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Kingfishers Science
Once the Kingfishers had made their boats and were sure that they would float, it was time for them to create and carry out their own investigation.The question they needed to answer was ‘ Which boat would be the best to rescue as many people from a deserted island?’ In groups, they created an investigation which they felt would answer this question. They then carried out their investigation and recorded the results.With these results, each group were successful in answering the question.Great science Kingfishers!
Kingfishers Tower Building
Kingfishers rose to the challenge once again this week. They continue to develop their group cooperation and communication skills whilst applying all our core values!!They built on the knowledge they acquired from the bridge building last week by building a tower which had to hold a can of food for 60 seconds! Their aim was also to make the tower as tall as they could.Whilst there was one tower taller than the others, all groups were successful in beating the 60 seconds – as you can see!
Perhaps they could now add to their towers to make them taller…
Just in case you think our scientists are always successful the first time! This group didn’t let it disappoint them though; they were able to offer many suggestions as to why their tower had not worked and what they would do differently.Â
Kingfishers Raft Building
As scientists, we have been exploring materials and their properties. We have been abandoned on an island and need to get off!
We have designed, built and tested rafts. We found that we had to observe what was happening and then improve our designs.
We had to persevere as it was not easy!!
Kingfishers Materials
In Kingfishers the children have been learning about materials and their properties. Today they investigated how by folding and bending paper you could change the properties to suit the purpose.
Their challenge was to make a bridge at least 30cm long that would hold the weight of a car.
Fantastic teamwork and great results!!
