Salters' Festival of Chemistry

Greetings fellow Scientists!

On Thursday 19th May, Clare, Devika, Ellie and Gerren took part in the Salters' Festival of Chemistry at the South Bank University. 

The girls conducted a number of experiments to solve a mystery murder:

During the day we were working with 13 other schools from across England. We came third in the University Challenge, well done girls!

Partner school challenge - bubble snakes experiment

Greetings fellow Scientists!

In our last partner school challenge we were preparing a set of instructions for an experiment for our friends from the Volcano Science Club. We chose the bubble snakes experiment we've done some time ago (click here). We had a lot of fun doing it, have a look at the photos below:

Hydroponics experiment - THE CRUNCH

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Our first experiment focused on hydroponics. Hydroponics is a way of cultivating plants by putting the roots in liquid nutrient solutions (not in soil). Our radish seedlings were placed in the environment with different Sachs solutions:
- all nutrients are present
- solution lacking phosphorus
- solution lacking nitrogen
- solution lacking potassium.

 

We are going to see how each solution is going to affect the growth.

Getting ready for The Crunch

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Have you heard about The Crunch? We will be taking part in a series of exciting activities which will allow us to find out more about the food future of our planet. Watch the video to find out more: 

Our kit has arrived safely and we have already started preparations for the first activity: Land, water and bees - don't take us for granted: Hydroponics. We will be explring how food plants can be grown in a small space with limited water.

 

Partner school challenge

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Today we were completing the second challenge from our partner school. This time we were looking at the amount of sugar in our favourite snacks. Hopefully it will allow us to make healthier choices in the future.