Week 6



CHEMISTRY grade 8. We discuss electrolysis. We are going to plan and conduct an investigation about the electrolysis of copper sulphate.

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss atomic and nuclear physics. We get to know the different methods used to detect particles.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss what pathogens are. We discuss the differences between bacteria and viruses. We discuss how do white blood cells protect us from disease.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss how different types of lasers work.

Week 5



CHEMISTRY grade 8. We discuss electrolysis. Why do electrolytes conduct electricity? What are anions and cations? We are going to plan and conduct an investigation about the electrolysis of copper chloride.

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss self-induction. We discuss how an electric motor is constructed. We discuss the production of electricity and solve problems.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. Science Fair “TekNatur 2012” finals.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss energy levels and potential wells. We discuss photons and their energy.

Week 4



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about electricity in nature. How humans' circuits functioning?

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss about transformers. We investigate the properties of transformer.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. “What happened in Cindy's room?” - crime scene investigation.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to investigate the properties of a laserbeam.
Week 3



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about the heating effect of a current. We discuss what a electrical power is. We are going to solve a problems.

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss about electromagnetic induction. We learn about M. Friday's experiments. We discuss self-induction. We find out how an induction own works. We watch a movie about using of induction in the metallurgical industry.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are going to investigate different blood groups and what blood contains.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss what an emission spectrum is. We discuss what an absorption spectrum is. We are going to investigate line spectrum of different substances.

Week 2



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss what a superconductor is. We will watch a film “Electricity” by UR about possibilities to create superconductors and how to use them.

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss the Oersted experiment and Law. We discuss about magnetic properties of the matter. We discuss the role of the magnetic field of the Earth and the Sun. What is Northern lights. We find out: 1. How does a debit card works? 2. For what can magnetic fluid be used? 3. Magnets in medicine. 4. How does levitation train works?

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss about the human immune system.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss the different types of spectra. We investigate the origin for those different types of spectra. We discuss energy levels and potential wells. We discuss photons and their energy. together.


Winter holidays. Happy New Year!


Week 50



PHYSICS grade 8. We are going to familiarize us with Ohm's low. We are going to investigate the resistannce of a conductors.

PHYSICS grade 9. We discuss the results of own investigations about a sausage.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. What your blood says about the state of your health?

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to program robots so that robots can dance together.


2011


Week 49



PHYSICS grade 8. We are continuing with our investigations. What factors affect the current strength in a conductor?

CHEMISTRY grade 9. What is in the sausage? We are going to investigate about consistency of a sausage.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are discussing about blood groups and what blood contains. We carry out blood tests that determines the blood group and the Rh-factor of the blood. (NB! We use a synthetic blood in all labs).

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We build a robot that follows a pattern of the floor.

Week 48



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about resistance of conductors. We investigate different possibilities to connect conductors and how these connections affect the properties of electric circuits.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. What is in the sausage? We are going to investigate about consistency of a sausage.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss different types of fingerprints. We will study methods for finding and taking fingerprints.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We build a robot that reacts to light.

Week 47



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss what an electric circuit is and how we can represent its electrical components. We discuss what physical quantities can affect the electric current in conductors. We investigate different possibilities to build butteries.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. What is in the sausage? We are going to investigate about consistency of a sausage.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are discussing about forensic science. We classify different types of crimes. We discuss how knowledge in physics, chemistry and biology helps forensic scientists to solve various crimes.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We build a simple robot with four simple moves.

Week 46



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss and investigate special properties of amber. We discuss about electrical charges and what properties they have. We investigate the properties of electric field and learn to describe the electric field with help of geometry.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. What is in the sausage? We are going to plan own investigations about consistency of a sausage.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We continue the own research for TekNatur.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss about robotics and technology. We watching M. Kaku’s movie “Visions of The Future”.

Höjdens school, Raseborg



SCIENCE grade 8. Analysis of human hair and blood types in Crimlab.

Week 45



PHYSICS grade 8. We investigate diffraction and dispersion of light. We investigate the scale of various waves in nature. We are going to watch the film "Invisible World".

CHEMISTRY grade 9. Students are on Vocational Orientation.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We continue the own research for TekNatur.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. Students are on Vocational Orientation.


Week 44



PHYSICS grade 8. We investigate the properties of different types of lenses. We discuss about usage of lenses. We investigate different defects of vision and ways to correct those defects.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. Students are on Vocational Orientation.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are going to conduct own research for TekNatur.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. Students are on Vocational Orientation.


EHS Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We discuss about Locards Principle. We are going to investigate different types of fibers.


Lyceiparkens School, Borgå


SCIENCE grade 8. We discuss error analysis (calculation of errors.We continue to work on own reports about energydrinks.


Week 43



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about the history of light. We investigate various sources of light. We investigate the different opportunities that register light. We discuss about shadows and eclipses. We discuss the refraction of light. We discuss about the index of refraction.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about drugs.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are going to conduct own research for TekNatur.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to present results of own research.


Week 42



PHYSICS grade 8. Is sound a wave? We investigate the properties of waves for sound. We plan an investigation about measuring the speed of sound.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about vitamines and minerals. We are going to investigate how much C-vitamine contains in the ordinary juice.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We begin to discuss own research topics for TekNatur.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to conduct an investigation about how temperature affects the reproduction of yeast bacteria.



Week 41



We have holidays.


Week 40



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about waves. We investigate wave characteristics. We plan our own investigations about reflection of waves. We discuss about the speed of waves. We solve problems using math.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We are going to investigate properties of fats.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We are going to investigate how a steel ball's fall height affects a wooden tray's distance when the steel ball collides with it. We collect measurement results and calculate the errors. We begin to discuss own research topics.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We plan an investigation about how temperature affects the reproduction of yeast bacteria.


EHS Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We discuss error analysis (calculation of errors), how can data be presented in the form of tables and charts. How can we interpret the charts. We continue to work on own reports.


Höjdens school, Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. How can we draw graphs in the Calc program?

Week 39



PHYSICS grade 8. We are going to solve problems. We discuss the resonance of various mechanical systems. We discuss about what happened to the Tacoma Bridge. We discuss about the Foucault pendulum. We are going to proof the Earth rotation.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about fats properties.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss the stages of scientific inquiry. How do we get accurate data? How can we calculate errors? We discuss article about measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss about the differences between bacteria, viruses and fungi.

EHS Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We discuss about what kind of experiments can be done in conjunction with our market project. We practice writing own first report.


Höjdens school, Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. Joint review of the lab "Factors affecting the pendulum's period". We start with Crimelab. We discuss different crimes which can be solved using science. We start with the fingerprint analysis.


Week 38



PHYSICS grade 8. We are going to investugate what factors affect the oscillation period of the mathematical pendulum. We are going to solve problems.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We are going to investigate protein properties.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss the stages of scientific inquiry.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to investigate the onion DNA.


Week 37



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about how the mathematical pendulum works. We are going to plan an investigation about what factors affect the oscillation period of the mathematical pendulum. We are going to solve problems.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about protein properties.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss the stages of scientific inquiry. We will plan an investigation about how temperature affects conductors resistance.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss about cloning and we watch the documetary "Visions of the Future" by Michio Kaku.


EHS Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We are going to investigate which scales have greater precision and accuracy.


Höjdens school, Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We are going to familiarize us with how to use dataloggers. We are going to investigate the following problem: "The phone rings just when you have poured coffee into your cup. You know that your call will be last 5 minutes and you can not drink coffee during the call. You want to drink the coffee as hot as possible. Should you pour in the milk directly or after when the call is over?"

Week 36



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about the constellations. We use the position of fixed constellations to show that the Earth revolves around the Sun. We discuss about oscillations and two different types of pendulums.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We are going to use two tests in order to investigate the concentration of sugar.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss the stages of scientific inquiry. We discuss the reliability and validity of data.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to use electrophoresis to investigate onion DNA.


EHS Raseborg


SCIENCE grade 8. We discuss what a hypothesis is. We discuss about different types of variables (independent and dependet). We discuss about the difference between accuracy and precision. We going to investigate which scales have greater precision.


Week 35



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss how we can proof that our Solar system is heliocentric. We discuss about the concepts: azimuth and declination. We will use the azimuth indicator for mapping objects on the horizon. We are going to construct an astrolabe in order to measure the declination of objects above the horizon.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We will discuss about enzymes, their properies. We are going to plan an experiment on proteases (hydrolysis).

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We will discuss about scientific evidence and how to plan an experiment.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We are going to plan an experiment about onion DNA.


Week 34



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about the Geocentric and Heliocentric Theories. We discuss about the contain of Solar system. We familiarize us with "light year" concept and we build a model of the Solar system.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about the structure of carbohydrates. We discuss about the polymerisation of carbohydrates.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss about stages in scientific investigation. We discuss technology.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss about inheritance.


Week 33



PHYSICS grade 8. We discuss about the scientific picture of nature, this prediction ability. We discuss about the periodic processes in the nature.

CHEMISTRY grade 9. We discuss about the chemistry that goes on inside our bodies. We discuss about the different types of food.

SCIENCE 1 grade 8. We discuss about how science works and who needs science.

SCIENCE 2 grade 9. We discuss about DNA.