Science Week 2025: A Celebration of Scientific Wonder

Science Week 2025 has just wrapped up, leaving both students and staff buzzing with curiosity and excitement after a series of engaging lunchtime workshops. This year’s theme, Scientific Wonder, wove together hands-on experiments and creativity, and seamlessly aligned with key learning outcomes from the Australian Curriculum.

Lunchtime Highlights: Creativity Meets Scientific Exploration

• Static Electricity Wonders

  
  

  Students dove into the mysterious mechanics of static electricity - creating hair-raising balloon experiments and demonstrating how charges attract or repel. This interactive session dove deep into the physical sciences, illustrating the properties of electric forces and matter, and provided a dynamic insight into charge interactions.

  
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

• Paper Planes with a Twist

  
  

  In this workshop, students engineered and launched their own paper planes, tweaking wing shapes, adjusting weight, and testing designs to explore principles like lift, drag, and aerodynamics. Students learned how slight design changes can impact flight stability and distance, sparking curiosity about how unseen forces shape the world.

  
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

• Mindful Science Colouring

  
  

  Between experiments, students had the opportunity to slow down and engage in mindful science-themed colouring. These beautifully illustrated pages featuring planets, animals, and chemical glassware, provided a calm, reflective space that still celebrated scientific wonder. This activity encouraged focus, creativity, and a deeper appreciation for the beauty of science in visual form.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

• Paper Flower Chromatography

  
  

  A vibrant splash of colour awaited in this activity: students used chromatography techniques to separate the pigments in paper flowers. The experiment enabled exploration of solubility, capillary action, and the discovery that seemingly uniform colours can actually be mixtures. Students visually observed how mixtures separate and how chemical properties affect interactions, reinforcing chemistry fundamentals with a creative flair.

  
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

• Magic Milk Lab

  
  

  The final workshop of the week added a dash of magic to chemistry. Students placed food colouring in milk and added a drop of dish soap to produce swirling, vivid patterns. This captivating reaction demonstrated molecular interactions (like surface tension and how soap disrupts fat molecules).

Science Week 2025 was more than just a collection of workshops - it was an invitation to explore, question, and marvel. From the invisible forces in static electricity to the kaleidoscope of pigment chromatography, each activity sparked fascination and encouraged students to connect theory with playful experimentation. By blending imagination with scientific method, the week stoked the spark of inquiry in future scientists and innovators, igniting both wonder and the drive to understand the world around them.

Christie Dey

Director of Secondary