Blog by Tag: Science

This morning we had a visit from Sarah, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) ambassador. We learnt about electricity and were able to do some exciting experiments - including making a human circuit in which we could test out some materials to find out if they were insulators or…

Our display in class is helping us to remember the different stages of the water cycle for when we write our explanation text.

We are learning about the water cycle so today we drew a flow chart on a food bag. We are going to put water into them and watch the different stages of the water cycle happen in the bag. 

In Science, we have been investigating which solids dissolve in water. We learnt lots of new scientific vocabulary such as solution, soluble, insoluble and filtration. We used a funnel and filter paper to try to retrieve any solids that didn’t dissolve in water.

In Science we have been learning about pollination and fertilisation in a flowering plant. We carefully dissected 2 different flowers to see if we could identify all the main parts of the flower. 
 

Today, we carried out an investigation to find out if gas weighs. We learnt about Joseph Priestley, the man who invented fizzy drinks. Fizzy drinks include a gas called carbon dioxide. In our experiment we shook different bottles of pop and slowly let the carbon dioxide out. We weighed the bottles…

We have been learning about the different ways to separate mixtures. Today we have been focusing on sieving. We decided which sieves and colanders to use to separate a variety of solids.

Today, we have been using the Easi-scopes to look closely at different solids such as sugar, salt, sawdust and coffee. The solids were magnified and we could easily see the different particles clearly. We had to try and guess what each of them were.

Today, we started our topic on ‘Solids, Liquids and Gases’. To begin with, we looked at lots of pictures and sorted them into groups. Then we were given a variety of solids and liquids and we investigated the properties of each, thinking of different words to describe them.

Today Steve and Harold from Life Education came to speak to us about our body and especially our brain.  We learnt what an incredible part of our body it is. We learn how we can help our brain to calm down and also how we can use our brain to solve problems. We loved meeting Harold the giraffe…

This week we have been investigating toys that need a push or a pull. Today we made aeroplanes. The children all decided to use very large paper. Unfortunately the wind blew all of our aeroplanes behind us!

What an amazing day we have had at Williamson Park. First we visited the Butterfly House where we learnt all about different animals that thrive in a rainforest environment. It was very warm and humid! We were able to meet a tortoise, a turtle and a cockroach. As you can see from our faces we had…