Fun and Mystery in Science

Have you ever wondered how our science classes look like at MLC School?

On their first week of high school, our young and bright Year 7 students were surprised to arrive at their science lab to find it closed with police tape. They were then busy collecting evidence for a CSI crime scene to find out ‘who broke’ into one of the science labs.

Secret messages left by the naughty perpetrator that only UV light could reveal, giant footprints left by an elusive but forgetful accomplice, pieces of jewellery left behind, and much more.

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Year 9 Science classes have been dealing with the energy and electricity topics in the past few weeks in Science. You cannot imagine what type of vibes and energy we have had in our lessons.

Our students were completely ‘energised’ by charged particles with the use of the Van de Graaff generator. The Van de Graaff generator is one of those devices that you would refer to as ‘an oldie but a goodie’. It is able to create a build-up of positive charges on any object that is in touch with it. And guess what?! Our Year 9 students were the ‘objects’ touching it this time! You could almost see the sparkles! Their hair literally rose up, and electricity was running through our Year 9 veins.

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“Who said that pizza is only for eating?!”

I bet that the first thing that pops onto your mind, when someone says the word “pizza”, is how delicious and yummy it is. Well, if you ask our Year 9 students, they might tell you that pizza dough can also be used to build a simple electrical circuit. Recently, our Year 9 scientists prepared pizza dough following a recipe. At first, it all looked like normal pizza dough, but, if you add enough salt and lemon juice, you can transform your pizza dough in a good conductor of electricity, and it can light up a cute LED light! It is incredible what Science, and some pizza dough, can do!

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– Martina Stolzi
Teacher