{"id":10180,"date":"2023-03-16T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=10180"},"modified":"2023-03-16T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:35:06","slug":"science-news-14","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/science-news-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Science News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Women in Science<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Science has been celebrating International Women\u2019s Day in many ways, including an excursion to a Women in STEM event. There will be more details on that next week, but here\u2019s a sneak preview:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-1-cropped-e1678926535249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the celebrations included Science Club learning about Rosalind Franklin\u2019s contribution to the discovery of DNA. Our wonderful Science Leaders prepared a PowerPoint presentation about Franklin\u2019s work, and then the students extracted DNA from Bananas and examined it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-2-cropped-e1678926614551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The experiment required superior squishing skills (to mash up the banana and open up the cells) along with careful pouring techniques to enable two layers of liquids to be formed.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10180 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-4-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-4-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-5-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-5-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The DNA could be seen as a white layer that formed between the two liquids. Some dye was added to help see the difference between the layers. Students then fished out the DNA and were able to observe it more closely.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10180 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-7-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/03\/Science_Women-in-Science-8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Please note that next week\u2019s Science Club will be postponed, since most students will be involved with the Cuts for Cancer fundraiser on Friday lunch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mia Sharma<br \/>\nScience Teacher <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Science Science has been celebrating International Women\u2019s Day in many ways, including an excursion to a Women in STEM event. There will be more details on that next week, but here\u2019s a sneak preview: &nbsp; One of the celebrations included Science Club learning about Rosalind Franklin\u2019s contribution to the discovery of DNA. 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