Science at MMCC this term has involved a whole range of activities ranging from modelling the states of matter to making motors.

Year 11 Biology students are investigating cells and their internal structures so they have used the microscopes to calculate the size of cells and identify organelles. Year 12 Biology students are learning to analyse data relating to genetics. Year 11 Chemistry and Physics students are refining their skills that they learnt in Junior school such as analysing motion and writing chemical formula.

In Year 12 Chemistry, students are learning about the solubility of substances. While in Year 12 Physics, they have spent some time in class this week doing a depth study relating to DC motors. Our girls need to make a model motor and explain the forces that cause it to spin.

In Year 10, the girls are learning the skills required in Physics by doing a variety of experiments, collecting the data using traditional methods such as tape measures and stopwatches and using digital technologies such as apps and video analysis.

Teachers are also asking students to develop their skills using Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel to create graphs and tables to represent the data collected.

Year 9 students are learning about diseases and the body’s coordination systems. Chemistry in the Kitchen is what Year 8 students are studying, with them identifying elements and learning about the properties of metals and non metals.

Year 7 students are still finding their way around the laboratory with a focus on the chemical nature of the three main states of matter.