Students talk distillation

Toko School students discuss their favourite parts of a distilling project and how it has shaped their personal views of science.

Transcript

STUDENT ONE

I think the best part about the project was getting all the stuff and unboxing it and putting all the distillers together.

STUDENT TWO

My favourite part was when we were planting a hundred lavenders into the orchard.

STUDENT THREE

My favourite part was how we’ve been making essential oils.

STUDENT FOUR

When we went to Pihama Lavender Farm and started our journey.

STUDENT FIVE

We had the opportunity to go and ask Curious Minds if we could borrow some money.

STUDENT FOUR

We went to Puke Ariki to share our distilling presentation.

STUDENT FIVE

We have distilled Japanese cedar.

STUDENT THREE

Kawakawa, rosemary, lavender.

STUDENT FOUR

Mint.

STUDENTS FOUR AND FIVE

Lemon.

STUDENT ONE

My favourite would probably be lemon – no, Japanese cedar.

STUDENT SIX

Rosemary.

STUDENT TWO

Japanese cedar.

STUDENT THREE

We use Japanese cedar for the toilet spray.

STUDENT FOUR

We use mint and rosemary to put on your roasts.

STUDENT FIVE

And you can use mint to spray on you to keep you cool.

STUDENT THREE

And we use pine for – like if you’ve got fake Christmas trees, you can spray the pine and it smells like a real Christmas tree.

STUDENT SIX

Some hydrosols don’t actually smell that good, and one time we were distilling kawakawa and it smelled like rotten cabbage.

STUDENT ONE

But we waited for 2 weeks and it smelt a lot better.

STUDENT SIX

I consider myself a scientist.

STUDENT FIVE

I do consider myself to be a scientist.

STUDENT THREE

I consider myself to be a scientist.

STUDENT TWO

I consider myself as a scientist.

STUDENT ONE

I consider myself a scientist.

STUDENT FOUR

So do I.

Acknowledgements
Toko School – the students, staff and Toko School community
Venture Taranaki
Participatory Science Platform, Curious Minds – He Hihiri i te Mahara