Either Mrs Manuel was hungry or she forgot what subject she teaches! Regardless, Year 7 and 8 students have had fun lately applying their science knowledge in the Home Ec centre. Year 7s made meringues as part of their learning about Resources. To science it up, each group added a "special ingredient" to their meringues and then found some guinea pigs to test them out on, aka Mr Szular and Sasha Branson. The class also tasted all versions and ranked them qualitatively. Chilli was the least favourite and peppermint the most popular.

Meanwhile, it's been getting hot in Year 8 Science as students study Heat. Students started by testing yeast at different temperatures to find out what was the best temperature for rising dough. It was found that 0, 10, 50, 60 and 70 degrees did not allow the yeast to grow. Whereas 20, 30 and 40 degrees all made the bread dough rise, taking over the inside of the incubator! To show another application of heat, students then cooked pizzas. Many thanks to Miss Mayer and Mrs Cowan for the use of the Home Ec centre. Also, parents and caregivers should be most proud of students' kitchen competency, with egg whites and dough both handled with finesse.