Science News

Our Science Leaders have been organising and leading some great activities this term! So far, students have made lava lamps, glow in the dark slime for Halloween, circuits, oobleck (a non-Newtonian fluid) and most recently, a paper plane competition.

During circuits, the leaders helped students to produce a range of different projects that made noise, light or even moved.

During the oobleck session, students tested three different types of flour to see which produced the best oobleck – plain flour, corn flour or tapioca flour. Plain flour produced a dough rather than a non-Newtonian fluid, however, they discovered that tapioca flour was very impressive and may be even better than cornflour. Students also tried applying pressure rapidly to the mixture and found it was hard like a solid, then they tried slowly applying pressure and found it oozed and moved like a liquid. It was most unusual!

In the paper plane competition, four different designs were tested. The Basic Dart style plane was found to travel the longest distance on average, while the UFO style plane produced some nice circles in the air.

We’re all looking forward to our Invisible Ink Christmas cards next week!

Mia Sharma
Science Teacher