HEAL students have had a brilliant time celebrating British science week with engaging, hands-on sessions that promote curiosity and provoke thought. Busy embracing the theme of “Change and Adapt” through a variety of different hands-on experiments and activities!
Marine life adaptations were the focus on this exploration through a jelly ocean. This student enjoyed diving into the jelly to retrieve the creatures to learn all about them and their aquatic adaptations.
Some students made red cabbage indicator to test the pH of a variety of household items. Seeing how the indicator changes colour. This fits in with the science week theme perfectly.
Some of our students enjoyed the wildlife “hoots” and “screeches” of night time. They completed a challenge to match the nocturnal animal to the sound. Could you identify the sound of a Barn owl from a Bat eared fox?
Bath bomb science proved popular with a number of students choosing to change and adapt the recipe to personalise colour and scent.
Using the fizz and whizz of chemistry made it especially enjoyable. Rose fragrance was a favourite.
Homemade lava lamps and making rainclouds allowed students to develop the scientific skills in following a method and making observations.
Another student used all their investigative skills to test Galileo’s theory. The student carried out predictions, planned an investigation, made observations and came to a conclusion. A variety of objects were dropped from a height to prove that all objects, regardless of their mass, fall with the same acceleration due to gravity. A feather and rock will land at the same time!
Testing coins with magnets allowed this student to understand non-contact forces and develop an understand terms like poles, attraction and repulsion.
Animals are always a winner and their adaptations led as a research topic with student researching organisms from axolotls to flying squirrels and condors. The theme of change and adapt allowed lots of different types of activities to be completed. Some student enjoyed an A-Z challenge of animals whilst other matched habitat to adaptation.
In summary, Science week in HEAL has been packed full of learning opportunities, fun and experimenting. This is what science is all about and British science week is not over yet so get stuck in!
