Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe Transition class were Successful Learners when they applied science to their cooking class. They juiced lemons and had a wee taste, some very funny faces was the result. They then added some sugar before adding a spoonful of baking soda. The reaction was instant! There were a lot of bubbles produced when the powder reacted with the acidic lemon juice. Some bubbles flowed over the cup and onto the table. The resulting drink was a bit better tasting!
It was science week recently. The class were Successful Learners when they, tricked their sense of smell, made rice dance with sound, tested their hearing, tasted some awful baby food to guess the ingredients and put their sense of touch to the test. The class had great fun trying our experiments.
It was Science Week the other week and the Transition class were Responsible Citizens organising it beforehand and delivering experiments during it. The class wore their best lab coats and each morning delivered a different experiment to each class. The collected them all in during the afternoon to check them before the next morning.
We had a great time last week as we took part in Science Week.  This year’s theme was Our Senses.  Each day we took part in an experiment about each of our 5 senses.  We also enjoyed learning about different engineers and having a go at completing our own STEAM challenges. We were effective contributors and successful learners every day!
Last week was science week in school. We really loved all the different science experiments we did in class. The Transition class delivered a different experiment each day. They were all about the senses. On Monday we had sight, Tuesday we had touch, Wednesday was smell, Thursday was taste and Friday was about hearing.  Our favourite was the touch experiment. We had to place our hand in to a box, have a feel around then use the photo cards to decide what we thought was inside the box. Some of the pupils were very good at guessing.
We also got very messy and created our own slime in a bowl. Most of the children were confident individuals putting their hand in the bowl, lifting their hands in the air and letting it fall through their fingers and into the bowl. We also made stomp rockets and watched them fly – some even hit the ceiling. We also used oil, water and food colouring to make our own lava lamp. We enjoyed this and it was very calming.
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The Daisies class have enjoyed participating in our daily science experiments this week. We explored our senses and had a different experiment each day focusing on our senses.
Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch
We have been successful learners during British Science week.
We have completed lots of experiements to learn about our senses and especially enjoyed using our sense of touch to guess what objects were hidden in a box, and mixing ingredients to create smelly slime!
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The Snowdrops have enjoyed exploring the senses during Science Week. Everyone actively participated in experiments relating to the senses, and everyone was very sensible when handling equipment and materials. The Snowdrops enjoyed using a ray box to look at colours and spinners to see the colours blend together. The Snowdrops were confident in giving their opinion during taste and smell experiments. Some Snowdrops were even able to manage ‘no peeking’ during the touch experiment! Well done, Snowdrops!
Science week in Willowbank. We have all been confident individuals making our predictions on the success rate of our experiments. We enjoyed the anticipation of watching what was happening during the experiment and talking about what we see.
 
The Daises are enjoying this terms theme all about dinosaurs. We have been exploring how shadows are created. We used a torch to shine on a variety of different types of dinosaur to see how their shadows look. Some of the boys loved experimenting with the direction of the light to show how the shadows changed. They moved the torch closer and further away from the dinosaur and we saw how the shadows shrunk and grew.
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