by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Feb 2, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
As part of the IGCSE syllabus for Science, Grade 9 students are required to be able to describe the use of microorgamisms in the manufacture of yoghurt. This provided us with the opportunity to make yoghurt in the Science lab while learning about the fermentation...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Jan 14, 2016 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 7 investigated digestion in Science this week. To help us visualise the path taken by food through our body, we modelled the function of a number of different digestive organs to ‘digest’ some baked beans and biscuit. The mouth (hands in a beaker)...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Jan 5, 2016 | Grade 8, Secondary Science, The Grades
This week in Science, Grade 8 started looking at inheritance and variation, as well an inherited and environmental characteristics. They created mini-monsters (of the Reebop species) out of marshmallows, basing their features and characteristics on the genetic...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Dec 17, 2015 | Grade 12, Secondary Science, The Grades
We had Canadian Santa visiting today’s Grade 12 lesson. Grade 12 learned about mass-energy equivalence and Einstein’s famous equation E = mc^2. Not an easy topic, especially not in the last lesson of the term, but Grade 12 cheerfully worked their way...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Dec 17, 2015 | Secondary Science
Finally finished the first stint. Students did great and we managed to finish topics on schedule. Now, well deserved holiday break and opportunity for students on exam years to maximize the free time and revise for the MOCK exams. Happy break to everybody and good...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Dec 10, 2015 | Secondary Science
….said Mr Lopez as his Chemistry student struggled to keep awake during the last period on Thursday. Obviously after this confession, describing the rest of an otherwise pretty uneventful week would be an exercise of futilility. Let’s just say that...
