Primary school children burned crisps and looked at bacteria on their hands in exciting science experiments at Oxford High School.
The secondary school has been running an outreach programme with New Marston Primary School for the past five years.
Every Thursday morning Year 5 pupils at New Marston Primary School get the opportunity to take part in hands-on science experiments usually reserved for secondary school pupils.
With the help of sixth form students hundreds of Year 5’s are guided through complex experiments in the school lab.
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The experiments include looking at the bacteria that grows on their hands using agar jelly petri dishes, tests on PH with acids and alkaline and also experiments with gravity and forces.
This week the school children took part in an experiment that involved burning food to find out how much energy was in each item. The children burned different types of crisps including onion rings, Monster Munch and Wotsits as part of the fun experiment.
Biology teacher Maria Whittington has been running the science experiments for the past 12 years with different schools.
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Mrs Whittington explained the weekly science classes are “wonderful for the primary school and fabulous for us.”
She said: “We have great facilities to share with them and we get so much from it.”
The biology teacher also says the outreach programme also helps the Sixth Form students learn more because they explain complex science experiments in their simplest form.
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