We explored electricity by building circuits this afternoon. We worked in groups to try to light a bulb using the equipment we were given. After that we investigated how to add a switch so that we could stop the flow of electricity in the circuit so that we could switch off the bulb.
We made some predictions about materials which would conduct electricity and it was fun testing them all to see if we were right!
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We tested the last of our wind powered cars today. Some groups needed more time to make slight modifications to their sail or car structure. As well as engineering skills being developed here, the pupils were working with a partner to share ideas, make decisions and persevere with the task when it didn’t always work first time. What a lot of learning going on!
Some cars didn’t get finished in time, but those pupils will still get the chance to test their sail making abilities, using a ready made toy car.
As each car was tested. it was lovely to hear the positive feedback given to each group, along with some helpful tips on how to improve on each design. Some common themes were:
With Mrs Smith, the class have been working on their measuring skills and these skills were put into good use for this task! There were lots of helpful pupils who were keen to read how far each car had travelled. Very accurate measuring from all!
All of the cars moved when wind energy was provided, even if just a little bit. However, the most successful wind powered car travelled a massive 1m 80cm!
Even when things didn’t go to plan, it didn’t matter! We had fun watching the results and learning from the process. This car was even pushed over by the wind!
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Our class had fun exploring the human body with the visitors from The Glasgow Science Centre today. In the morning we were given the chance to play with different interactive exhibits relating to different parts of the body.
Later on we took part in a Disgusting Digestion interactive show.
It was great fun and we learned about the journey of food throughout our bodies.
Somehow, we also managed to squeeze in a session with a local musician today! We were treated to some dialect singing and fiddle playing by Claire White. She planned a busy session looking at some interesting local stories and how she managed to turn these into songs for people to remember.
Then we split into groups to write our own stories and eventually turn these into songs. Some groups chose their own local stories to develop. These included the St Ninian’s Isle treasure, The Queen opening our school in 1969 and the Braer Disaster. It was a lot to do in the short space of time, so we didn’t quite manage to finish this today. Next term we are looking at local history, so we will save what we have achieved for now and build on these again at a later date. I look forward to seeing what we can produce!
Well done Draatsis!
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This week we have been exploring saturated sugar solutions to see if we can make some sugar crystals.
We can already see crystals forming in the jars and hope that some will form on the string dipped inside too!
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Today we got into groups to decide on our focus for our own dissolving investigations. We spoke about making it a fair test, ensuring that we only change one thing so that we can see if that change had an impact.
One thing that every group chose to keep the same in their investigation was to use the same amount of water in each jar. We had to make sure we measured it very carefully.
Some groups were keen to find out what would happen if we mixed soluble substances and insoluble substances together in the water. Most found that the flour just made the water cloudy so it was difficult to see if the salt or sugar dissolved.
Others wanted to find out if the water temperature would have an affect on the speed at which the substance dissolved. One group tried to dissolve sugar in cold, warm and hot water.
I wonder if you can guess which jar contained the hot water…?
A couple of groups were keen to see if they could separate sugar and salt from the water once it had dissolved and how long this would take. We won’t know the results of these investigations yet, but will keep you posted!
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Our science focus this week has been investigating substances that will dissolve in water. We had 4 substances to test – sugar, flour, salt and sand.
First, we made our predictions, then it was time to test! We set up a fair test using the same amount of water for each jar, the same amount of each substance and we stirred each jar the same number of times.
We made some interesting discoveries and are already thinking about what we want to change about the investigation next week.
Some pupils want to see if the water temperature will affect how quickly a substance will dissolve. Others want to try adding different amounts of water and some spoke about stirring the water for longer.
We are excited to test out our ideas next week!
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It has been a busy scientific term in P4/5/6! Over the past few weeks we have explored all aspects of Light. We learned about shadows, reflections and how light can bend when it travels through a different medium.
We had fun with a periscope, looking around the room for a secret message being held up on a whiteboard. This was made possible with the mirrors reflecting the light.
Our camera obscuras showed us how light is reflected into our eyes. This appears as an upside down image. Our brain flips this around so that it makes sense to us. But in this camera, it is projected upside down on to the tracing paper screen. One pupil decided to do some handstands so that she would be seen the “right way up” in her friend’s camera obscura! It was lots of fun to experiment with.
Wednesday afternoon was spent in P1/2, sharing with them the electrical quiz boards that we made last term.
Each pair supported a couple of P1/2s to try out their quiz and gave them time to explore the electrical circuits used to the play the game. If they managed to match the question with the correct answer, the bulb lit up!
Everyone in P4/5/6 did so well to explain their quiz and how to use it. They showed patience and understanding when more time was needed for the pupil to find the right answer. We would like to thank the P1/2s for having us in their classroom, they listened so well to their buddies and were so enthusiastic about each game they played.
We have missed having these opportunities to mix with other classes and develop important communication and social skills. We hope to be able to do something like this again soon!
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Today we have been looking at our digestive system. We worked in small groups to demonstrate what is happening inside our bodies when we eat food. We used everyday items to represent different things inside our bodies.
First we “ate” some food (crackers and bananas) and it travelled to our stomachs (plastic bag).
Then we added saliva (water) and stomach acid (orange juice) to help break down the food in the stomach.
Next our stomach muscles got to work and squeezed all of
the food until it was a gloopy mixture.
I wonder if everyone liked this part…?
Then the food was transported to the small intestine (tights) where it was again pushed and squeezed by many muscles. This allowed all of the useful nutrients to be squeezed out for the body to use, leaving behind what our body doesn’t need.
After that, whatever was left over was sent to the large intestine (cup) and left the body as poo! This was the part that many found too disgusting to watch!!
Poor Peter just couldn’t look!
We began our new novel today The Nowehere Emporium. Don’t worry if you are not in school right now, you can catch up with the story on Teams! Mrs Smith will post more information on this soon.
After playtime we did some Maths, focusing on different aspects of multiplication. Keep practising at home too everyone!
In the afternoon we spent time in our research groups to begin our posters. Each group has chosen an aspect of Human Body that they would like to find out about. Everyone worked so well in their groups, making sure all members had a job to do and felt included.
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