woodchurch science

for every answer you get right on this site (www.freerice.com) you donate 10 grains of rice through the world food programme to starving nations. so get learning and get giving. you can change the subject (there’s a chemistry one for naming the element symbols) perfect for revising 8e.

try this version of the classic game but with a twist.

if only these scientists had twitter…

try recognising some animals from the poo they make, get it right and print out a whopooped certificate! Really tasteful. click here to try.

here’s some poetry by the separate science group: vote for your favourite or submit one of your own…prizes on offer!
first up is beryllium

there once was a prince called william
who made a car out of beryllium
the car broke down
and knocked off his crown
and now he makes them out of aluminium

second is lithium

lithium sweet lithium
will kill me if i eat it
lithium sweet lithium
will melt when we heat it
lithium sweet lithium
can power all our stuff
lithium sweet lithium
can feel very rough
jump for joy and run around ther’s stuff that could be done
when you’re playing with lithium you’re bound to have some fun.

and lastly for now, helium

it’ll make your voice go high
and balloons fly in the sky
it’s a noble gas
with a very small mass
with a full first shell
its as cool as hell

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think you can do better? responses by comment button please…

here’s a good game to test your knowledge of how science works words. usual rules apply.

this competition was won by jago richards, year 7, who correctly identified the picture as showing a close up of velcro. well done. come and collect your prize from mr warren.

apparently i would last 1 minute and 29 seconds. what about you? click here and find out!

here’a a puzzle to print off. fill it in and get it to mr warren for a prize…first complete entry wins.

a scientist is experimenting with bacteria that are one micron in diameter and that reproduce by dividing every minute into two bacteria. at 12:00pm, he puts a single organism in a container. at precisely 1:00pm, the container is full. at what time was the container half full? answers by comment button please (a prize for the first correct answer).