Year 8 Science 

Students share what they have been learning in Science classes/ 

Energy Efficient Housing 

These past few weeks in year 8 Science (Enhancement), we have been studying energy efficiency in houses. We have been investigating what materials work best in controlling the house's temperature. Our aim was to have the smallest temperature change possible.

We used kits to simulate houses and experimented with different materials and their placements to see how they would act in a real life scenario. Some materials available to us were things such as plastic, wood, steel, glass and insulation. Some of the more rare materials like terracotta tiling and tinted glass proved to aid in the efficiency of the house. One group of students convinced our teacher to let them use the fan and managed to score a temperature change of 0.3° C. This was our most energy efficient house.

Overall, students observed temperature change in many different houses and found varying results using a temperature sensor. Most came to the same conclusions about what materials worked and which didn’t. 

This project helped us establish what energy efficiency is, how it works and why it’s important.

Izzy Newell and Sienna Kujawski 8A

A short film showing more. 

Dissection 

For our last Science lesson of the year, the class were in groups and took part in an eye dissection. 

From prior information we learnt before the dissection we could identify different parts that made up the bull’s eye. 

We received a better understanding of how the eye worked, as well as what is inside the eye.

 Sriya Amara 8B