YOUNG scientists at St Benedict’s, Ealing, conducted 40 different experiments at their annual Science Fair, attended by 340 primary school children.

The science labs buzzed with excitement as all pupils in Year 8 presented their projects, many of which included hands-on experiments and activities.

St Benedict’s pupils had been working on their projects in biology, chemistry and physics lessons, devising and conducting experiments, and carefully recording their results and conclusions. 

Projects included: How do muscles move bones? Are fingerprint patterns inherited? Does music affect your concentration? How much weight can an egg support?  and  Do video games affect your reaction time and cognitive ability?

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There was even an experiment to find out if goldfish react to sound, in the manner of Pavlov's dogs! (Goldfish, it seems, are unmoved by sound).

Visiting children quizzed the St Benedict’s scientists about their projects and discovered lots of scientific facts, finding out about what joins muscle to bones, what oobleck is and what happens to teeth in sugary drinks.

The fair, in British Science Week, was held on Einstein's birthday and the day the nation lost one of our greatest scientists, Stephen Hawking.