Sensational Science in 6T

As part of the upcoming Science week, the 6T students climbed the stairs and had their first taste of the Science labs. The good people from Scitech had come to present on the Fascination of Water. In the first session the boys participated and watched a demonstration on many tricks and experiments with H2O.

The wonder of coloured water travelling down a string into a cup, metres away from another, blew the minds of the boys. The students then looked at how much water is in our body by drawing a human body outline on a large zip-lock bag and then filling it up with roughly 70% of water. The balloon blowing experiment was next with the boys seeing how long it would take for a balloon to pop without water in it, and with water in it.

Session Two saw the boys form into groups and do some hands-on problem solving activities. They had to create a dam using only rocks, some plastic, tape and a little bit of rubber. The aim of the task was to create a barrier then pour water into one half of the box and then keep the other side of it completely dry. Overall, the boys enjoyed their time upstairs and realised that water is more than just what comes out of the tap!

Mr Daniel Turco

Teacher 6T

In the words of the 6T boys

In Week 2 we were very lucky to have an incursion by Scitech. They taught us how water is very sticky and how important it is to us for life. We were all very excited because we were told that they were going to perform some experiments. The first experiment was a string in a cup on the floor and attached to another bottle elevated from the ground, which had water in it. Before the scientist started she asked us what our educated guess was [hypothesis] and many students hypothesis was that the water was going to drip off the elevated bottle onto the ground. Then she started the experiment and started pouring the water from the elevated bottle. Amazingly, the water stuck to the string all the way down to the bottle on the ground, which then filled up.

She also did another exciting experiment on a latex balloon filled with water. Before she did the experiment she asked us to make another educated guess. This time students said that the water was going to boil in the balloon and that the balloon would not pop or that the water would increase in temperature, stay in the balloon for quite a while and then pop. Then she carefully put the Bunsen burner under the air filled balloon and the balloon exploded into pieces instantly. The reason why it popped straight away was because the heat from the flame melted the latex because there was nothing to cool the latex down. Then she put water into another balloon and put the Bunsen burner carefully under it. It took about 5-10 seconds until the balloon burst and water gushed everywhere and went all over Sam Bennett. The reason why it took longer for the balloon with water in it to pop was because the water cooled down the latex down so it didn't melt as quickly. It was a very enjoyable period in the day!

Nicholas Paganin 6T

In the early weeks of Winter Term Year 6T went to a Scitech show and practical class, we watched a show about H2O and cool experiments that you can do with water and then we all got to pair up and build a model dam and build it to try and withstand the water we poured into the container. My group had to rethink the design a bit but eventually we got it! My favourite part was definitely seeing the water travel from one glass to another through the string. I highly recommend this show to all students it was pretty cool!

Taj Massey 6T