Watercare

Water, water everywhere! On Friday of week 6, we were lucky to have Sally from Watercare come to teach us more about the water.  We did a drama activity and experiments. Firstly we examined the process that water goes through to become drinkable water in our households.  Our drama was based on the process that the water goes through to be cleaned. We were the water going through each stage. We had so much fun as we ventured around the school.  Once we learnt how water is cleaned we then had to try and clean the dirty water ourselves. We had to create a filter system in partners. We had to do four different tests for our experiments.  We experimented with a range of filters to try and test which filter system was the best.

Science in a Van

One week before science week we had science in a van come and visit our school. They talked about the periodic table and all of the elements. They also talked about how to balance objects and we found the center of balance in a meter ruler. Riley tried to balance a mop in the air but it dropped. They had 6 volunteers create heat by dancing.

 

sherbet

Today during science we made sherbet. We used tartaric acid to make it bitter or tart, citric acid to make it sour, baking soda to make it fizz in your mouth, and icing sugar to make it sweet. This was really fun and I learnt that baking soda and citric acid foam when they get wet together.         

Bird Beaks

During science we used forceps as bird beaks we tried to pick up skittles, gummy worms and paper. We estimated that seihara witch had  a curve and it was pointy would be better for the skittles  but mine was the best for the skittles. I really enjoyed trying to pick up all the things but my favorite part was eating the loleys.

Spud Guns

During science we made spud guns. We made them out of potatoes and straws. Then we stabbed the potatoes with the straws on both sides. I will now explain how it worked, the air inside the straw can't get through and so the air pushes the potato out. If you do it right then smoke comes out.