Science Week

Are you Smarter than an Eighth Grader?

Like most things, Science week was celebrated a little differently in 2020. One new addition to Science Week was the Science Week daily quiz with students completing a four question quiz each day during Science week. A special mention should go to Shannon Toogood from Year 12, who produced the most consistently entertaining entries. 

The best results from each year level were:

Year 7 -   Zach Bissett

Year 8 -   Harrison Voysey

Year 9 -   Joey Zhuang

Year 10 - Abbi Kennewell

Year 11 - Caitlyn Tilley

Year 12 - Trung Le

While these were all worthy winners of their respective Year level quizzes, one student stood out for his outstanding quizmastery.  

Harrison Voysey of Year 8 was the only student to achieve a perfect score of 20 correct answer So congratulations to Harrison!

We thought you might enjoy testing your own knowledge on a selection of the quiz questions Harrison got right, so here are five of the best.

Question 1: In the current periodic table of the elements there are 118 elements. Until recent changes also removed Q, which other letter in the alphabet is not used for the chemical symbol for any element?

Question 2: What is the 3rd most abundant gas in the air?

Question 3: In our Solar System which plant is the 6th closest to the Sun? 

Question 4: Name the first scientist to win two Nobel prizes?

Question 5: This is probably the most famous Science photograph ever taken. What is it a photo of?

(Answers can be found in Community News)

Mr John Healy

Science Co-ordinator