As part of our new science topic, we have been learning about the water cycle.
After learning about the process, we completed some explanation writing and completed a diagram, labelling the correct parts in the cycle. We then did an experiment to create our own rain and visually see exactly how the water cycle woks on a small scale.
*Parent Prompt* Ask your child what these words mean within the water cycle process: precipitation, evaporation, condensation, accumulation!
Today, Primary 5 visited Summerlee Heritage Museum. It was a great trip and we learned lots.
As part of our Scottish Inventors topic we have been learning about different inventions and how they have impacted on people’s lives today. It was very interesting seeing some of these inventions, such as the television, phone and radio, in Miners row. This was a row of living rooms set up to show how living conditions changed through the decades. Things have changed a lot!
Inside the museum we were able to look at some amazing historical models of some machinery which was used in different industries in the past.
The weather stayed dry, for the most part, and we were able to have fun at the museums play park as well as have a look at ‘The Vulcan’, a replica of the first iron-hulled boat. We were surprised to find out that one of the Scottish Inventors that we have been studying, James Watt, was involved in the management in creating the canal for ‘The Vulcan’.
Our final part of the day was a workshop delivered by the Education team at Summerlee.
In science we have been looking at the Water Cycle and to further our learning the workshop looked at floating and sinking. We will be covering this further in class but it was fascinating to learn about how heavy boats stay afloat.
Have a look at some of our snaps from a great day!
A special thanks to the parent helpers- Mrs Taylor and Mrs McKinstry, we couldn’t have done it without you!
As part of our ‘Scottish Inventors’ topic, we have been learning about Alexander Fleming and how he discovered Penicillin (a type of anti-biotic). Within this learning, we looked at microorganisms and conducted an experiment with yeast and sugar that resulted in the production of Carbon Dioxide. Both mould and yeast are fungus’. The yeast in our experiment was eating the sugar for energy. Fleming discovered that mould had Penicillin in it which killed bacteria.
P5 had just as much of a shock that the balloon had blown up as Alexander Fleming did on his return from holiday to see no bacteria growing around a mould blob in his lab. The results were very interesting and we had lots of fun!
Thank-you Nicola Clyne for helping to take this weeks blog post pictures.
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