Science News

National Science Week is here! Before we get to the latest news, a BIG REMINDER that next week, there will be lunch-time activities EVERY DAY. There will be a home-made flame-thrower demonstration and other fire experiments, Physics Phun, a chance to train an AI Generator to detect broken bones, a cane toad dissection and finally, a massive volcano explosion on the front lawn. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Now, back to the latest update! The excitement has been building, and this week the Super Science Bake Off and the Inter-House Science Competition was a huge successes. More than 23 cakes and desserts were entered in the Bake Off competition. We also had over 250 votes for the People’s Choice Award.

The winners of the People’s Choice Award were:

1^st Place	The Female Reproductive System	Matilda Breen Grace Rock Alexandra Tavendale (Year 10)
2^nd Place	The Layers of the Earth	Eloise Phillips (Year 8)
3^rd Place	The Solar System	Sophia Bolot Flora Balagna (Year 7)

The Female Reproductive System team wrote “Our cake illustrates the female reproductive system showing the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix and the vagina. We chose to do this as it is often stigmatised and only represented in vulgar drawings.”

The winners based on Best Representation of a Scientific Concept were:

1^st Place	Joan Freeman	Ms Grattan-Smith’s Year 11 Biology Class
2^nd Place	Mitosis	Julia Machliss (Year 10)
Equal 3^rd Place	Refraction/Dispersion	Louise Bein (Year 9)
Equal 3^rd Place	Frog Dissection	Pippa Murphy Miranda Lin (Year 7)

The winners based on Explanation of the Concept were:

1^st Place	Science Lab	Eva Litosh (Year 8)
2^nd Place	Gravity	Harper Jones Sophia Carroll Sophie Downes (Year 7)
3^rd Place	Neptune Cupcakes	Veronica Leys Vicy Luella (Year 7)

The Science Lab explanation was “For my super-science cake, I have made a scene of what you would see in a science lab (glasses, test tubes, conical flasks, spillages). I have made a cake based on a science lab, as science is my favourite subject and prac lab lessons are my favourite! However, I recommend NOT eating the cake, as it has a lot of sugar, which can be unhealthy. I made this cake mainly for display, although the whole cake IS edible.”

The Gravity team wrote “Gravity is the force that attracts a body towards a physical body having mass”. We chose this because it seems like a simple concept to begin with, but when we tried to describe it we all failed.”

The Neptune team wrote “These delicious cupcakes represent the little knowledge we have on space. Each cupcake tried to bring forward the concept of Neptune and the diamonds that fall upon its surface. The gold and white sprinkles represent the stars surround this gorgeous planet.”

The winners for best 3D cake were:

1^st Place	Asteroid Hitting Earth	Elida Gil Lucy McInnes Zoe Crisafulli (Year 10)
2^nd Place	Rocket	Ruby Sunman-Peters (Year 8)
3^rd Place	Brain	Perri Lawrence (Year 7)

Primary School Division winners go to:

1^st Place	Space Themed Brownies	Helena Squires Romy Schmidt Emily Nolan (Year 6)
2^nd Place	Transmutation	Ines Linhart (Year 6)
3^rd Place	Conical flask with water and bromine bubbles	Aurora Sharma