Felicity – “In Science we put a leaf in a glass beaker of water by the window and one in a dark place. We saw loads of Oxygen bubbles at the one with the most light”.
Air Resistance Science Experiment
We looked at how the size of a parachute affects the speed it falls at.
We discussed that all variables had to be kept the same except one. This would ensure the experiment was fair.
The following were factors in the experiment –
- The material of the parachute
- The size of the parachute
- The length of the string holding the parachute together
- The weight of the blu-tac holding the parachute together
- The height the parachute was dropped from
The variable that we changed was the size of the parachute. In groups, we made parachutes of different sizes (20cm², 40cm² and 60cm²). We measured using a ruler on black bin bags and cut them out. Then we attached the same length of string to all of them and the same weight of blu-tac.
Next we made predictions. Which parachute would have the most/least air resistance?
After that we went to the atrium and tested our parachutes. We had a lot of fun doing this!
We timed the drop of each parachute three times with a stopwatch and then worked out the average.
We concluded that the bigger the surface area, the more air resistance and the longer it would take for the parachute to fall to the ground.
  
Getting up close with pandas
Thank you so much to @Sandie_Robb for coming to visit us from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
We learned lots of new facts and some new phrases to say in Mandarin.
“I learned that pandas look like rats when they are first born”. – Patrick
 
We especially liked holding the panda poo! 🙂
Move over Mercedes!!
P5c were asked to design a mode of transport that might be used in the future. Their ideas were out of this world and below are some of their designs!
Balloon Cars
For Science Week, we were given the challenge to make a car that was
powered by a balloon. We were given a plastic cup, wooden rods, paper straws, 4 cotton reels, a balloon, elastic bands, blu-tac, sticky tape and scissors and asked to design and make a car.
We took part in a race to see whose car would travel the furthest and below are the results!!
1st place – Tilly, Ellen and Isla
2nd place – Patrick, Zia, Jake and CallumTo.
3rd place – Mia, Gina and Cara.
We had lots of fun!!
