DBIS Science

The DBIS Science department tweets about what the students are investigating and learning in their science lessons

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Year 9 burning different foods to calculate the energy they contain.
#sciEd #science #biology

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Y7 testing variegated leaves for the presence of starch. 🌿
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Introducing the Science Department's new water garden. Patiently awaiting the arrival of its new inhabitants.
#sciEd #beautifulbiology

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Watching the alkali metal in water demonstration with Year 8s. This is potassium which ignites immediately on contact with water.

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Year 7s learning what happens when you add concentrated sulfuric acid to sugar.

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experimenting with reaction speeds using the #iodineclock reaction.

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The science support staff are looking a bit hungry. They've not been fed in a while and can't wait for their Christmas lunch!

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Y10 recreating the famous Pink Floyd album cover by splitting light with a prism.
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Purifying seawater. Y9 were using the flame test to check for sodium and then using distillation, yielded purified water.

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Beautiful new addition to one of our water gardens in the Biology Lab. #beautifulbotany

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The most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-rays, nuclear magnetic resonance and Cryoelectron Microscopy data sets. Credit to EVAN INGERSOLL https://t.co/0nNz8P9nIe

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Year 12 have been investigating whether the amount of Vitamin C is higher in fresh Orange juice or Juice made from concentrate #biology #VitC #SciEd

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Y8 successfully completed making a polymer from their Potato starch.
Step 2 - Gently heat their potato starch in HCl and Propan-1,2,3-triol.
Step 3 - Neutralise with NaOH
Step 4 - Allow to cool

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Y8 doing the metal ion flame tests. Will they be able to identify the samples by the colour?
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Y7s using springs and weights to observe the effects of mass in a stretching experiment.

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We had to share this beautiful piece of work from one of our Year 7's. A wonderful 3D representation of the anatomy of a neuron!
#cellbiology #beautifulbiology

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Y8 Making a plastic from potato starch.
Step 1 - Extracting starch from the potato
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Proud to say that all our Year 7 students have obtained their Bunsen Burner license after showing us that they can safely set up and light their Bunsen Burners

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Introducing our new student-led Science Noticeboard. Highlighting great work, new developments, inspirational quotes, facts and jokes.

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.....and some more!