On Tuesday 18 May 2010, two members of staff and four year 8 pupils set off very early in the morning (8:15 am) to travel to Coleraine to take part in the Salters’ Festival of Chemistry at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. Thirty teams from all over Northern Ireland took part. They were to become CSI’s for the first part of the challenge. Captain Salters’ had been brutally murdered and their job was to use Chemistry to find out who was the murderer.
For two hours they worked as a team sifting through the forensic evidence and carrying out detailed tests. They eventually determined who the murderer was!!
After a well deserved break for lunch it was back to the labs for another challenge – to create as many colours of paint as they could with just basic chemicals.
We were all then treated to an amazing lecture on poisonous animals that can kill. We also found out how scientists are using some animal venom to cure diseases such as cancer.
Finally Brian from City Reptiles showed us some of his dangerous animals including a Scorpion, Tarantula and a HUGE yellow Python called Biscuit.
The girls were fantastic representatives for our school and superb CSI’s. Well done to all four girls:
* Ceri McDonald
* Danielle Telford
* Kirsty-Leigh Brown
* Chloe Ashe
