Details of activity

Term:1/2

Name of Activity: Science Eureka(Sabbatical Course)

Objective of Activity: To give us a wider and fun-filled exposure to science

Venue: Science Research Centre

Pictures/videos of Activities:

One of our more exciting science experiments, called catching a rainbow. This experiment included nailpolish and this black paper. As nailpolish was dropped in, it diffused to form a wonder of art.

One of our more exciting science experiments, called Put Out Candle From a Soap Bubble.This included a candle, funnel and cup of detergent water. When air was blown into the detergent water, forming a bubble, and placed over the flame, the flame extinguished.



Hi all, welcome to my post on the activities page. In every term, except term 4, my school will have something we call sabbaticals. Basically, we can sign up from a list of courses one that you are most interested at and for that week, there will be no lessons, only playtime from the courses. This time, I chose a sabbatical called Science Eureka, one of the science courses that can be taken. Over the week of sabbaticals, I learnt many, ranging from how enzymes work to static electricity to diffusion(the nailpolish experiment) and many others, all from a wide range of scientific topics.It's just too much to talk about.

However, I do have time to talk about what I liked and disliked about this sabbatical. I like this sabbatical partly because it was some free time for me from all the stresses in school, put the main thing was that it was an eye-opener for me. The lessons not only allowed us to learn science the fun way, but also gives us a chance to do never before things. Take for example one of the experiments, we used concentrated Hydrochloric Acid and concentrated Ammonia to turn copper (2) sulfate solution from blue to green and back to blue again. As much as I liked it, I feel that the let down came when we did too many experiments in one day, leading to my mind getting so blown up and confused about what we did at the end of the day.

To end this off, I hope that the number of experiments done could be put forth to us by other means like videos, lessons, etc. to spice up the lesson to make it more attracting and exciting instead of many experiments in one day. Lastly, I would like to thank the teachers in charge, upper-secondary student volunteers who carried out the lesson for the exiting experience and fun-filled journey.