Science Week
Science Week
Science Week quite literally went off with a bang last week at CMS. The science team put together a series of fun and educational lunchtime activities that served up a healthy dose of scientific principles for anyone game to get close enough. From exploding watermelons, acidic drinks and solar ovens, through to an imploding steel drum, the week saw lot of potential energy put to good use.
Check out the CMS Facebook page for some spectacular videos from the week.
Science and Engineering Challenge
Thirty-two of our young scientists did CMS proud in the Alice Springs Science and Engineering Challenge that saw students from the region's schools come together at CMS to put their learning into action. Competing in a series of science and engineering challenges, our year 8/9 team held their own against often older students and finished the day in an impressive third place overall. Congratulations to everybody involved!
Of course, students were also busy in the classroom, exploring the science behind some everyday objects.
8.1 have been learning about the electromagnetic spectrum in class this term. They've used prisms to catch the natural light and separate it into a spectrum of colours.
While 7.4 looked into the workings of a stethoscope, building their own working models from tubes and funnels.
