We have a brilliant start to Term 4 and have had lots of opportunities to carry out experiments within our ‘Captivating Calderwood’ topic.
Water Cycle Experiment
We carried out a water cycle experiment where we drew the process on Polly bags, added water and placed onto our windows to see what happens to the water. We also made predictions and have been observing the experiment. We discovered that the evaporated water vapor usually goes into the atmosphere, but in our bag, it has nowhere to go, so it ends up sticking to the sides of the bag, turning back into a liquid as condensation.
Planting
We have planted our very own sunflowers and placed them onto the windowsill. We are watering them everyday and observing their growth by recording this onto a line graph. We have observed some plants have grown much faster than others and have discussed why that might be the case. We think some pupils have placed the seeds deeper than others and that may be a factor. We have discussed the life cycle of a sunflower and made posters to show this visually. In addition to this, we have recently dissected flowers and carried out research the purposes of each part. We were so interested in the different purposes of each part. This then led onto discussions on ‘pollination’ and why this is a vital process within the food chain.
Literacy
We have linked our topic with our reading and writing. Last week, we made notes on sunflowers based on where they are located, what they look like and how they behave. We are now working on creating an information report on sunflowers. We have discussed our writing targets in detail and pupils have loved the link between their topic and literacy!
Have a look on the following sway to see how much fun we have had on our ‘Cultivating Calderwood’ journey so far!
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