Growing Bacteria

This week in Science club, we swabbed multiple sites in the school to find where the most bacteria lives.  Bacteria is a living organism and thrives in damp, dark areas.  We swabbed computer keyboards, tables, toilets and whiteboards.  Come back after half term to see what lurks in the dark!

 Ew Lukas what did you find?

 Will the staff room yield the most bacteria grown? As we walked in, an observant Year 3 student remarked how much it smelled of food!

 In Year 5 Oliver, the doors are constantly touched by all so we had to swab them!

 Mr. Cusack thinks the studio doors will be full of bacteria.  See you all soon to find out!

Testing pH in household liquids.

Friday 2nd February was number day at John Bramston and our Science helper's Birthday (Yay! Alex is 6!) Keeping in theme with number day, we tested pH scale of household items.  Using litmus universal indicator paper, we dipped and tested what number on the pH scale our liquids were.  The smaller the number, the more acidic something is.  Coca-cola was really alkaline and had a pH of 9.

Puzzling Polymers

This Friday (26th January) the science club played with some very puzzling polymers.  Each of the polymers had a different property and their job was to explore the properties, mix them and enjoy making marvelous creations! Take a look at what we got up to...