Science News

Year 9 Science

Our much anticipated Science Text books have arrived. Students that have ordered the online copy from Campion will receive their hard copy in the next week during Science classes. If you are yet to purchase, please do so.

Year 7 Science

Year 7 Science students have been introduced to High School Life with a variety of fun experiments and this week they are starting to get their Bunsen burner licences! A very exciting time for them.

Year 8 Science

Year 8 Science students have been learning about all things Chemistry this term. They have learnt about Molecules, Compounds and Elements as well as learning about the Periodic Table and how it is arranged.

Year 12 Physics

Year 12 Physics have been learning about circular motion

Here a student is trying to defy gravity.

Not all practicals go to plan, whilst a few of the turns worked, notice the cup flying off when it wasn’t fully balanced in the last picture. 

Some fun Science facts

At a temperature of 237.16 kelvin and pressure of 611.657 pascals water is at its triple point, meaning it can exist as a solid, liquid and gas all at the same time!

Reptiles use the tip of their tongue to detect smell, a forked one allowing them to sense which direction a smell comes from!

You can't burp in space, there's no gravity to pull down on the liquids and solids you ingest, separating them from the gas you would normally burp out!

7 planets in the planetary alignment on February 28, 2025

An extremely rare planetary alignment will take place on February 28, 2025. Don't miss it — an event like this won’t happen again this decade!

In the evening, just after sunset, seven planets — Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars — will align in the sky. Four of them (Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars) will be easily visible to the naked eye. For Uranus and Neptune, get a pair of binoculars or a small telescope. Saturn will be the most difficult target to see — you'll need to know the exact time for your exact location as the planet hangs close to the Sun.