Holy Cross Science Department

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Mrs Wright's class have been investigating the conditions needed for germination

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9a4 looked at transpiration and factors affecting this

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7a1 have been learning about how plants are adapted for wind and insect pollination

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8b1 experimented with static this week

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7A1 have been identifying the parts of a flower to learn about plant reproduction

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Holy cross engineers closing in on another success with their electric car. Not long until it’s first test run! 🤞

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Year 9 finished their osmosis required practical today and looked at why percentage change would be used instead of just mass

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Miss Marsden was impressed with Year 7 and their testing a leaf for starch practical

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What are engineering club planning now….

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Year 5 primary taster days are well underway! We’ve had a great time so far

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Year 9 made slime today as part of their bonding topic and links to polymers

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10RM looked at the required practical for water waves today

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9B3 investigated the mass of potatoes when placed in different sugar solutions!

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Year 10 have started learning about acids and alkalis as part of the chemical changes topic

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A demo of elephants toothpaste when looking at catalysts 😮

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10LP investigated refraction of light using glass blocks to see how light refracts in a different medium

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8B1 investigated displacement reactions using some microscale practical work!

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8B1 extracted iron metal from a match head during their lesson on extraction of metals using carbon! They proved the iron using a magnet! 🧲

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8B1 investigated the effect of catalysts on rate of reaction on Friday using Zinc, Sulfuric acid and Copper

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8B1 investigated polymers today using the Nylon Rope Trick @RoySocChem