by Maram Al Nairat | Nov 13, 2014 | Secondary Science
Intense practical week again. Grade 7 students used lasers and ray boxes to study reflection of light in plain mirrors and refraction. Grade 8 students experienced the reactivity of metals with acids and investigated the salts produced. They also performed their first...
by Maram Al Nairat | Nov 6, 2014 | Secondary Science
On Tuesday this week the Science lab received a very special visit: grade 4 students came in to perform a polymerization lab. Using all safety equipment required and looking pretty much like forensic scientists, they performed a very thorough and accurate practical...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Nov 6, 2014 | Grade 11, Secondary Science
Grade 11 physics students are investigating Newton’s three laws of motion. They did an experiment to analyse the second law – F=ma. When the astronauts on the Apollo 15 flight went to the moon in 1971, they conducted an experiment to prove that objects...
by Maram Al Nairat | Oct 30, 2014 | Secondary Science
Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions. Grade 9 students have been researching how enzymes work and how some factors affect them, in particular the temperature. Just like with enzymes and chemical reactions, the pace in Science has been...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Oct 30, 2014 | Grade 10, Secondary Science
Grade 10 Physics students have been looking at electromagnetism. We made a simple DC motor.
by Maram Al Nairat | Oct 23, 2014 | Secondary Science
This week the IB Biology students were identifying different phases of mitosis from onion root slides, Grade 8 students continued talking about forces and investigated how shape affects water resistance, Grade 7 students finished the topic of elements and compounds,...
