Superb Science Workshop at Eastbourne College

21 January 2020

A number of our Year 6 pupils travelled down to Eastbourne College on Monday afternoon to take part in a Science workshop based around the theme of medicine, run by Mr Fellows, Dr Ball and Mr Kuchta. The first activity involved testing samples of urine (or apple juice mixed with iced tea!) with Benedict’s reagent to check the level of glucose to see which one represented a sample from someone who was diabetic. The pupils then moved on to designing a one way heart valve using a box and marble model so that the marbles would travel from one side of the box to the other through a valve but couldn’t flow back again the other way. Finally they looked at the ease with which germs can be spread around by a sneeze and the difference that putting a hand or tissue in front of their mouths made.

They were helped throughout by Old Androvian sixth formers Chloe Cox, Shaumya Kularajan, Ashraf Owasil, Joseph Shouksmith and Henry Turnbull.

A teacher assists two boys in lab coats and safety goggles during a Science Workshop, guiding them through an experiment with test tubes. The boys observe closely and take notes, while beakers of yellow liquid sit on the table. Two boys in school uniforms and safety goggles conduct a science experiment with beakers and test tubes during a Science Workshop, whilst other pupils work in the background. Four boys in striped blazers collaborate on a project during a Science Workshop, arranging red paper inside a cardboard box on a wooden table, whilst other students and a teacher are visible in the background. A teacher in a lab coat gestures at a glucose concentration chart on a screen whilst students, also in lab coats, listen during a Science Workshop in a classroom filled with equipment and a human torso model. Two boys in lab coats and safety goggles conduct a Science Workshop experiment with beakers and pipettes at a classroom lab bench. One boy uses a dropper whilst the other observes, surrounded by papers and equipment on the table. Two students wearing lab coats, safety goggles, and ties conduct an experiment during a Science Workshop, handling test tubes and beakers with yellow liquid on a wooden lab bench. Two boys in white lab coats and safety goggles work together at a lab table during a Science Workshop, writing notes next to a tray holding test tubes, beakers, and a paper labelled Method in a classroom setting. A teacher demonstrates something on a table during a Science Workshop to a group of students in striped uniforms who are gathered round, watching attentively in a classroom.