 2014 | Grade 9, Secondary Science
Grade 9 students measured the potential energy of a ball at the top of the loop de loop and then found its kinetic energy at the bottom to calculate the efficiency. The answer was – not very efficient. The next step is to work out why!
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | May 15, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary Science
Grade 7 students tested their snack foods for sugar, starch and protein. No one had a food without sugar!
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | May 1, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary Science
Grade 7 students have picked up an extra science lesson for the rest of the year. We are doing some alternative science during this time. We worked with making circuits one week, and this week we experimented with gas and its explosive force by dropping mentos into...
