by John MWITA | May 18, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
Balloon powered cars! This week Grade 9 have been putting their creativity skills into developing balloon powered cars using simple materials such as balloons, paper cups, plastic straws and rubber bands. By using Newton’s third law of motion which states that...
by Atul ALEX | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science
To paraphrase an old popular song – “It’s astounding Time is fleeting Isolation takes its toll” We are all facing a challenge like never in our lifetimes. It is one that we can only approach with hope holding fast to our certain values. Time...
by Greg PERRY | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Secondary Science
To paraphrase an old popular song – “It’s astounding Time is fleeting Isolation takes its toll” We are all facing a challenge like never in our lifetimes. It is one that we can only approach with hope holding fast to our certain values. Time...
by John MWITA | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science, The Grades
As we transition into DP, this week in science we reviewed graphing and interpreting scientific data. Students completed tasks on drawing best fit lines, interpolation and extrapolation. Students were able to plot graphs and explain trend lines. They also identified...
by Greg PERRY | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science
Learning from home has its challenges. Keeping focused and making progress can be difficult to manage without daily schedules to support their work. The first few weeks of our science lessons were devoted to learning how to write reports – a critical skill for...
by John MWITA | Apr 22, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science, The Grades
This week we built on our previous discussion about the principal of superposition to explain how standing waves are produced on strings and pipes. In relation to waves on string (transverse waves) and vibration of air molecules to produce sound (longitudinal waves),...
