by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Oct 20, 2016 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
Week full of experiments in the Science department. Grade 9 students were comparing properties of ionic and covalent compounds and learning about new materials like the mighty graphene. Grade 11 students were learning about proteins and carbohydrates in Biology...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Oct 20, 2016 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
As part of their new unit on atoms and elements, Grade 7 observed the changes of 5 different metals when heated. Magnesium showed the strongest reaction with an impressive white hot flame given off – which is so bright that it is best observed by not looking at...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Oct 13, 2016 | Grade 8, Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 8 is currently studying Forces and Motion in Science. This week, we looked at different forces and how we can measure them, with a particular focus on gravitational force. The students measured the mass and weight of a number of different objects (for example...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Oct 6, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary Science
Grade 11 Physics learned about the use of video analysis to describe the projectile motion in basketball. Not only was this useful for our current mechanics topic on projectile motion, but it is also a great tool to be used for internal assessment work –...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Sep 22, 2016 | Grade 12, Secondary Science, The Grades
Today was the first day of Topic 6 (Circular motion and Gravitation) for the Grade 12 Physicists. We started the new unit today with an experiment that uses the time period and height of our Physics Cow’s circular flight path to calculate the gravitational field...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Sep 8, 2016 | Grade 8, Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 8 learned about the structure of plant leaves this week in Science. After learning about the theory, we then carried out an experiment that allowed us to observe stomata on leaves from around the school grounds.
