Science Club

Earthbenders, Firebenders, Airbenders.

Waterbenders…  Mindbenders.

In the first week of Term 2 the tribes travelled to Rangeview’s Science Club to observe and learn the powers of Waterbending. And Mindbending. We wonder - could one of Term 3’s Science Club kids be destined to become The Avatar?

Using their powers for good, the student waterbenders created ice cube necklaces and colourful patterns in bowls of milk.  They also caused water molecules to cling to each other. Then they extended their powers to make water molecules cling to glass surfaces instead – kind of like Madhav would prefer to cling to a wall of pizza rather than to Will.

Before our Science Club students began developing their waterbending powers they worked on the super power of mind control using giraffes, zebras and hungry lions.  Calista was able to apply her new power to calm the ‘injured’ patient, Emma.

This session was a great start for our new group of Science Club students.  We certainly saw the Rangeview value of ‘Learning’ in action – everyone was curious and willing to have a go and learn new things.  We would like to give special thanks to Claire, one of our junior helpers, who organised and ran, herself, the activity using milk and detergent to investigate surface tension.  She did a fabulous job of demonstrating another Rangeview value – Teamwork - helping to create a fun learning community.

Iroh from The Avatar says, “You have come to the crossroads of your destiny. It is time for you to choose. It is time for you to choose good.”

Which super power would you like to choose, Liam san?  

Science Club is run by parent volunteers, at lunchtimes, in Terms 2 and 3 for interested students from Levels 5 & 6.  The volunteers have backgrounds including astrophysics, microbiology, food science, medicine, particle physics, teaching and pharmacy.  Science Club is extracurricular and is not aligned to the school curriculum.  We try to do fun activities that relate to a variety of areas of science.  Sometimes people learn something (usually the parent volunteers).  We are mainly about fun and curiosity. 

Julie, Sally, Alissia, Kyla, Emma, Jasna, Mel & Heather (the parent volunteers)