Junior Science Club

Our first Junior Science Club session was timed perfectly as it took place on the 5th November which is Guy Fawkes Night (or Bonfire Night) which is celebrated with fireworks to mark the anniversary of the failed gunpowder plot. We decided to carry out flame tests using salt solutions. The pupils placed the splints which were soaked in the salt solutions into the blue Bunsen flame to produce different coloured flames.

They enjoyed the experience and were impressed with the red flame (produced by lithium ions) and the green flame (produced by copper ions). We turned the lights down in the lab and the bright colours replicated a firework show. Many thanks to Mr Sahota and Mrs Clough (Science Technician) for helping.