Twelve Year 6 students were chosen to attend the 2016 Science Challenge, run by Lancing College. It was a great event and the children were very excited to be a part of it. On arrival they were sorted into three teams, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. They were led off to their various labs, where they were split into teams with other schools. Everyone was mixed up into a team with people they did not know. They were then presented with various challenges that they had to solve within the given time.
Everyone got stuck in and got to know their team members quickly. I was particularly impressed with our students, they were enthusiastic, polite and got on with their tasks very well.
In the Physics challenge they had to build a tower to balance a tennis ball and carry out various measuring tasks where accuracy was the key.
Charlotte's tower won their challenge!
Georgia trying to measure the period of a pendulum.
Felix and his team's tower.
Lexi working with her team to calculate the weight of a small ball of plasticine.
In the Chemistry challenge their task was the get a mixture down to 0 degrees, they needed to calculate the correct amount of each reactant to achieve this.
Alice doing the calculations
Hermione discussing the method with her team mates.
Uliana measuring the temperature.
William answering some of the tricky questions.
In Biology the teams rotated around various stations that involved different activities about animals, plants and different habitats.
Efosa doing some drawings of different fruits.
Jamie working well with her group.
Robert classifying various things according to different criteria.
William thinking hard!
After the challenges there was a great talk by The Cycling Scientist, who demonstrated different properties of carbon dioxide.
Then the winners were announced. We didn't place in the top 3 schools, although Robert's team won the Biology section.
There is Robert collecting his prize.
Overall, the team did really well, showing off good manners and making the most of the day. Well done Year 6!
