Delivery of lessons

Visiting lectures on mercury.

We will study mercury.

Students learn that mercury has been used by humans since ancient times and that methylmercury still exists.

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They are asked to touch the ore (cinnabar), which contains mercury sulphide.

The ore is heavy and chunky because of the mercury content.

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Science experiments.

1)Let's get the DNA out of the way!

First of all, we learn about DNA.

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Grind the broccoli in a mortar.

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DNA has been successfully extracted.

The white, fuzzy stuff is the DNA.

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2)Try paper chromatography !

We will study about chromatography.

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Colouring paper.

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Chromatography experiment underway.

The colours of the water-based pens were successfully separated.

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Results of questionnaire to primary school children

(as of September 2022, 142 in total)

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