In 2 short weeks, students enjoyed doing the following experiments:

What type of paper aeroplane goes the furthest/stays up the longest?

For this experiment, each pupil would make a paper aeroplane of their own design (If they didn’t know how to, then with a tutorial). They then took turns to throw it across the room while one person timed it with a stopwatch and another used measuring tape to see how far it went. In the results, we found that the winning plane went 8.17 meters away and flew for approximately 3.85 seconds. This plane had a slim and streamlined structure from the front to reduce air resistance, but a large surface area from the top.

How do metals affect the colour of the flame in a Bunsen Burner?

For this experiment, the students were split into 4 groups to limit crowding and took turns to go to each worktable. Here they were provided with beakers of liquid metal, a Bunsen burner and safety goggles. Each person took turns to dip the liquid metal into a beaker and hold it over the Bunsen burner whilst it was on a blue ‘roaring’ flame and see what colour it then changed to before determining what metal it was by using a key displayed on the board.

Overall, all the pupils who attended Science Club have enjoyed learning some intriguing new information and will continue to do so. If you wish to join, then just show up at M16 at 12:50 on a Tuesday!

Jigeesha Gupta, Year 7