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Experiments for learning science

n ESO students are encouraged experiment knowing a lot about through membranes).
Ito learn about science through what we were going to do following Before I did not think these
a variety of methodologies. To the procedure and observing what experiments would be so fun but
stimulate scientific learning, happened. It was a fun learning I was proved wrong. In the lab
active, hands-on learning is very experience!”. - Anna Marti & Joan we felt like we had discovered a
important. And this can best be Josep Mestre (Eso 1B) new little world by ourselves. Not
achieved by incorporating lab only but I also realised that these
experiments into the curriculum, “This year we’ve been going more experiments helped us remember
providing the most effective tool to the lab to experiment and learn the unit and most importantly,
to support their learning and new things about subjects such as understand it. After doing those
stimulating scientific thinking in Physics and Chemistry. Going to experiments, I found that I could
students. the lab helps us to learn in a fun explain osmosis and mitosis to
environment where we students anyone and answer any questions
Miss pérez can experience new things about them. And it was doubtlessly
Working in the laborotory gives without the limited use of paper because of these lab practices that
students the time, space, and and copying but by seeing and I had been able to learn concepts
resources to exercise their curiosity, hearing and experimenting. For better than ever before”. - shagun
stimulate scientific learning by example, in this picture we were Mayani (Eso 4B)
doing, understand concepts and learning Hooke’s Law of elasticity,
consolidate their learning. measuring the elongation of “We are students from IB 1 who
Let’s see what our students think different springs using different choose to take the optional subject
about these experiences: weights. It was nice and we had of SEHS (Sports, Exercise, Health
some laughs”. - Núria Borràs (Eso & Science). During this term we
“This year we are doing a lot of 2A) learned about the skeleton and
experiments in the lab and in muscles, tendons and ligaments.
the class. Before going to the lab, “During this year, in our ESO 4 To consolidate this learning the
we learned the names of the lab Biology class, we experimented teacher decided to create a chicken
equipment and the lab safety a great deal. Before we had only leg dissection lab activity. After
rules and about the scientific done small experiments and in that we had to create a lab report
method. And then started doing lower amounts. But this year we in which we had to label all the
experiments. had done more experiments, muscles, joints and ligaments. We
This month we are learning about even 3 different experiments for really enjoyed this activity and
minerals and creating crystals in the same topic! In the unit: vital we found it very helpful as we
the lab. First, we made a hypothesis functions of the cell, focusing on remembered some of the theory
about what we thought was mitosis (cell reproduction) and because of what we actually did". -
going to happen. We started the osmosis (cell water regulation IB 1 sEHs students

recognition time!

r Day held a ceremony in the Forum Chinese and English! The certificates will be
Mon 1st of December, to celebrate the useful in the future".
achievement of over 100 students from Angel Martí (IB2): “My Chinese HSK certificate
Primary, ESO, and IB students. is now one of my university application’s
supporting documents, to show my multilingual
Mr Hsiao- Williams proficiency.”
Certificates of Cambridge English PET and
Advanced; Chinese YCT and HSK were presented On this occasion, we also congratulated the
to students who successfully completed these winners of the Premis 30 d'octubre which is an
language proficiency exams. annual arts competition running in Salou for
Vera Fernández and Alba Capafons (Eso3): creative writing in English, Spanish and Catalán
‘’These are the certificates I always wanted to as well as in drawing, painting and photography.
have, to prove how hard I have been learning Well done everyone!