June 2017
Iodine, I (the name is derived from the Greek 'iodes' meaning violet)
May 2017
Phosphorus, P (red phosphorus in the photo, the name is derived from the Greek 'phosphoros', meaning bringer of light)
April 2017
Aluminium, Al (powder in the photo, the name is derived from the Latin name for alum, 'alumen' meaning bitter salt)
March 2017
Iron, Fe (the name comes from the Anglo-Saxone name "iren")
February 2017
Nickel, Ni (the name is the shortened for the German "kupfernickel" meaning either devil's copper or St. Nichola's copper)
January 2017
Tin, Sn (the name comes from the Alglo-Saxon "tin")
December 2016
Magnesium, Mg (the name is derived from Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece).
November 2016
Zinc, Zn (The name is derived from the German, 'zinc', which may in turn be derived from the Persian word 'sing', meaning stone)
Copper, Cu (Latin: cuprum)
2015/2016
Here you can find our pictures of the week.
06/06/16
North American Pitcher plant, Saracenia
23/05/16
A locust.
16/05/16
Making an onion slide
09/05/16
Algal bloom
02/05/16
Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula
25/04/16
Giant African Snail - Achatina fulica
18/04/16
Beach by Ellie Lapping 8F
11/04/16
Meerkat, Colchester Zoo
14/03/16
Copper sulfate crystals
07/03/16
Landing on the Moon, Science Museum London by Rokas Radskas 8C
Spectrum tube with neon
15/02/16
Sunset by Lauren Simson 9B
08/02/16
Testing for sugars with Benedict's solution
01/02/16
Helix by Zaha Hadid
25/01/16
Maybrook Park by Rokas Radskas 8C
18/01/16
Model showing internal human organs.
11/01/16
Blooming tree by Evita Ahmed Hashmi 9D
04/01/16
Flower by Clare Morgan 8F
14/12/15
Silver mirror test
07/12/15
Turtle, Colchester Zoo
30/11/15
Hedgehog by Havilah Ekwes 8C
23/11/15
Walking with Elephants by Deanna Allman 9D
Rainy London by Emma Smith 9B
09/11/15
Remember the summer by Tia Debanham 9A
Sunset by Evita Ahmed-Hashmi 9D
26/10/15
Blue poison dart frog, Colchester Zoo
19/10/15
Water condensation by Evita Ahmed Hashmi 9D
12/10/15
Parsloes Park by Lauren Simson 9D
Cas the cat by Deanna Allman 9D
"Sensation" by Damien Hirst
Spider by Clare Morgan 8F
14/09/15
"After the Race" by Ross Brawn
07/09/15
Part of the beach in Walton on the Naze, UK
2014/2015
29/06/15
Newton meters
22/06/15
Excellent poster on Human Genome Project by Brooke Spence 9B and Lauren Tooze 9B
15/06/15
Ichthyosaur, Natural History Museum, London
08/06/15
Agate, Natural History Museum, London
01/06/15
Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, Natural History Museum, London
Flame test
18/05/15
A model of a cell, Science Centre NEMO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/05/15
A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae.
04/05/15
Chemical garden.
27/04/15
Male and female gorilla, Natural History Museum, Dublin, Ireland
20/04/15
Copper distillation vessel, Jameson Distillery, Dublin, Ireland
13/04/15
Magnolia tree, St Stephen's Green Park, Dublin, Ireland
06/04/15
Happy Easter!
30/03/14
Chromatography
23/03/15
Water in a solid state, Andermatt, Switzerland, photo by Peter Savage
16/03/15
Water clock, Science Centre NEMO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/03/15
Body Worlds: The Project Happiness exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
02/03/15
Forsythia suspensa
23/02/15
Tortoise, family Testudinidae, picture by Lewis Golby 7E
16/02/15
Model of the Solar System made out of LEGO, The Art of the Brick UK exhibition
09/02/15
Making nylon
02/02/15
Outstanding homework done in Science by JRCS students
26/01/15
Winter snow, Zielona Góra, Poland
19/01/15
Bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) photo by Ryan Lawrence Wright 7F
12/01/15
Food web.
05/01/15
Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Our year in Photos by Google
22/12/14
Magical Ice Kingdom, Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park, London
15/12/14
Distillation
08/12/14
Shell collection - photo by Dimitrios Lawani 8C
01/12/14
A rainbow - photo by Ellie Lapping 7F
24/11/14
Precipitation reaction: lead nitrate and potassium iodide
17/11/14
10/11/14
The mummy, The British Museum, picture by Raluca Tudor 8B
03/11/14
The Crystal, Canning Town
27/10/14
Investigating invertase
20/10/14
Density tower
13/10/14
How acidic?
06/10/14
Burning ethanol
29/09/14
The model of the lithium atom
22/09/14
Lichen
15/09/14
Electrifying science! Vaan de Graaf generator
08/09/14
How clean is your water?
01/09/14
Filtration in action
