Science News

To celebrate COSMOS and their webcast on hydrogen as a fuel, a group of Year 7 and 8 students conducted a small experiment during lunch time in order to try splitting water in order to make hydrogen gas…and it worked! This is something that you can try at home – you just need a battery and some pencils. Follow the link below for one example of this experiment. There is also an article produced by CSIRO that outlines how hydrogen powered cars work. Maybe a topic of conversation or debate you could have with the family?!

How do hydrogen-powered cars work? – CSIROscope

Electrolysis of Water Experiment | Science Project Ideas

10 Environmental Science 

Our Year 10 Environmental Science class has been busy building and monitoring the health of their Bottle Biospheres - a simplified ecosystem contained within a sealed 2-3L soft drink bottle. Students needed to consider a variety of factors in designing their model ecosystems including the abiotic and biotic components and a rationale for success. 

Students observed, recorded and interpreted the data collected over a two-week period, looking at how components of an ecosystem change as they interact with each other and their environment. Below are some of our students designs.

Teacher: Cassie Seel (CSE)