by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Sep 1, 2016 | Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science, The Grades
G12 this week have continued to get to grips with the magical world of particle physics, looking at Feynman diagrams in particular which aim to visualise the interactions and decays of particles. The windows in the new building and the tables in the Science lab...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Sep 1, 2016 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
Is there anything cooler than a Biology student staining a specimen on a slide to observe it with a microscope? …the only thing would be a Biology teacher instructing them about how to make it happen. Lots of microscopy this week…..how exciting. Also...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Aug 25, 2016 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
…back to school. After an intense summer students are back in lessons either starting new topics or continuing their programs. Biology students started with optical microscopy or continued with a revision on plant Biology. Chemistry students started with...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Aug 25, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary Science, The Grades
This has been a great start for the Grade 11s to the IBDP Physics course. The whole class (all two of them) got stuck into the problem solving challenge and solved it successfully. We also discussed orders of magnitude and the size and age of the universe.
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Jun 9, 2016 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
This week in Science, we welcomed the Grade 6s for a crime scene investigation. The science department is happy to report that our new detectives solved the casesuccessfully and found the correct suspect. Our grade 7s investigated the prevelance of microbes around...
by Roshell WILLIS | Jun 9, 2016 | ECC, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Secondary Science, The Grades
We had an interesting visit from our secondary science teacher. Mr Lopez shared a laser and mirror presentation. We learned that light moves in straight lines; it is reflected through clear objects and blocked by opaque objects.
