Science News

Science News

Welcome back to school! In particular, we welcome our Year 7 students to their exciting new adventures in all things Science – it has been exciting to see all of the classes setting up for learning, meeting their teachers and enjoying the adventures that secondary school presents. This term will begin with an insight into “what is science” and “safety in the science room”.

What’s happening at each year level?

Year 8’s have started the term investigating energy – they will focus on the two key types of energy; kinetic and potential. Our Year 9’s are working on their Geology assignments where they are looking at fossils, their formation and how where they are found around the world can provide links to relatedness. They will begin studying Biology in the next week.

Year 10 Biology are working on their understanding of viruses by completing a research task on the COVID-19 virus. The chemistry class at Year 10 are learning about atomic theory and the Physics students are learning about sound waves. Our Year 10 Psychology classes have started the year by learning about what Psychology is and some of the myths that surround the science.

Chemistry and Art Competition

The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Chemistry and Art Competition is on again! Students who wish to enter are asked to create a 2D image no greater than A4 size which depicts their thoughts about chemistry, chemists or the chemical industry.  

The subject of the artwork may be:

• Crystals, solutions, powders, chemical mixtures or compounds
• Laboratories or other workplaces where chemical experiments are performed
• Apparatus and equipment used in chemistry laboratories
• Factories or processing equipment used in industry associated with chemistry and chemicals such as paints, detergents and disinfectants, foodstuffs like chocolate and cheese, beverages, glass bottles and plastic containers, pharmaceutical products,  fertilizers used in gardens and agriculture, etc.
• Anything else related to chemistry

What can be used to create the artwork?

• Drawing with pen, Texta, charcoal, crayon, or chalk on paper, board or similar
• Painting with watercolours, oil or acrylic paints on paper, canvas or board
• Photography – digital, Polaroid or traditional
• Digital media such as Pro-Create, Illustrator or other artistic design software (digital artwork must fit within and be printed to A4 paper size)
• Collage, linotype or suitable medium or mixed media

For more information and to download an artwork submission form, visit: https://raci.org.au/RACI/Web/Schools/Schools.aspx?hkey=092991a9-98d7-4405-b3bf-aa3c12a6794e