On Friday we had a water fun day in Nursery. Groups went out into the garden where our friend, Anne Madsen had set up some experiments for us to try. Anne knows a lot about water as at the moment she is a ship builder – an chief engineer at BAE. Anne asked us what happens if we turn a glass of water upside down. We know, from many experiences at the snack table, that water (and milk) fall out of the glass onto the floor if you don’t hold the glass upright!
Hands up if you think the water will come out of the cup if you turn it upside down
Anne told us that she was going to show us how you could turn it upside down and keep the water in. She took a cup of water and a piece of foam jigsaw which she placed over it, like a lid. She turned it upside down and put it over Kate’s head! The water did not come out! Phew!
“Look – I turned it upside down and the water is staying in!”
We tested the experiment by holding the full cup upside down over Kate’s head!
Then we tried putting a piece of paper over the cup of water and turning it upside down!
We even tried a piece of paper with a hole in it, which – if the hole was small enough-still worked!
We really enjoyed trying the experiments – we are going to try them at home but only in the bath!!!!! It was great fun trying them over the heads of the staff- especially when it went a wee bit wrong!
Trying out a new water trick over Maureen’s head- woops!
“That was fun!”
Anne then showed us how to have fun with syphons – this involved more soaking of staff, which the children found very funny. We then had to climb up on the benches and be a mountain so Anne could show us how you can make water flow uphill and down again using a syphon.
Kate gets her own back on Maureen and Anne by blowing down the tube and soaking them both!
The water flowed up from a bucket behind the mountain, over the mountain and back down again to fill a bucket on the ground!
We loved these water experiments and now Anne has shown Kate, Maureen, Elisabeth and Eileen how to do them we will be trying them ourselves at the outdoor water tray! Many, many thanks to Anne for coming in to Nursery to show us how much fun science really is!
“How good is this?”
