Science Night took place on Tuesday April 1. There was a
great deal of excitement as students and teachers set up the experiments on the tables. Totara was
set up in the corner and we took full advantage of our allocated space!
To one side there were students from Room 21 conducting Fair Tests to create salt crystals using food colouring and pink salt. Meth burners have been used in Science over a very long time and were used here to create the most beautiful salt crystals.
To the other side the students of Room 20 talked about their upcoming bottle house, blew up balloons with the aid of baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice and made wasp traps in an attempt to combat the wasp invasion currently affecting New Zealand from end to end.
To one side there were students from Room 21 conducting Fair Tests to create salt crystals using food colouring and pink salt. Meth burners have been used in Science over a very long time and were used here to create the most beautiful salt crystals.
To the other side the students of Room 20 talked about their upcoming bottle house, blew up balloons with the aid of baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice and made wasp traps in an attempt to combat the wasp invasion currently affecting New Zealand from end to end.
Set up on a table at the front was a group of students from
Room 19. They laboured over Technic Lego and explained the technical information
behind their structures that demonstrated pulleys, levers and mechanisms.
Truly the fastest hour on record sped by as students amazed
visitors with their scientific knowledge and answered a huge range of questions
earning themselves a well deserved red koru for their efforts.
Thinking like a Scientist has enabled students to think more
extensively rather than to simply accept the obvious. In class students have
investigated a huge range of scientific possibilities endeavouring to Think
like a Scientist and succeeding.
