Chemistry
Chemistry, the science that can excite you before your very eyes from fireworks to colour changes.
Chemistry is more than just a show subject. Understanding how the world around us works will enable our children to make the correct decisions when faced by environmental problems in the future. Be it working hard to preserve resources or inventing the newest materials, like graphene; the future needs our children to be fully informed.
At KS3, a certain number of traditional investigations are performed... magnesium in vinegar, iron nails in copper sulphate solution but occasionally we can explore the possibilities of slime production or the separation of curds from whey in milk in order to made a casein glue. These can be exciting, even without the chance of an explosion but the real buzz in chemistry occurs when the mysteries could be resolved and the formulation of credible explanations begin. We do commence to investigate the riddles of the Periodic Table. Harry Potter is not destroyed but placed into a format that can be utilised.