"Science is a way of investigating, understanding and explaining our natural world, physical world and wider universe" (NZ Curriculum).

Students need to lean what science is and how scientists work as well as scientific knowledge.

Science programmes at Eastern Hutt aim to provide hands on investigations that will develop students' curiosity of the world around us and an interest in science.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Science is Real and Science Rocks at EHS

Last week Eastern Hutt School celebrated Science Week.  Take a look at all the amazing science we got up to.


Friday, May 17, 2013

Crime Scene Science - Fingerprinting

Josh - Today we learnt how to identify fingerprints from different people and ourselves.

Ashni - Today we learnt how to use different skills to identify peoples fingerprints.

Yasmine- We displayed our fingerprints and named each feature.

Ethan - It was interesting when we went around the room to try and identify each persons fingerprints.  This was really hard.

Ashwini - Today we learnt how to be like a forensic scientist and we learnt how to show our fingerprints.  Fingerprints have different patterns.  At the end we had a guessing game and had to work out whose finger print we had.  It was very hard.


Claire - Today at Science Club we had to show many different science skills and try to recognize each others fingerprints.

Rohan - Today I learnt that being a Forensic Scientist is really hard work.  You need to keep on trying when something doesn't work.  You can't give up.

Selena - Did you know there are so many different types of fingerprints?




Matt F - There are different fingerprint types and I had an accidental pattern on my thumb.

Matt B - We learnt how to be Forensic Scientists and study fingerprints.  We tried to take latent fingerprints with baby powder but this was really hard.

Louis - Today we learnt about how to be Forensic Scientists and how to study fingerprints.  We learnt that there are 7 different types of fingerprint patterns.  Mine were mostly central pocket loops.  Who knew there were so many different fingerprint patterns?


Max - Today we studied fingerprints and we played a guessing game to see if we could figure out whose fingerprint we had received.  Instead I used the handwriting on the paper and matched it up to the writing on their fingerprint sheet. (Very clever!)