Good afternoon, did you have a good lunch? Let’s learn more about materials in Science!
Last week we learned that Materials are the matter or substance that objects are made from. We use a wide range of different materials daily; these might include:
metal
plastic
wood
glass
ceramics
synthetic fibres
Different materials have different features, or properties, which make them suitable for different uses. Some materials maybe more suitable than others for particular uses or for manufacturing specific objects; for example, metal shoes wouldn’t be very comfortable and a cardboard door wouldn’t be very strong!
What does water proof mean?
is something that keeps water out. A plastic raincoat is an example of something that is waterproof.
Winnie the Pooh Needs a New Umbrella
Are you ready do be a scientist and do an experiment? Read the pdf file to help Winnie! Follow the instructions and write up your results in your jotter by making a table. Use the table below to help you. What was the best material to keep water out? What was the worst material?
If you can try and log into Sumdog to take part in the Renfrewshire Schools competition. The more of you that do it then the higher chance our classes can move up the leaderboard! https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in
Money Time
If you have coins lying around the house then use them to help you and draw round them to complete the following task. If not then just draw circles and write the value in them.
Task: Choose a level. What coins would you use to make…
Good morning Primary 2 and welcome back to another week of home learning. We hope you had a good weekend. This week we will only be posting up to Thursday as Friday and next Monday are a bank holiday. This week Renfrewshire Council are promoting Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is ‘Kindness’. How many kind things can you do or say this week. If you want a challenge then try the challenge below. Let us know how you get on by leaving us comments. Also, look out for this week’s online Olympics challenge.
Spelling and Literacy
Countdown Words! How many words can you make using these letters?
Look at the different ways to make the long o sound! Watch the video above and then see how many words you can come up with with the long o sound. Which spelling do you use? Remember if you hear the long o in the middle of the word then chances are it is the ‘oa’ spelling e.g. coat. If you hear a consonant at the end of the word like ‘rope’ then it is the magic e ‘o_e’ spelling. If you hear long o at the end, then most likely it will be ‘ow’ spelling! snow
Divide you paper into 3 sections and title each section with ‘oa’, ‘o_e’ and ‘ow’ at the top. See how many words you can come up with in each section. You can draw pictures too beside your words
Pick 3 or 4 words and write a sentence. Remember a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
Reading
Remember to keep reading every day if you can, even if it’s just for 10 minutes! If you have run out of books to read then you can download free ebooks from renfrewshire Libraries online (if you are a member). Also, you can dowload free ebooks from Oxford Owl. If you are not sure which book band to select, then look at your reading book from your original homework packs, that will give you a good starting point.
Choose your starter activity. The answers will be posted later.
Money, Money, Money!
This week we will focus on money. Can you remember all the different coins up to £2? What notes do we use? Click on the links below to refresh your memory, you can print these if you have a printer. Remember in Scotland we use British coins and notes as well as Scottish notes.
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!
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)
Write down what you think will happen if we add raisins into the lemonade.
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.
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!
