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Tag: Environment
P1b Love Science Experiments
We have been learning about water as part of our Holiday topic. We wanted to find out which things float in water and which things sink in water. We decided to carry out an experiment to find out. We made predictions (good guesses) first and then tested these out.
We then decided to add some salt to see if things would float more easily in salt water. We tested this out with an egg. We found that the egg floated in the water that had the salt added. We now know that things are more likely to float in the sea especially if it is very salty.
I liked doing the sheet to guess what would float and what would sink. Some of my predictions were right. Abbi
I liked putting things into the water to see if they would float or sink. Ethan
P1d Class Pets
On Monday 3rd September Primary 1d received a very exciting letter from the local pet shop. The owner had heard all about their new topic ‘Under the Sea’ and the children have been given the responsibility of taking care of two goldfish!
“We have to give them proper names!” Hollie
After some discussion we decided children should vote on their favourite names to make it fair. We came up with a big list of two names that ‘go together’. We took inspiration from our library books and films/ TV shows we had like.
The list included;
Buzz & Woody
Peter Pan & Wendy
Jack & Jill
Sebastian & Flounder
El Nombre & Little Juan
Tom & Jerry…
First, we took a ‘hands-up vote’ to narrow down our options to four.
The children have been learning about Data Handling in numeracy and thought an easy way to see our results would be on a pictograph.
I can collect objects and ask questions to gather information, organising and displaying my findings in different ways. MNU 0-20a
The votes started to come in…
Until the last fish was in place…
The results were clear for all to see. We would like to formally introduce you to… El Nombre & Little Juan 🙂
We have taken lots of time to come up with some rules and ways in which we can show respect towards out new class pets. We have set up a rota to give everyone a shot at taking responsibility for caring, feeding and cleaning out the fish tank!
We hope to learn lots about the world under the sea and how our actions affect the creatures who live there.
Keep checking for regular updates on how our fish are getting on!
