In Science, we have been learning about the different states of matter and what defines a solid, a liquid and a gas. The children spent the afternoon investigating a variety of different materials to learn about their various properties and begin to form an understanding of what makes each one unique.
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In Science, we have been learning about sound and how it is created when objects vibrate. The children made their own instruments, focusing not on aesthetics but on creating instruments that produce sound in a way similar to real-life instruments like shakers and guitars.
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In Science, we have been learning about sound and how it is created when objects vibrate. The children were using instruments to see, hear and feel vibrations. Even though my ears were a little worse for wear afterwards, the children had a lot of fun and learned a lot!
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In Year 5, we have started our science work by looking back at what we already know about plants. We have looked at the plants in our local environment and the fruit and seeds they have produced.
Dispersal is the spreading of things over a wide area. Dispersal of seeds is very important for the survival of plant species. If plants grow too closely together, they have to compete for light, water and nutrients from the soil. Seed dispersal allows plants to spread out from a wide area and avoid competing with one another for the same resources.
We then created paper seeds and observed how they moved.
This will link with our work on forces.
Year 2 have been investigating what plants need to grow. Each child picked one the of the three enquiry questions to investigate:
Do plants need sunlight to grow?
Do plants need soil to grow?
Do plants need to water to grow?
Each child grew cress seeds in two conditions to compare results. We made predictions about what we thought might happen to the cress seeds in each condition. We discussed how we could make the test fair and what we needed to change/keep the same. The results shocked some children, as they were surprised that the cress seeds without soil and without sunlight still managed to grow! However, we noticed that the cress in these conditions did not look as healthy.
Last week, Year 5 made salt and sugar solutions by dissolving salt or sugar in water.
After that, we left the solution in a container and observed it over time.
Here are some of our results.
Dissolving is a reversible change.
Below is the salt we recovered from the salt solution.
Year 2 were very lucky to have two dentists visit and give a presentation on how we can look after our teeth. This linked to some learning we had been doing in PSHE and science. The presentation was very informative and children enjoyed seeing whether their brushing technique was effective or not. I’m sure Year 2 will all take good care of their teeth from now on! Thankyou Dr.Thompson and your colleague for taking time out of your busy schedule to come in and talk to us.
An experiment to see whether some mixtures can be separated by filtering
First, we collected all the apparatus we needed. Next, we folded the filter paper so that it would fit into the funnel. After that, we poured the water and soil mixture into the filter paper, making sure that the liquid did not go above the filter paper. Once all the liquid had been filtered, we removed the funnel from the container and observed the liquid obtained.
