Science


Congratulations to Finn and Vijay for their success at the BOP Science Fair

Here is the full awards list


For all those who enjoyed the Periodic Table song, here it is again:
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html



and the lyrics just in case you want to learn it off by heart before you get to Year 12!

The Elements lyrics

There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium,
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.
There’s yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium.
There’s holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and caesium.
And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium,
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.
There’s sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium,
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium.
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,

And there may be many others, but they haven’t been discovered. 


Here is the full manual for Science
Science Booklet - advice for all exhibitors


Read more about Antoine Lavoisier here:


 http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/antoine_lavoisier.php

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    1. I will be transforming a indoor bike trainer into a way of generating electricity. I will do this by attaching an electro magnetic motor to the trainer so that when you are peddling you can make power. To help convenience I will also attach a multi board.

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    2. Are you asking some people to test this Josh?

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  2. Over your holidays, consider if you want to investigate a scientific phenomena or invent a new technological device
    This website has some fantastic inspirations. Spent time perusing the themes and ideas.

    http://sciencelearn.org.nz/

    Write a brief profile of what you want to accomplish during Term 2. Our FPS is about food processing so this may be a direction you go in!

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  3. I like the website its very interesting :)

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  4. For my science fair I will be testing which milk type works best for cheese making since my mum occasionally makes her own cheese. I will be testing
    skim, trim, normal, and unpasteurized milk.

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    2. How will you test the different milks? What do you expect to happen? Will you organise taste tests or use the cheeses in some other way?

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    3. How will you know which milk makes the best cheese ?

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    4. I will not be making cheese instead I will be testing which milk type
      makes the thickest yoghurt. and will measure this by weight. I might
      also test if heat has a role to play in thicker yogurt.

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    5. I will not be making cheese instead I will be testing which milk type
      makes the thickest yoghurt. and will measure this by weight. I might
      also test if heat has a role to play in thicker yogurt.

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    6. Will you ask some people to taste test this or go by the thickness of the yoghurt?

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  5. For my science fair I will be making a wind mill and will be changing the turbine design to see which turbine will produce the most energy in the conditions of strong, medium or a weak amount of wind.

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    1. I have commented on your email Vijay. Where do you think these windy environments will be?

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  6. For my science fair I would like to test, If 2 cars where to have a head-on collision both traveling at 100km, would the same amount of damage be dealt as a car hitting a stationary object at 200km ?

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    1. How are you going to test that?

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    2. How do you take this idea and make it a fair test? Hasn't this been done by experts? I think this might be impractical Steven. Tell me more?

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    3. Maybe it would be easier starting off at smaller pace but still half the total and maybe using a more vulnerable object like eggs instead of a car. This may produce the same results, only would require less hassle.

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  7. For my science fair I would like to find out what types of soil lettuce grows in best.

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    1. This type of investigation is completed every year. How will yours be different?

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  8. Iam going to work on last years project: the SurfaSherpa knee board carrier (marketing, ergonomics and sizes)

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  9. So what are you redesigning/modifying/

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  10. Mrs Grey located this website with many great ideas:
    While looking for library lessons I stumbled across this website http://gws.ala.org/category/sciences - all the websites you might need in one place!!
    Cheers

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  11. Mrs Peters are behavioral tests ok to do if it has a scientifically purpose

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    1. Yes definitely Jack - but do elaborate on the directions you intend taking.

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  12. Can video games trigger an adrenaline response?
    Can playing video games change your blood pressure, breathing rate, heart rate, and pain tolerance?

    as this may be my question

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  13. For my investigation I would like investigate about Can video games trigger an adrenaline response andCan playing video games change your blood pressure, breathing rate, heart rate, and pain tolerance?

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  14. For my science investigation I would like to see which cancel last the longest... I would like to do this investigation as I really like candle lit in my house by I want to buy the candle that eould last the longest.

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  17. for my science investigation I am testing stain removers on different materials and if they vary.

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  18. For my science fair I will test the life of batteries. I will use a range of brands. My preliminary control will be with torches but if that doesn't work I will choose a different way to run the batteries flat.

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  19. For my Science Fair I will be investigating the science behind layered drinks such as traffic lights.Which ingredients are used? And why do some ingredients work better than others? What causes the separation of the different liquids?

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    1. I'll be very interested in your finding here Benjamin!

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  20. For my science investigation I will be testing food items but cooking them without baking soda/powder and compare the results with the same items with baking soda/powder then record the results.

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