HUGE congratulations to our 2 STEM champions. They were competing in Kilmarnock today for a place in the next round….and they are through!!! Glasgow here they come….
We had a great afternoon down the beach. We working in our houses to create bug hotels. They were all very different. We think the little creatures will love them!
We also created some transient art to show what we think about Outdoor learning.
We worked together, had fun, enjoyed the outdoors, and respected our environment.
Today got artistic and messy outdoors. We have been thinking about inherited traits, evolution and why organisms adapt and change over time. We decide that we would ‘evolve’….hairstyles, wizards and teachers!
After scavenging to find painting tools we got started. We had to work in teams to complete our creations then explain their evolution process to the rest of the class.
We investigated soluble and insoluble substances. We found that some substances(solute) dissolve in water(solvent) and some substances don’t!
We also found that some substances dissolve better when the water is heated. We had to be very carefully using the spirit burner and when working with the different chemical substances.
Finally, we have set up an experiment to grow crystals and recover a dissolved substance. Each house is growing a different colour…..we are wondering which crystals will be the biggest??
This term we’ll be having some outdoor learning afternoons. This week we planted seeds, made predictions, sketched plants and talked about ‘living things’.
We have decided to see what things will make a difference to how the plants grow. Some will have no light, some will have no water and some will have no air. We will also grow some plants outside and some inside. We have a special box with a window that will allow is to see how roots grow.
We had some great discussions about living things and asked the question… ‘is a seed alive?’
Holly taught us about the magic that happens with seeds and taught us a new word…. Germinate.
As part of our interdisciplinary learning we will be carrying out some science experiments. We have created our own laboratory and are very eager to get started……Middlemist school of magical scientific discovery begins!
Our chemistry……or ‘potions’ investigations will see us exploring soluble and insoluble, mixing and separating liquids, chemical reactions and medicines that help/hurt us.
Our biology…..or ‘herbology’ investigations will see us exploring plants, living things and inheritated traits. We’ll be planting seeds, investigating the parts of a plant and looking at how plants reproduce.
Here is our lab. We will be very careful to follow all the safety rules.
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Well done to our netball and football team for their efforts in the Maidens Tournament today.
