FINALLY! G STEM students had an opportunity to go to camp. An earlier attempt had been thwarted by inclement weather.

The girls had a great opportunity to experience learning a variety of skills such as collecting and examining specimens as well as developing their social skills by spending time together.

There was hard work but overall this camp really was fun and games.

A great BIG thank you to Ms McClymont and Mrs Moraes who worked really hard to help make this camp an astounding success!

Back at school…

Students are currently designing a robot delivery service. The girls are programming the robots to follow a pathway to deliver goods. The robots will be programmed to perform pre-designed moves and then scuttle back to their charging station. This is in the preliminary stage so we will update you when these have been completed.

Year 8 have been able to take time out to do a few fun, smaller experiments this term. The pictures below are taken of the students mixing magnesium metal with hydrochloric acid and producing a ‘POP’ when they light the captured hydrogen gas in the test tube. It’s obviously not possible to show the ‘POP” and many of the photos were blurred when the photographer jumped with every loud explosion.

FUN FACT

Hydrogen is believed to be one of the 3 elements produced in the Big Bang. It is the most abundant element in the universe and can exist without neutrons. Hydrogen is also getting a lot of attention at the moment as the production of green hydrogen gas is becoming cheaper and because it is so abundant, cheap and clean-burning then it is considered the fuel of the future to replace fossil fuels.