This afternoon had science and we were learning about the characteristics of air. We brainstormed first of all and discussed what we already knew about air and it turns out we already knew quite a bit!

Then we watched a video explaining the characteristics of air and we took part in an active experiment by standing up and holding our arms out. Could we feel air round about it when we aren’t moving? No! Then we started waving our arms about and suddenly we could feel the air round out arms. We discussed why this is the case and Erin gave the perfect answer…

“The faster you move your arms through the air, the more it pushes back against you.”

Finally we finished off with a wee experiment looking at air pressure, can you do this experiment at home and show your family and explain what happened?