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Ice Experiment

November 23, 2015 Mrs Canning 1 Comment

Today Primary 3A and B completed an experiment to see how to melt ice the quickest way using our bodies. We made a prediction about how fast we thought we could melt it and the best method of melting it.

We tried to rub it between our hands, left it on the table, crushed the ice in our hands, heat it with our breath and used our sleeve to melt it.

We discovered the best way to melt the ice was to try and heat it with our hands or breath.

In primary 3B the fastest person to melt the ice was Emily in 1 minute 54 seconds. In primary 3A Robbie melted it 1 minute 40 seconds.

We know that when ice melts it turns back into water.

Here are some pictures of us in action.

After we melted the ice we all had cold hands and then completed a science report.

Primary 4, School News

Canal

May 19, 2015 Mrs Canning Leave a comment

Mrs Street came into class today to tell us all about the Union Canal. She is a canal enthusiast who has her own boat on the Union Canal. She told us lots of interesting facts about the Canal.

Fraser – You can’t fish where it has yellow signs as you might get electrocuted from the overhead wires.

Sophie R- Canal boats used to get pulled by horse who walked along the side of the canal.

Oscar – Minks live along the canal and are dangerous to animals and humans. They are not scared. The union canal is about 21 miles long.

Maria-Victoria – the canal was built 200 years ago! The canal was dug by hand – no machines!

Charlee-Marie – plants grow in the water and if you try to swim in the canal you might get drowned. You also should not put rubbish in the canal.

Sophie M – lots of wildlife live around the canal.

Finlay – the canal was closed for 40 years and they had to clean it to reopen it. It goes all the way from Edinburgh to the Falkirk wheel.

Ethan – the bridges over the canal have numbers on them.

Thank you very much Mrs Street – we learned lots from you.

Primary 4, School News

Soluble and Insoluble experiment

April 28, 2015 Mrs Canning 1 Comment

Yesterday Primary 4 conducted an experiment to find out what materials are soluble and which are not. Soluble means they will dissolve and disappear into the water. We made a prediction first and then completed the experiment.

Maria-Victoria – soluble things vanish in the water when they are added to it. Salt is soluble.

Karolina – I learned that chalk is insoluble.

Callum – I predicted that sand was insoluble because I know at the beach the sand doesn’t disappear. I was correct.

Piotr – I learned that sugar is soluble.

Ieuan – I learned bicarbonate of soda bubbles and fizzes when you add it to water.

Ethan – instant coffee is soluble and I knew it would be as my mum drinks it at home and it disappears.

Fraser – when you add flour to the water it turned lumpy and looks like slimy cheese. It was insoluble.

Primary 4

Water, water everywhere

April 23, 2015 Mrs Canning Leave a comment

Primary 4 are learning about Water this term as part of their Science topic.

Yesterday we put water into an ice cube tray and put it in the freezer. Today we found that we had made ice. We looked at how the water was frozen and no longer a liquid. We then had a competition to see whop could melt the ice the fastest. Sophie and Patryk were able to melt the ice the fastest. We talked about how to melt the ice quicker.

Sophie and Patryk – I rubbed my hands together quickly. This made it heat up.

Maria-Victoria – I squeezed my hands together.

Charlee-Marie – I used paper towels to melt it quicker.

Ollie – I crushed the ice into smaller pieces.

We discovered that the quickest way to melt ice was to heat it up.

Look at us with our ice.