ENRICHMENT PROJECT SCIENCE

Quin plaer observar i ajudar als alumnes a que gaudeixin fent ciència!

Els treballs  aquest trimestre han estat els següents:

Líquids no Newtonians

Pollets a Oak House

Conills, pollastres, bens, s’assemblen a nosaltres?

Qui ha estat l’assassí?

Hi ha alguna relació entre el coeficient intel·lectual i la capacitat física?

Els alumnes han triat el projecte i l’han desenvolupat per complet. Han après com posar a la pràctica la seva recerca  seguint el mètode científic i finalment han exposat els seu treball.

A continuació teniu els enllaços per poder accedir a algun d’aquest treballs.

Us recomano que hi cliqueu són molt divertits!

Family Day 2014 in the Science labs

To Oak House School family day 2014!!!

Have you been to the Science labs yet?

Look at the Torre and look right and there we are! Come and see us!

In Drosophila, on the right, we have work that has been presented by our 1st and 2nd ESO students, both in their Science classes and their enrichment afternoons. Also lots of cool experiments for you to try, even the Van der Graaf (shocking!)

In Gaudí, in the middle, we have robots, models, bridges and bizarre applications of physics. This is work presented by 2nd ESO and 4th ESO technology and 4th ESO Physics students.

On the right we have Marie Curie. Outside, where it's hopefully shady, you will find the poster presentations for the first ever Oak House School Science Fair. Have a look, decide the winner and learn some cool Science. Inside you will discover lots of things to interact with and to learn from. Also there will be demonstration experiments every half an hour as follows:

Time	Demonstration
10:30	Exploding bubbles
11:00	Electrostatics
12:00	Burning Money
12:30	Flour bomb
13:00	Volcano

Come and see us, have a chat and see some Science!!

Science demonstration videos by 3rd ESO students

As part of our Science enrichment project, three 3rd ESO students, (14 to 15 year olds for those not familiar with the ESO system), chose to film some Science videos which could then be used in class (which I did yesterday!!).

Please enjoy their version of electrolysis, (see if you discover the hidden meaning of the frogs) and the making of a smoking device (which you will see shows that not all Science experiments work as you would like!) (By the way I haven't given the actual name for the second video for fear of getting the undue attention of the NSA but then this might boost our readership).

Let us know what you think??

Thanks to Isabel, Eric and Adriana for the videos!!!

Note:
Under no circumstances should you undertake any of these experiments without proper supervision. This students carried out these experiments under supervision and following strict safety protocols.

2nd Cycle ESO Science Enrichment Project

We are now in the middle of the second term of this Science enrichment project and of the 24 enthusiastic students who took part in term one, 13 decided to come back for more!!

“We love the freedom that we have to do what we want in the lab”

was one comment that was made at the end of the first term;

“I enjoy being able to see what we learn in class in a practical setting”

was another comment.

Of course, having 24 students let loose in a lab might frighten the hardiest among us, but every week I am surprised and delighted by the level of interest, enthusiasm and dedication shown by these students.

Projects being developed this term include:

·         The development of a solar powered water purifier.

·         Materials from organic sources including plastics and biogas (which is filling a balloon next to me as I write).

·         The analysis of phage DNA using restriction enzymes.

·         A microbiological analysis of the school environment, (the results of which might be frightening).

….among others.

The students we have show a level of curiosity and dedication which will stand them in good stead for whatever career path they wish to pursue!!