Upper School Science Week
A timetable of events was arranged to help the children enjoy Science.
On Monday and Tuesday, the children made, and took part in, a paper aeroplane competition. The winners were:
• Year 3 – Andre German, • Year 4 – Ethan Jones, • Year 5 – Hal Simpson • Year 6 – Vimal Rathod, Libby Cork and Ciara Regan.
The children also took part in a three-month project, working at home to create a piece of work to be shown in the Science Fair on the final day of the week. The projects were judged by Mrs Debbie McMillan, Head of Year 7 at King Edward’s School and Mrs Jill Oldfield, Head of Science at King Edward’s High School. The main prize of a Telescope for the overall winner went to Lockham Sidhu for his project studying the Life Cycle of Snakes.
Other winners were William Wright for his study of the Evolution of Cats, Ciara Regan for work on a Balanced Diet and Karam Sandu for Egg in a Bottle.
On the Wednesday, the children in Year 4 visited Snibston, the Science Park in Leicester, for a day of Science where they tested the different wavelengths of the swings and took part in an experiment to lift a Mini with magnets. The children then enjoyed an interesting tour of the colliery.
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A Day of Science in Malvern
In March Mr Wilkinson and Mr Walker took fifteen Year 6 pupils to a day of Science at Malvern St. James School. They looked at some maths puzzles, did a bit of research into Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and discovered how some birds had been named.
They examined some fluorescent chemical reactions and some flame tests on inter-stellar materials and then produced hydrogen gas using magnesium and acid. And it didn’t stop there! In the physics lab they studied light, made a rainbow using prisms and used a home-made telescope. They must have been exhausted!
Science Day in the Pre-Prep
The theme for the day was chocolate!
Reception looked at how chocolate is changed by heat, and whether it is able to change back to its former state. They began with a piece of solid chocolate, applied heat to it and watched what happened. The chocolate melted and became soft and runny – perfect for coating pieces of fruit! As the chocolate cooled, it reverted to its solid, hard state, making a tasty treat at the end of the experiment.
Year 1 carried out an almost identical activity, spurred on perhaps by the idea of an edible end product. This time, instead of heating the chocolate by putting it over a pan of water, they borrowed Mrs Kingston’s chocolate fountain.
Year 2 carried out different activities:
Mrs Still’s form decided to investigate dissolving, rather than melting. They heated water and milk and poured it over chocolate powder, better known as drinking chocolate, and watched what happened. Gradually, the powder dissolved into the hot liquid making a thick, silky drink. They then decided to look at the difference between dissolving and melting, so put a cube of chocolate into the drink. This soon melted in the warm liquid. Everyone enjoyed the resulting drink and a little was left as a test. No matter how long it is left to cool down, the powder is changed forever and will not revert.
Mrs Simkin’s children made chocolate rocks! By applying heat to the chocolate in different ways, they were able to produce sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rock-like substances. The sedimentary rock was made by layering grated chocolate and rubbing with fingers to merge it together; metamorphic rock was made by applying heat and pressure; whilst igneous rock was created by applying heat to a sample of sedimentary chocolate rock.
Chocolate Rocks – is this a new marketing idea for Cadbury’s?
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