Partner school visit

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Yesterday I visited our partner school, Gimnazjum no 4 in Stargard, Poland. The winners of the photo competition, "Science through your eyes", received their prizes:

Click here to see the winning photos.

After than, together with the Volcano Science Club members, we conducted this year's Global Experiment - Mission Starlight - organised by Royal Society of Chemistry:

Miss Ochwat

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!

RSC Global Experiment 2015 - second investigation

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Today we were trying to find out How quickly can hydrogels absorb water? For this experiment, we used the following equipment:

Firstly, we gathered a capful of hydrogel from the pampers nappies and transferred it into a plastic bottle:

 

 Then, we added water and measured the time taken to absorb it. We recorded our results and, after careful analysis, will post them on the RSC website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSC Global Experiment 2015 - first investigation

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Today we have investigated How much water can our hydrogel hold? For the purpose of this experiment, we used the following equipment:

We started by cutting out 10x10cm cloth sample to check its absorption:

Our cloth sample absorbed on average 33 ml of water.

Then, we predicted how much water a hydrogel sample can hold. To check our preditions, we cut out a Pampers nappy into 10x10cm samples and saturated it with water. On average, the hydrogel sample absorbed 325.2 ml of water.

Visit RSC website if you would like to do this experiment at home.