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.
They are asked to touch the ore (cinnabar), which contains mercury sulphide.
The ore is heavy and chunky because of the mercury content.
Science experiments.
1)Let's get the DNA out of the way!
First of all, we learn about DNA.
Grind the broccoli in a mortar.
DNA has been successfully extracted.
The white, fuzzy stuff is the DNA.
2)Try paper chromatography !
We will study about chromatography.
Colouring paper.
Chromatography experiment underway.
The colours of the water-based pens were successfully separated.
Results of questionnaire to primary school children
(as of September 2022, 142 in total)