Sensational Science in 8C

Science in 8C started with a bang in Middle School. To quote Ben Olson"When life gives you lemons... you blow them up in Science with Mr. Chamberlain." With an introduction to Chemistry and the periodic table, Hydrogen was first off the rank to explore with our ignition of a hydrogen balloon (thanks to Mr Chamberlain's background in explosives!)

This led onto our investigation for the term, called the Elephant's Toothpaste, and as some boys imagined...

But in fact as the boys discovered this was quite a violent exothermic reaction. By altering the concentrations of reactants the boys in 8C learnt about the effects of increasing concentration and the use of catalysts in Chemistry. Lewis Miller, in his own words, discovered how "Science is the poetry of reality".

This term the boys are learning all about life and the living, with an equally exciting term of biology planned ahead. The science labs have been filled with aquariums and the microscopes are out.

In quoting another boy to finish, summarising this excitement in this inspired quote (or perhaps is it a secret cry for help?) - "Sometimes I need what only science can provide: its absence."Lewis Orr.

Mr Paul Chamberlain

8C Teacher