It's been an explosive this week in Necton Primary School as we have enthusiastically embraced British Science Week. Everyday we have been forming hypothesis, conducting experiments and discussing results based around the topic of change.
On Monday we looked at different states of matter during our changing matters session. We identified, sorted and classified different solids, liquids and gases and observed some of the changes between the states. We then mixed cornflour and water to make a strange paste that acted like a solid under pressure but once released flowed like a liquid. Weird!
Tuesday, we were helping to save the world, as we looked at our changing environment by learning about the greenhouse affect and what affect it had on penguin populations in the South Pole. We joined an online, international data collection experiment to help count the penguins in different colonies, so scientists can monitor their health. We loved looking at all of the icy webcam pictures and tagging all of the penguins that we could see. If you would like to have a go at home, just visit https://www.penguinwatch.org/ and get counting!
On Wednesday we got a little bit artistic as we observed some changing colours. We watched food colouring and washing up liquid battle for control over the surface area of a plate a milk and made some glorious patterns as we watched the ingredients in skittles spread out into water making colourful solutions fit for an art gallery wall.
Thursday and Friday we looked at changing materials as we combined two materials to see what reaction we could get. We watched as we created the now classic coke bottle fountain, when a Mento mint encouraged the bubbles go crazy and jet into the sky. Our favorite experiment was definitely when we made our own lava lamps by mixing oil, water food colouring and effervescent tables. Ask us all about the science we observed.
Of course we have still packed the week with our normal lessons from the curriculum designing and describing mythical creatures ready for our ancient myth writing next week as we learn all about our hero Odysseus in The Odyssey.
In maths, we have been tackling written methods for multiplication and division by calculating with two and three digit numbers.
In other news, well done Mikey for getting Wonderful Work this week for your excellent scientific insights during our class discussions.
No comments:
Post a Comment