by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Jun 2, 2016 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
Intense last two weeks with final exams happening, grade 10 students in India and grade 12 students…already graduated! Grade 11 Biology students will be busy next couple of weeks finishing the topic on Plant Physiology and lost with their first practice internal...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | May 19, 2016 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
Nearly June again, lots of things to finish, practicals to do, exams to prepare…the summer is around the corner. With the exam classes already out and either finished with the Science examination or about to take it, our daily focus with the grade 11 students at...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | May 19, 2016 | Grade 11, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
After the Grade 12s had completed this experiment earlier in the academic year, it was now Grade 11’s turn to model the radioactive decay of an element using the foam on (non-alcoholic) beer. A mess was made, fun was had, and graphs were successfully plotted and...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Apr 28, 2016 | Grade 11, Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 9 this began investigating rates of chemical reactions this week. The explored the effect of temperature on how quickly sulphur precipitate was produced, which turned the solution cloudy, therefore making the cross underneath disappear. G11 Physics...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Apr 28, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 9 this week had the opportunity to view a rapid rate of reaction in action: we observed the rapid release of carbon dioxide from soda when mixed with mentos and how this is done safely (read: without getting oneself or one’s teacher covered in soda)....
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Apr 21, 2016 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 7 is currently learning about sound waves in Science. When exploring how sound waves travel through a medium, we took the opportunity to become particles ourselves. This was supposed to help visualise how the compressions and rarefactions that make up the...
