Science week was held on the 14 to 17 August, and to celebrate Tintern’s enduring scientific endeavours, the Science department decided to pose daily science questions and the Science captains ran a set of demonstrations ‘Science Magic’ for the ELC.
The Science Magic demonstrations at the ELC were a hit with all of the children! We showed the students many different experiments, but the main attractions were the two bioluminescent reactions, as well as the traffic lights reaction in which the colour of the solution changed from green to red to orange when shaken. The students loved watching the colour changes and had the opportunity to shake the bottle to watch the green traffic lights change colour. They were all keen to take part in the creation of pH rainbow spaghetti! The Science captains also enjoyed the experience to engage with younger students and act as Science teachers for the session, it was challenging, but looking at all their faces light up was more than worth it.
Each day a science question was added onto the portal for students to answer for the chance to win a prize. Some days, the questions were quite unpopular as they were tricky, but other days there were many people ready to win a chocolate bar.
Another event this year was the Tintern Open Morning, where parents and students were led on tours throughout the School, including the Science department. The tour groups were treated to displays through microscopes, seeing fossilised bugs and other small objects in the biology classroom as well as a ton of chemistry and physics related equipment. There was the dipping duck that surprised and intrigued many, a ball and pendulum and also tuning forks. Children even had the opportunity to make slime which was a massive hit! Each child vigorously mixed up and dyed their own slime and excitedly left to play with it after the tour.
Being a Science Captain is an amazing opportunity as we are all thoroughly into Science and hope to continue our Science ventures into the future. We love being part of the Science department and hope there are more scientific opportunities next year and into the future for such inclined students.
Zoe McKinlay, Elaine Sze and Zachary Ho | Science Captains
