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18 August, 2023
School celebrates science week
WARRNAMBOOL West Primary School students were excited to embrace this year’s National Science Week theme of ‘Powering Future Industries.’
This week’s celebration of all-things science saw the school participate in a special Science Fair, organised by Heath Hackett.
The year four, five and six students also showed their coding skills by creating games for children to play on school laptops.
This included cats jumping over muffins, kicking soccer balls into the net past a goal keeper, and flying chickens who had to dodge obstacles.
Students were also given the opportunity to bring experiments from home to display in front of the school.
These included volcanic eruptions with bicarb soda, dishwashing liquid mixed with dye, an egg being sucked into a bottle without breaking, floating magnets and ‘magic milk’ with dye and washing detergent.
Three judges gave scores out of 10, with each participant receiving a certificate and ‘Smarties.’
“The students really embraced Science Week and we had a wonderful display which included oil and water coloured fish, coffee filtered markers on paper and prints from vinegar, baking soda and dye,” visual arts specialist Renae Blake said. “It was an amazing fair.”
