Today we followed instructions to set up an experiment. The experiment showed that light travels in straight lines. If the holes weren’t lined up correctly, the torch beam would not travel all the way through. We also predicted that if the holes were smaller, the amount of light going through would be less.
Science
Planetarium Visit
Coots had an amazing visit from a Space planetarium. The children had a wonderful time and learnt so many facts about space.
What did Coots learn from the Planetarium visit?
Felix said “I now know the names of the planets”.
Bobbie said, “The planets spin around the sun but the sun does not move”.
Jude said “The sun has not hit lava but it has gases”.
Violet said “I have seen the first man on the moon and how he walked.”
Emilia said, “I saw the planets and what they looked like”.
Coots Science
Coots identifying and naming a variety of everyday materials in science.
Herons Science
This term, Herons Year 5/6 have been investigating different materials and their properties. Here, the children are devising their own investigation into the hardness of different materials. As part of this line of scientific enquiry, Herons discussed and wrote down how to conduct a fair test, what the variables and constants would be and how they could both show and explain/interpret their results in their written work. Can you spot all of the materials used?
Science – Investigating Melting Points
Grebes have loved investigating melting points this week, heating various substances and recording the temperature at which each began to melt. Cheese, butter, dark/white/milk chocolate, gummy bears – we melted it all. Children were able to reflect on the results of the investigation and why the first attempt was not a scientifically rigorous fair test – for example, some groups had the heat source further away from the substances being melted, and some had the thermometer in different positions. They have worked together to plan a repeat experiment with variables under strict control.
Kingfisher Shadows
Kingfishers have been exploring how shadows are made. They created their own investigations in order to discover what materials will and won’t create a shadow, where the source of light needs to be and how to change the shadow – making it larger and smaller.
Planting Mysterious Beans
Bitterns have started off their Science topic of plants by planting some mysterious beans that we received. Most of the children suspect the beans have been sent from Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk has been our Literacy topic). As a class we learnt about what a plant needs to grow and we used this understanding to help us to plant our magic beans. We will be observing and recording their growth over the coming weeks.
