To celebrate Earth Day, P3/4 spend some time outside. We planted sunflower seeds. We have also been learning about time so we used natural materials to make clocks!
In the afternoon, we switched off the lights and all the electronics. During this time, we discussed how the “earth is in our hands” and we have to look after it. We identified ways we can help look after and protect our planet.
We had great fun this week with lots of different science-related activities! We learned about the lungs and the digestive system through some fun experiments and some members of the Eco committee taught us about climate change. Special thanks to all of our visitors who work in different scientific sectors.
Eco committee:
Vattenfall:
Lungs experiment:
GE Engineering:
Strider visit:
Digestive system experiment:
Dean Park Country Ranger visit:
We have been exploring the water cycle and created an experiment to see the processes involved. We looked at the different states of water – liquid, water vapour (gas) and solid and discussed the processes of evaporation and condensation.
Having learnt about products and resources the rainforests give us, we decide to look into fairtrade products.
P3/4 watched a video describing what can happen to non-fairtrade farmers who grow crops and compared this to farmers who are fairtrade farmers. They worked in pairs to compare the journeys these products take. We had a lot of discussion about how it is fair that the farmers get a fair price and what they can do with the money.
We have been learning about the plants in the rainforest and we are carrying out an experiment to investigate what plants need to grow.
We watched a video and then designed an experiment to grow cress in different conditions. Each group had 4 pots to plant and then we will vary the conditions for each pot – sunlight and water, no sunlight and no water, sunlight and no water, and water but no sunlight. We drew a labelled diagram and wrote our own hypothesises.
Mr Harper and his colleague visited us from East Ayrshire Council and talked to us about littering, dog fouling and fly-tipping.
We were surprised to know that a banana takes 2 years to decompose and nappies take up to 500 years!
