Page 80 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

Science Club This year, Science Club was As well as this, held after school on a pupils showed Wednesday for Year 8 and their creativity 9 pupils. This was a great skills by design- time for pupils to practice ing their very their Science skills, work own rocket. In together in groups and the playground, most importantly, to have we propelled the FUN carrying out Science rockets by carry- experiments! ing out a reaction with Mentos and Coca-Cola. This The Bellfort – the Science way! This in- had to make sure that we Pupils enjoyed making hon- was brilliant fun and we eycomb and also ice-cream ran back out of the way volved using ice-cubes, lots quickly to avoid being of rock salt, milk, sugar and sprayed by Coca-Cola. flavouring. That week each pupil left with very cold If you would be hands, as well as their own ice-cream to eat. Before ing along to Sci- Easter, pupils were given a interested in com- ence Club, please task of trying to get a speak to Mrs boiled egg into a conical Sloan. flask without it breaking. We used Bunsen burners to heat up some water in the conical flask and then, as if by magic, the boiled egg was sucked down into the conical flask! 80