Science in Primary 6/7
Primary 6/7 have been enjoying a STEM challenge. We made volcanoes and exploded them.
We used a plastic bottle to create the main vent to explode the lava. We used washing up soap, vinegar, bicarbonate soda, warm water and food colouring.
Miss Tapner has been teaching us how to draw in the style of Mr Doodle. We doodled away and seen where our pencils took us.
Primary 6/7 have been doing STEM challenges Our latest challenge was to design and create a bridge to hold maths textbooks. The winning team were the team that’s bridge held the most textbooks. Two teams bridges held 20 textbooks, others collapsed after one book book being placed on it.
We also worked on our META skills.
Primary 6/7 has recently attended Dumfries High School for a science afternoon. We were studying whether substances were soluble or not? We got to use Bunsen Burners – which was great! We had a fun afternoon, plus learning all about being safe in a science lab. META skills we used were; communicating, adapting, leading, critical thinking, focusing, feeling and collaborating.
As part of our Space topic, we had to order planets, satellite’s and objects in order of distance from the sun. We first had to calculate each object and it’s distance before placing them in order. This was a hard task and we used many skills to complete the task.
The META skills we used were:
Primary 6/7 have been studying area this week in maths. We have been using the formula a=l x b to calculate the area of a square or a rectangle. We then completed a challenge in pairs, where we had to measure and draw 10 rectangles, cut them out then place them on a 100 square, trying to cover as much of the 100 square as possible. The winning pair covered the biggest area.
The META skills we used were:
Primary 6/7 have been taking part in a STEM challenge. Our challenge was to build a spaghetti and marshmallow tower. The winning team create a tower that good 37cm high. Well done to Murray and Alexis who worked all together to win the challenge.
META skills used:
