by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Dec 6, 2018 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Yes, it is that time of year again when we get a sample of Omani crude oil and we separate and test the different fractions using a distillation. It is an interesting organic chemistry lab that logically has a clear connection to real life, since we are living next to...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Nov 29, 2018 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
Two intense weeks again in terms of practical work in Science. Grade 11 Biology students are dealing with proteins and nucleic acids. They performed experiments on factors affecting enzyme activity and made DNA models. Grade 11 Chemistry students finished the SL part...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Nov 15, 2018 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Another intense week in the Science department. Grade 11 Biology students are studying enzymes and enzymatic action, experimenting with enzymes to figure out how to measure the rate of enzyme action using a standard curve from a previous experiment. Grade 11 Chemistry...
by Todd DAVIS | Nov 15, 2018 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, IGCSE, The Grades
This week 15 StuCom Service students got to visit a group of 30 smiling 4th graders at Shumooa Al Watan primary school just a few minutes bus ride away from ABIS. They were excited to meet their new friends from ABIS, and wondering what was going to happen next..!?...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Nov 8, 2018 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Half term is over and we have been frantically covering new materials in Science. Grade 12 Biology students finished a Human Physiology SL and got started with the HL part of the unit (immunity and vaccination). Grade 12 Chemistry students built a voltaic cell and...
by Todd DAVIS | Nov 8, 2018 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 9, Humanities, IGCSE, Secondary History, Secondary Team Leader, The Grades
Twenty-one ABIS students are representing twenty-one Nations from around the world at the Model U.N. conference here at the Sultan School in Muscat (Nov. 8-9). From Iceland to Peru, students are working together with hundreds of other international school students to...
