Hannah is reporting on Bernice completing her frog and lily pad. Bernice is able to tell Hannah all she knows about the life cycle of a frog and is displaying her work on our spring learning wall. Hannah is developing her ICT skills when using the mobile device.
Category Archives: Sciences
Parent Volunteers
We are very lucky to have parents/carers who kindly volunteer to come into our nursery and bake with our children.
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Mission 3 continued: Using Sway to make a presentation
Today we looked at how we could make our solar system factfile, following the research we had completed at the beginning of the week. We looked at how we could use Sway, another application available with our Glow log in to collaboratively create a factfile.
Each group used their research about specific planets to create a card in the Sway. We found it very exciting that all 6 groups could work on the one factfile using different netbooks, this was our first experience of collaborating on the one activity online. We decided that because this was our first time using Sway we wanted to use the netbooks so we could support each other. We will add a link to our finished factfile next week.
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P7 at Glasgow Science Centre
‘bmfy f ifd’!!! Only P7’s will be able to read this coded message that we learned about today at Glasgow Science Centre!
What a fantastic day. First up was a workshop to learn more about Caesar Cipher and cracking cryptography. The children will be able to take their code cracking skills back to school and use them in our CSI topic.
We then had a chance to look around the interactive games in the Science Malls. On floor 3 we took on the role of the snot barrier, burned some energy in the giant hamster wheel, performed a virtual autopsy and bust some moves at the DNA disco. Floor 1 offered us more inspiring games that made our minds work. We had to offer ideas on how to meet ever increasing energy demands without breaking the bank or damaging the environment, we had the chance to feel the force of wind in a hurricane booth, find out what happens in a nuclear chain reaction and crank the handles to generate enough power to race around a Scalextric track.
All of the activities were testing different skills – strength, patience, concentration, reaction times, organisation and team work.
In the afternoon we went to the workshop ‘My World of Work – All about Me’. We learned about our personality traits by completing the personality quiz, used the careers information wall to discover more about different careers linked to STEM and we were able to talk to a High School career officer about what subjects we should study if we were interested in working in one of these roles.
Staff from the Science Centre commented on the superb behaviour of the P7’s, how hard they worked and were impressed by there knowledge of STEM and code cracking. Well done P7 – another great day out. Your teachers are very ‘uwtzi’ (proud – caesars cipher)!
Mission 3: The Solar System
Creating a Human Solar System
Today we braved the weather to create our own human solar system to scale in the playground so we could put into perspective the distance each planet was from the sun.
Making a Solar System Factfile
This week in our home teams we have been busy researching the planets in the solar system. We had to use websites to use find out specific information about planets, and had a list of questions to research. We use Yammer to share useful websites that were reliable so we did not waste time. We also used the key questions to search for key information. We learned that the phrases we use in a search engine is important to finding answers quickly. We also had to skim and scan websites for key information. We supported each other with using a range of search engines and finding the AAL network. Then we shared our notes with each other. Our next steps are to look at reliable sources on the internet as we realised some of us had different answers. We will now use this information to create an electronic factfile.
Cosmos Planetarium
Today Primary 4 had a visit from Cosmos Planetarium to help put our current context of Project Planetarium into a real life. Cosmos Planetarium is a state of the art, 360° theatre experience. We were transported on a journey through the solar system and beyond – from flying through Saturn’s rings to diving into Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, to search it’s vast ocean for signs of life. We learned about the first moon landing, as well as what life might be like on the moon in future. We took a virtual tour of the International Space Station and were able to share our knowledge of Tim Peake from the biographies we wrote about his life and experiences last week. We also were able to ask different questions about the solar system and find out new information that will help us with Mission 3!
Cosmos Planetarium
Today Primary 1, P4, P5/4 and P5 had a very exciting visit from Cosmos Planetarium, a state of the art, 360° theatre experience. We were transported on a journey through the solar system and beyond – from flying through Saturn’s rings to diving into Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, to search it’s vast ocean for signs of life. We learned about the first moon landing, as well as what life might be like on the moon in future. We took a virtual tour of the International Space Station and were able to share our knowledge of Tim Peake from the biographies we wrote about his life and experiences last week.
In the Middle Area, we have been working in teams to create a planet fact file, and we were excited to use our new knowledge from our Cosmo Planetarium experience to help us. We also used our own devices, as well as the school’s netbooks and iPads, to research the key features of each planet. We will use ICT to bring our research together to create a group fact file about our Solar System.
Project Planetarium: Mission 2
We are learning to safely observe and recording the sun and moon at various times.
We are learning to describe the patterns of movement of the sun and moon and changes over time.
- I can safely observe the sun and moon and make recordings of what I see.
- I can understand the stages of the moon.
- I can relate these to the length of a day, a month and a year.
This week Primary 4 have been investigating the sun and the moon, we started by watching a video from Glow Science about Day and Night. You can view the video here by using your Glow log in. We then made our own sun viewers so we could safely view the sun. When we went outside to observe the sun we observed that it was in the west.
We then investigated the different phases of the moon by replicating a lunar month by using Oreo cookies and creating a phases of the moon flip book. We self and peer assessed our work using Yammer.
Learning at home:
- As homework we are recording what the moon looks like each night.
- Ask us to log into Yammer so you can see our learning and leave a comment with us. We need our Glow log in for this.
- Take us to the library we can read books and find out information about the sun and moon.
Busy start to our final term!
P7 has got off to a busy start this term.
In Primary 7 we have been learning about Forensic Careers. These jobs are vital in a crime investigation.
The first thing we did was we learnt about all the possible jobs in Forensic Science. Such as a Toxicologist, a SOC (Scene of crime) officer, a Pathologist and much more. We then discussed the job requirements if you were to apply for one of these jobs; we came up with different answers to what we would need in order to work in the Forensic environment. We thought we needed to have good eyesight, curiosity, imagination, be very good with details, have integrity and have the ability to keep accurate records.
After we chose one of the jobs to research and make an advert.
In Science, we completed an experiment to see whether or not an orange would float or sink in water. First we had to make a prediction on whether we thought it would float with the peel on and then we had to predict whether it would float once it had been peeled. Here are some of our predictions:
‘It has it’s skin on so it is not going to absorb water so it will float’
‘It will float as the peel will make it lighter’
‘The peel has small holes in it creating air pockets, air will fill these making it float’
We discovered that when the skin was kept on, the orange would float, but as soon as we peeled the orange it sunk, meaning that our predictions were correct.
This term we are looking forward to learning all about STEM (Science, technology, engineering and maths), and learning new skills that will help us in the world of work.
As P7’s we have our transition visits to look forward to, our leavers assembly and our final trip as a year group. We are all looking forward to the journey.
Miss Anderson & P7
