Author: Mrs Beattie

Robotarium Visit 🤖

All of our P7’s and P6’s were very fortunate to get to visit The Robotarium at Heriot Watt University over the last few weeks. Some of us got to meet Ameca – the worlds most advanced human shaped robot – and asked it some hard hitting questions like ‘how big is the universe?’, ‘will robots take over the world?’ and most importantly for some ‘what is your favourite football team?’
We saw some incredible robots in action, got an amazing tour of the working labs and spoke to some inspiring engineers.
We finished the day with some competitive robot games – who knew robots could play football?!
A brilliant day out for everyone, and hopefully a few new budding engineers among us!

Meteorites!

This week has been out of this world! Literally! We’ve been very fortunate to have some real meteorite samples loaned to us from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. What an amazing opportunity to hold, feel and look at some incredible rocks that have been travelling through space for millions (and even billions) of years.

Everyone was so engaged and respectful when handling these very precious materials. Hopefully you have heard all about it at home.

British Science Week 2024

Last week we celebrated British Science Week in school by completing some exciting science challenges!

Every class was tasked with trying to see how far they could stretch a Curly Wurly. The world record is 426.2cm – did we manage to beat it?  Not quite – but one team was pretty close! What a fun and sticky challenge!

We also had to try and build an ‘Unsinkable Boat’ using card, lollipop sticks and lots (and lots) of masking tape. How many weights could we add into the boat before it sank? There were some very different and wonderful designs created.

Well done to everyone for taking part!

Mrs Beattie

 

How can a mouse have a longer shadow than a cat?

In Science we have been investigating lights and shadows. The P5’s were tasked to investigate how a mouse could have a longer shadow than a cat. After creating cat and mouse shadow puppets they set about investigating the changing size of shadows. They discovered that when the light source is at a higher angle, the shadow is shorted. By playing around with the angles of the light source we were able to make the shadow of the mouse longer than the cat’s.

The P3’s and P4’s have been learning about magnets and forces. We have designing our own ‘Magnet Mazes’ for our classmates to try and escape! There were some fantastic designs and some very creative rules to follow!

Science at ECPS

We have been very busy in our science lab since we returned to school! In our first week back we were growing  rainbows, creating crystal geodes, planting rainforest and desert biodomes and beginning to set up a wormery (no worms have been added yet!)

We have also started our topics for the term:

P1 & P2/1 are learning all about electricity and how to keep safe:

We have been working on our classification skills this week and sorting items into electrical and non-electrical groups.

P2, P3 & P4 are investigating forces and magnets:

This week we have been investigating the affect weight has on the speed of a ball rolling down a ramp, and testing out balanced forces.

P5, P6 & P7 are exploring light:

We have been exploring how to use reflection to control light and have been using this knowledge to build our own mirror mazes.

Elephant’s Toothpaste Experiment

Good morning everyone!

As promised, here is the video of me making Elephant’s Toothpaste. It wasn’t as explosive as I’d hoped! I tried it twice using different sized bottles –  repeating the experiment to see if i could improve it, just like we do in class.

I hope you all have a fantastic summer and can’t wait to see you all again in August!

Mrs Beattie

Science Fun!

Good morning everyone!

As this is our last week I had promised you in class that we would have a fun week of experiments. The biggest request was Elephant’s Toothpaste so I will make this at home this week and I will post the video on the blog and Teams after!

Are there any fun experiments you have wanted to do at home or in school? Now is your chance! Rubber egg? Bottle rocket? Giant square bubble? Exploding volcano? Egg parachute? Dancing Raisins?

There are lots of great ideas here to try too:

ScienceSparksPeriodicTableofExperimentslinks

Share your experiments with me on Teams or email them into school.

Have fun (and stay safe!)

Mrs Beattie

Can You Escape From The International Space Station?

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be blasted into space? Did you manage to catch a glimpse of the Space X rocket heading to the International Space Station 2 weeks ago? Did you watch the launch live? It was very exciting!

Now imagine you are an astronaut on board the ISS. Your task is to make it to the on-board escape pod, but first you need the code to enter. Can you solve the 14 puzzles to crack the code?

Click this link to open the web-page with the puzzles. Scroll down and you will find 14 questions. Answer them all to complete your code for the escape pod.

https://eo-cdt.org/escape-room/

Let me know if you manage to escape! Send an email to school or tag me on Teams!

Good luck astronauts!

Mrs Beattie

The Great Science Share – Week 6

Well Waste warriors, how did you get on last week? Did you get creative with your household waste? Did you find out how far your breakfast travelled to get to your plate? I managed to find eggs that were laid less than 2 miles from my house so will be using that farm in the future!

 

This is our last week of the Great Science Share and it’s a theme I know many of you are passionate about. This week we are celebrating World Oceans Day!

 

Why is the sea salty?

Do whales from different parts of the world have their own accents?

How can we stop so much plastic getting into the oceans and protect the wildlife?

How deep is the deepest part of the ocean?

How do we use the power of the seas foe energy?

 

Remember and tag me in your Teams post or email your investigations into school!

Have fun investigating!

Mrs Beattie

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk6

The Great Science Share – Week 5

What did you investigate last week? Did you try to re-grow any vegetables? Did you track the journey of your banana from tree to fruit bowl? Did you make something out of your household waste?

This week our theme is UN World Environment Day

Have you been inspired by Greta Thunberg?

How clean is the air near to where you live? Has there been a change in air quality around the world since we have been staying at home over the last few months?

How can you make a positive impact on the environment?

How can you clean dirty water?

How do cow burps affect climate change? (This is an interesting one!)

 

Remember and tag me in your Teams post or email your investigations into school!

Have fun investigating!

Mrs Beattie

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk5

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