What’s New In Science?
The Big Science Competition is a 50-minute multiple choice competition testing science knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. During May 2021, 20 students from Year 7 to Year 10 participated in the Big Science Competition with some outstanding achievements:
- High Distinctions – Achieved by one Student in Year 9 and three students in Year 10.
- Distinction Certificates – Achieved by two students in Year 10 and one student in Year 11.
- Credit Awards – Achieved by two students in Year 11, two in Year 10, one in Year 9 and one in Year 8.
The Australian Science Olympiads are a national enrichment program for secondary science students. The Australian Science Olympiads provide rewarding opportunities for students to extend themselves way beyond school science through challenging exams, stimulating extensions and enrichment programs and international competitions.
In July 2021, 14 students from Year 7 to Year 12 sat the Australian Science Olympiads for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Junior Science. Some of these students will go on to compete in international competitions. The following results were awarded:
- High Distinctions – Year 12 2021 student for Biology and Chemistry
- Distinctions – Year 12 2021 student for Chemistry, Year 12 2021 student for Physics, and two Year 11 students.
Five students received Credit awards in the Junior Science Olympiads, one from Year 9, three from Year 10 and one from Year 11.
Two Year 12 2021 students also achieved Credit awards for the Chemistry Olympiad.
We also started a STEM Club in Science, called “Girls for Science” (pro scientiae). We have 18 girls from Year 7 to Year 11. We started by using an online light generator to look at light and colour and build a digital production to music. Students have been creating holiday lights using biology and phosphorescent bacteria, chemical reactions that create fluorescent lights and assembling and coding LED lights using physics principles.
The girls showcased their productions week commencing Monday 6 December 2021 as we celebrated the end of the year and the start of the holidays!
The photos show “Girls for Science”, using chemistry and playing with fluorescein to create fluorescent paintings!
– Mora Soliman
Assistant Head of Department – Science
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