Science 

Inheritance

Inherited characteristics are characteristics which we get from our parents and/or grandparents. They are aspects of our bodies or our abilities which are passed down through the generations. Some baby animals look like their parents when they are born and some do not until they are older. We inherit characteristics from our families such as eye colour, hair colour and even blood group.  Have a look at video below and then click on the animal quiz link!

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/science/animals-babies/

 Raisins and Lemonade Demonstration

1. Carefully unscrew the lid of a bottle of lemonade and take it off. Pour the lemonade into a tall glass , until the glass is about 3/4 full. (You can even stir a couple of drops of food dye into the lemonade if you wish)
2. Write down what you think will happen if we add raisins into the lemonade.
3. Now drop some raisins into the lemonade, then watch to see what happens! The raisins will sink to the bottom, then start to float to the surface.
4. Keep watching the raisins. When they float, they will stay there and then sink down to the bottom again. The raisins will keep bobbing up and down for a couple of hours. Write up and draw your results.

What’s happening?

Fizzy drinks are full of tiny bubbles of gas called carbon dioxide. The bubbles are light so will float up to the surface. When you drop raisins into the lemonade, lots of bubbles stick to them and carry them to the surface. When these bubbles burst, the raisins will sink down again and start to collect more bubbles, before bobbing up again!