Today we have learnt about mummies and babies and how the scientific word for this is “offspring”. We matched the mums to their offspring and learnt what each of their babies were called.
Offspring 🐣🐷🐰
Category : Science
Magnetic or Non-Magnetic? 🧲
Crew Hamill continued their investigations with magnets by identifying materials around school that are magnetic and non-magnetic. It was interesting to find out that all magnetic materials are made from metal but that not all metals are magnetic!
Case Study Reflection
This afternoon, we have completed our case study reflection for Science. We had the opportunity to reflect on our learning using the rubrics and demonstrate our understanding of what we’ve covered.
Magical Magnets 🧲
In our expedition lesson, we began to experiment with magnets, investigating how they work. We identified that opposites attract. This means that when you put a North Pole with a South Pole, they will pull together and ‘stick’! It was so fun to feel the force of the magnets pushing each other away when like poles were placed together – North and North, South and South repel!
Magnificent magnets 🧲
In our expedition lesson, we have been investigating how magnets work and what items around the classroom were magnetic. We found that when you put North Pole and North Pole together (the same) the repel but when you put North Pole and South Pole together (opposite) they attract. We found that items such as scissors, paper clips and coins are magnetic but things such as paper, cardboard and pencils are not. 🧲
Which materials are magnetic? 🧲
Yesterday afternoon, we explored a range of materials to investigate which were magnetic or non magnetic. We sorted our materials into 2 groups. We also discovered that that attraction was stronger with some items. To help us understand why some metal materials are magnetic we watched a video that explained for an item to be magnetic, it just contain cobalt, iron or nickel.
Case Study reflection 🧲🌎
Today, we completed our case study reflection for Case Study 2. We reflected on all our learning over the case study and answered some questions based on our learning. I was blown away by the amount of knowledge the children had remembered.
Preparation for our final product
In Crew Shields this afternoon, we have been sketching images based around global warming which will be used towards our final product.
Magnets
In science we were looking at magnets and finding out which items were magnetic and which ones wont . We also looked at what happens when you put 2 magnets together. If you put N and N together they would repel , same for S and S but if you put S and N together they would attract. Here are our findings
How does temperature effect how ice melt?
We set up our science experiment by measuring 200ml of water to put in each of the jugs. We then placed these into the freezer for 24 hours. After they had frozen, we placed one in the freezer, one on the radiator and one on the table. We then measure the amount of water (ice melted) every half an hour and recorded the results. We then plotted a graph to show our results. We wrote all this up in a scientific report including: a title, prediction, equipment list, method, results and conclusion.
