Staff
Mr. D Allen
Mr. R Hamburger
Mr. M Brasler
Mr. G Taylor
Mr. W Creed
Mr. A Cross
Ms. S Petersen (Lab Assistant)

Science at Wynberg is a popular option for one of the two equally valid reasons of interest and career choice necessity. Teaching science to those interested in the natural world is a joy - together the surface is scratched of the nature of the physical universe we live in, of the motion of planets and moving bodies, the mystery of gravitational, electrical and magnetic forces, of the driving force behind the electric motor - the world of greats such as Newton, Einstein and Faraday and those who went before them. In Chemistry, Dalton's spherical atom gives rise to Bohr's solar atomic model with its amazing link to the physical world with quantum leaps between the orbits. This forms the basis of the current complex "wave" model in which the type of bonding and the shapes of molecules, together with Mendeleef's periodic table and Avogadro's mole beneath it all allows us to get an inkling of the nature of chemical reactions.

Our five well-equipped science labs are in use almost every period of the day, showing that science at Wynberg is still going strong. Not only strong but highly successfully, this being shown at both our internal Expo where many boys had very good projects. Some were highly commended and won prizes. These specific few were entered into the UCT Young Scientists Expo sponsored by Eskom. We had three groups of Grade 10’s winning prizes.

Silver Medals (name of exhibitors and project title):

• Taariq Janodien & Rameez Omar – Wood’s Alloy
• Jaryd Oliver & Thomas Burgers – Possibly Portable Wind Generator

                        Royal Society of Chemistry Book Prize:

• Matthew Grutёr & Daniel Donaldson – Thermo-chromic Paint

But these were not the only successes that the Wynberg Science department encountered. A few months before the expo, as you are handed your project, you may choose from the Wynberg Expo, or a Technological Expo. This year, we had only one team entering the latter. Their task being to put together a train that would be able to move a certain distance as fast as possible, and a be able to pull as many full carriages( full cooldrink cans) as possible. This Years team of Chris Mulder and Dustin Metcalfe did exceptionally well, and advanced through the provincial round easily. They then went off to KZN in the September holidays, to compete nationally. Unfortunately this was not as easy, but they still achieved an excellent 3rd place.

Updated by Thomas Burgers