Food – Different by Design

To celebrate Science Week this year, we combined a whole range of activities for our students.

Year 8s & Special Options Class

Our Year 8s and Special Options Class really got to “sink their teeth into” this year’s Science Week theme. The students visited the Urlwin Park Agricultural Museum here in Balaklava. Students “ate up” the opportunity to learn about the history and changes in agriculture and food production first hand. A big thank you to Roy and Norma Schopp for welcoming our students, showing them around and answering their questions.

YEAR 9

The biggest event was held on Thursday August 19, with all the Year 6 and 7 students from Owen, Port Wakefield, Mallala and Balaklava Primary Schools coming to the High School to participate in our Science Extravaganza! Year 9 students had designed food related activities to entertain, educate and enthuse our visitors. There was sherbet and dry ice ice-cream, taste testing and fairy floss, states of matter using chocolate, chickens hatching and oobleck dancing, donut on a string competitions, fermentation products and drones, popping canisters and much more. It really was an extravaganza! Primary students collected items for their show bags at each activity. Principal Sonia Pringle and Ag teacher Sue Pratt addressed all the students, welcoming them and explaining the importance of agriculture in our world. Students then shared in a sausage sizzle and donuts from the Lions Donut Van. A Superb Science Sensation.

YEAR 10

Andy Barr, Professor of Agriculture came and shared his numerous and colourful adventures as a plant breeder and cereal consultant. From meeting Bill Gates to hostage situations in Mexico, his wealth of knowledge and experiences gave our Year 10 students insights into global food security and how genetic modification creates solutions. Students also dissected barley and wheat seeds, learning how cross pollination and plant breeding is achieved. Thanks Andy.

KINDY VISIT

On Friday, the Kindy students came and joined in some rocket fun on our oval. Lachlan Gaze and Shannon Schutt joined in with the count down and Rachel Feltham, Samantha Lockwood and Hamish Pike helped with the blast off.

Thanks also to Pepper Batten who came up to with some funny food facts for our daily bulletin notices.

Merridy Manuel