Rachel Winter

Yesterday afternoon, we celebrated our Science Community Showcase for 2024 National Science Week, diving into the fascinating world of matter in an educational and engaging way.

Our Year 9 students captivated the audience with their Science Show demonstrations, which they’ve been presenting to our Junior School students throughout the week, while our teachers impressed with a series of intriguing experiments, all focused on the theme of matter.

In physics, matter exists in distinct forms—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—each observable in our daily lives.

The event offered a variety of interactive displays and hands-on activities centered around the different forms of matter, sparking curiosity among attendees.

Some highlights included freezing flowers, grapes, and balloons, and even measuring the speed of light using cheese and a microwave—all in a safe and controlled environment!

One of the crowd's favourites was the Science Kitchen's liquid nitrogen frozen marshmallows, which had a surprisingly crunchy texture.

Science at Canterbury College is always an adventure!

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Yesterday, our Year 9 students participated in a dynamic science incursion led by Mr. Sidney Hooker from Griffith University as part of the 'Science on the GO!' program.

This initiative engaged students in a series of visual and practical experiments, preparing them for their upcoming assessments.

In these assessments, they will present smaller, and less startling scientific experiments to our Junior School students.

The enthusiasm and positive reactions from our Year 9 students highlight the captivating nature of science as a subject.