#science #project #students #questions #skill #new #learn #contribution #atl #group #code #app #python #html #coding #video #simulation #ph #indicator #insulation #students #research #variables… | Sabina MammadovaScience Day 2026 – OWIS 🔭🔬🧬🧪👩🔬
This year, we organised #Science Day 2026 for our Lower Secondary students (Grades 6, 7, and 8).
🧬 Grade 6 Science #Project Topics
1. Sustainable Cell City
2. Best Insulating Material for Reducing Heat Loss
3. Sound Pollution Investigation
4. Create Your Own Natural pH Indicator
🧪 Grade 7 Science Project Topics
1. Pinhole Camera Model
2. Periscope Using Mirrors
3. Kaleidoscope Using Reflection
4. Rainbow Formation Model (Dispersion Through a Prism)
5. Newton’s Colour Wheel
6. Refractive Index Demonstration Box
#Students were divided into four groups per class. After forming their groups, they selected a project topic of interest. Assessment was based on eight criteria: six group-based and two individual components.
For the individual assessment, students responded to the following reflective #questions:
1. Which #skill did you improve during this project?
2. What was #new for you during this project?
3. What did you #learn from this project?
4. What was your #contribution to the group work?
Although I did not explicitly reference #ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills, many students independently identified and reflected on the ATL skills they had developed. These questions were asked during presentations, which took place before Science Day. Students worked on their projects over a two-week period 🔬
There were several memorable moments. One particularly example was a #group working on a pinhole camera project. Beyond building a physical model, one student wrote #code and developed a web #app using #Python and #HTML. He spent over an hour #coding, then created a QR code so that others could access the app during the presentation 👩🔬💻👾
The app converted a real-time #video feed into a Camera Obscura #simulation, allowing users to adjust exposure, warmth, contrast, luminosity, softness, haze, and more. It even included features such as taking photos and switching to full-screen mode 🤓
In Grade 6, one group investigated natural #pH indicators using 10 different fruits, creating individual pH scales for each #indicator. Another group explored thermal #insulation, testing five different materials. They designed controlled experiments, such as placing materials in beakers with ice and applying the same heat and time using a hot plate, or using hot water covered with insulating materials. #Students measured temperature changes before and after to determine heat loss and identify the most effective insulator.
All students were required to:
• Generate a #research question and hypothesis
• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled #variables
• List #equipment
• Describe #methodology
• #Analyse results through discussion
• Identify sources of #error and possible #improvements
Each group produced a #poster, a #presentation, and a physical #model to showcase their #learning.
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