EIS Benin

Chemical reactions with the Middle School

In Middle School we have been finding out about chemical reactions with Ms. Tobi.

We hear a lot about global warming on the news and how it is caused by carbon dioxide produced by industries. Well, we made our own carbon dioxide in class.

Getting ready to do our experiment

We did this using sodium bicarbonate (baking powder) and acetic acid (vinegar). You could even try this simple experiment yourself at home.

First we filled a balloon with sodium bicarbonate. Then we heated the acetic acid using a Bunsen burner. When it was heated sufficiently we poured it into a plastic bottle. We fitted the balloon over the mouth of the bottle and watched……

Acetic acid poured it into a plastic bottle

As the sodium bicarbonate fell down into the acetic acid, the mixture started to bubble and the balloon began to inflate. We found out later that this was caused by the gas, carbon dioxide.

Look what happened

The production of carbon dioxide from sodium bicarbonate is used in cookery to help cakes rise.

We love doing science experiments and look forward to using our new science laboratory when it is completed.

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News

Year 10 made the delivery to La Maison de l’Espérance.

Years 4 and 5 presented their version of “A Donkey to Market”

On Saturday, 23rd of March 2013, was the School Fair. It was not what I had expected it to be; it was even better. (Rhina Houinato)

Middle School students were eager to express their excitement about the move to the new block of classrooms on the field through the writing of prose and poetry.

Aisha Aminu Sadiq, Sille Knudsen, Patrick Udosen and Dylan Collins are ‘four corners’ of the picture of the first week in their new environment.

Congratulations go out to Andrea El Hajj, Bell Rhina Houinato and Fatoumata Baba Jarjusey