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Science Week 2023
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The much-anticipated Science week finally arrived and all the science teachers were really excited to celebrate it with the students. Hats off to Ms Kumar and Mr Soor for taking the lead.
The activities included a healthy mix of biology, physics and chemistry experiments. What could be more exciting than dissecting a heart! The students loved it and confidently explained how the heart works pointing out the actual blood vessels, the atria and the ventricles.
The physics activity literally revolved around the idea of centripetal force where students had to swing as many cups of water as possible on a cardboard with strings attached without spilling the water. The winning group managed to successfully swing five cups. Every other group managed at least one cup if not two. Students grasped the idea of centripetal force through this activity.
The catapult challenge was another exciting event. The competition of catapulting an Easter egg the furthest was a huge success with one group managing a distance of 16 feet and the second group close with 15.91 feet. That was a tough competition. The temptation of eating the Easter eggs was one of the major hurdles the students overcame in support of sacrificing them for the sake of science. Hurrah! for the students.
Year 8 students worked on mixing up food colouring and oils in various types of containers to create a range of lava lamps reminiscent of the 80s. Eggs were named, cushioned and dropped from a great height as year 7s cheered and mourned over their testing of safety mechanisms and airbags, with many of the eggs surviving the plummet!
The department also ran a science fair with a variety of explosives, shocking and gory demos and experiments, making use of methane bubbles to light students on fire, zapping them with a Van der Graff generator (of course; with all safety precautions in place!) and observing dissections of eyes, lungs and a heart.
The week culminated in a science-themed bake-off where students worked independently and in groups to show off their knowledge and creativity, with entries looking like a pair of lungs, the solar system and conical flasks overflowing with cake!
