by Maram Al Nairat | Apr 1, 2015 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
A mesocosm is an experimental tool that brings a small part of the natural environment under controlled conditions. In this case, we built one for the Biology IB students to explore the concept of sustainability. The bottom chamber consist in an aquatic ecosystem with...
by Maram Al Nairat | Mar 19, 2015 | Secondary Science, Uncategorized
Time for students to demonstrate what they learnt.Grade 7 finished with rocks, grade 8 finished with useful Chemistry, grade 9 finished Stoichiometry, nutrition and thermal Physics and grade 11 finished Ecology and Energetics.Test times coming next week. Good...
by Maram Al Nairat | Mar 12, 2015 | Secondary Science
Intense practical roller coaster again this week in a very busy lab.Grade 7 students studied weathering, erosion and other geological processes, including fossil formation.Grade 8 students researched the mystery behind the principle of conservation of mass in chemical...
by Maram Al Nairat | Feb 26, 2015 | Secondary Science
After a very intense Oman week and a well deserved break we have finally starterd full on ewith the second semester. The first semester at ABIS has been very intense and full of Science cool activities, which I hope students have enjoyed as much as myself. Below, some...
by Maram Al Nairat | Jan 15, 2015 | Secondary Science
Test times for grades 7 and 9, next week also grade 8. Lots of information given about Astronomy, Physiology and Biochemistry…..it’s pay back time. But well….with finished topics comes the delight of starting a new one, so the Science saga continues....
by Maram Al Nairat | Jan 8, 2015 | Secondary Science
Here we are again after the Christmas break, with more challenging Science topics. IB Biology students started with DNA replication and protein synthesis, iB Chemistry with transition metals, GCSE students with plant nutrition and with a revision of previous tests,...