Technology and Science Club

Introduction

Are you interested in working on a personal project this year? Want to use the science labs or tech resources on your own inquiry? At the end of the year you will then be eligible to enter the Various Science and Technology competitions. Come to X2 during lunch on Thursday (week A) to get advice and start to link up with teachers who can help you. Put a reminder in your phone about meetings now!

NIWA Science Fair

Powering Potential

A camp in Wellington for young scientists and technologists in December

The Prime Minister's Science Prize

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/steps-of-the-scientific-method

BHS Y10 TECH FAIR 2020

Year 10 Technology Fair

Introduced in 2020 the technology fair is an opportunity for students to display their work throughout the year in the technology department. It is held near the end of term 4 and friends and whanau are welcome.

It is in particular a time for the year 10 digital technology students to present their design process for their personal project.

Resources

Technology Design Thinking

The digital technology department has a wide range of resources.

Science Project Resources

Science Buddies has a lot of information about science fair projects and how to plan and implement them.

Health and Safety, and Ethics

You need to consider any Health and Saftey issues relating to your project both during the process and displaying it.

More Info

Any experiments using animal or human subjects should consider ethics considerations.

More Info

Science Club | Science Report Template

A template for science reports coving all aspects of a scientific investigation

Tech Club | Development Log

A template for a technology development log. You can copy the sprint section as may times as nessasary

Presentation Board Template

The Template for a Technology Board. This has been set up so that the fit on the display boards used by the Year 10 Technology Studnets. Don't delete the space that says "DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THIS SPACE". 2 A3 pages are slightly too big for the boards so a section needs to be cut off.

Some other projects/experiments

Projects from around the school

Changing the Christchurch City Flag
How anti-bacterial are bamboo toothbrush handles?
How does the weight of a potato change as it sprouts?

Teacher in charge

Mr O'Sullivan

email - oss@burnside.school.nz

or come and chat in the X Block Digital Technology Office