PHOBIAS, the properties of chocolate, lightning and an anatomically correct man made out of cake were among the exhibits on show at The Cherwell School’s second science fair.

A total of 28 different projects put together by 80 pupils aged between 11 and 18 at the school, in Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, went on display to the public on Tuesday.

The school’s science enrichment co-ordinator Kat Lygate said: “It has been fantastic, it has blown us away.

“It has really taken off since last year and there are a lot of them collaborating, which is nice as well.

“It has appealed to a wide range of abilities and people of very different social backgrounds, so it has been brilliant.”