Last week was National Science Week and the College Science Department combined with the Resources Centre to provide a Science extravaganza! The Science theme was very obvious the moment one walked into the Resources Centre with decorations including space models, skeletons, thermometers and lots more!
There were certainly some smart tactics being used to get the boys into the spirit of things as a large sign read “Cooking is Chemistry”. What better way to bring in the crowds than to offer freshly cooked food! As you can see from the photo, the expert cooking skills of Mrs Roslyn Gibson and Ms Judy Gillespie clearly very popular.
It wasn’t just the food that had the boys interested and one of the activities was a competition for the boys to create a NASA Mission Patches. Many Year 7 boys took part in this competition that was judged by Ms Aitken and the Resources Centre staff. Congratulations to Ben Wilson (East Ryde) who won this competition. Ms Gillespie described Ben’s patch as “having an inventive design and use of colour as well as exhibiting the inspirational spirit of space exploration”. Special congratulations also goes to Milan Nitopi (Rydalmere) and Josh Misener (Hunters Hill) who came runners up.
Below is Ben’s winning badge and he has gone to the trouble of explaining the meaning behind his design.
Recently, the library held a competition at lunch in which competitors had to design a badge about a NASA space mission. The mission was called Zephyr. My shield design was meant to represent “Unity” because Zephyr was a united effort to explore the furthest depths of our solar system.
My design was in the shape of a shield. The shield itself was gold in order to stand out against the background of a white spacesuit. It also showed the planet Pluto which was where the mission was headed. The planet was decorated with vines curling around it, a NASA symbol and a rocket.
The top of this shield had ornate gold antennae with a text box titled Zephyr. Around this ornate text box were three tri-coloured tongues of flame (orange, blue and green). On either side of these flames were two Olympics-styled torches to represent bravery in exploration.
Well done again to Ben and all those who took part – they certainly put a lot of thought and effort into the competition. Once again, a huge thanks to the staff from the Resources Centre and the Science Department for their enthusiasm which has clearly been infectious to the boys!
Photo 1: Boys crowd around to make sure that they don’t miss any of the “chemistry in action”!
Photo 2: Ben Wilson’s winning badge design.