Chemistry

Exploring Science Club

This year is the year of the Periodic Table as it marks 150 years since Dmitri Mendeleev created it. Therefore, the Chemistry Representatives celebrated it in Exploring Science Club this year. We kicked it off with slime and continued with homemade bath bombs which both ended up being a huge hit with Year 7 and 8s. The girls learnt about the chemistry behind these products before being able to make them and take them home. This was a great experience for the girls to explore science with items that they enjoy using and can also make at home. During ‘Amazing Animals’ Science Week, we made elephant toothpaste. This attracted a range of different years who got to make a mini reaction of their own before watching the big example that ended up even shocking the reps as it reached the ceiling. The mark on the ceiling in C1 might be our fault but we left our mark of a great year of chemistry! Hana Moattar, Year 12

Chemistry Olympiad Results

Shalini Chohan, Sahruka Ravichandran

Hannah Coxhead, Rebecca Everett, Iva Grujic Rinda Naresh, Anna Tomlinson Elena Tybulewicz

Karen Ramzy Yacoub Getting to know our Scientist in Residence: Dr Bryant

Being able to make compounds that no one in the world has made before really appealed to me. I’m particularly interested in organic chemistry as all life on earth is made up of carbon which is the main element associated with this branch of chemistry. Chemistry also spans across multiple industries such as pharmaceutical, agrochemical, fuel, food, cosmetics therefore has lots of real-world applications.

I would be a paramedic or doctor as I really enjoy helping people.

The best part of my PhD was being able to direct my own research and successfully make compounds which I had designed.

The worst part of a PhD is the sheer amount of experiments that don’t work as it can be quite disheartening.

Sarah harty, Year 12

Chemistry Club

Chemistry Club have been playing with thixotropic substances and slime. This has allowed the younger years to not only learn about these interesting and mind boggling processes and chemicals, but also to allow their artistic and creative sides shine as they personalised their own slimes in glitter, paint and other fun add-ins to make it their own.