British Science Week: Experiment Time
P5/6 explored water density through experimentation.
As a class, we discussed the experiment before each pupil wrote down their own hypothesis of what might happen.
We discussed different variables before carrying out the experiment such as volume of water, how many spoonfulls of sugar, and volume of food colouring, to ensure that we could ensure an accurate comparison. This involved good communication and team work to ensure we got it right.
The final stage of our experiment was to observe the results and discuss why we thought this happened. When we poured each of the separate solutions into one main beaker, we saw the different coloured solutions ‘layering’ in the beaker and Joey was able to explain that he thought this was due to the density in the solutions (with each solution having a different density due to the amount of sugar that was dissolved in each).
Super work P5/6!
