Class work

We do other things in class  other than scientific experiments! Here are a few examples.

We were writing descriptions of imaginary characters.
We swapped books and drew each other's characters from the description.
There were some very strange creatures!

Sometimes we do group challenges. This was a maths one  that needed lots of calculations.

There are many ways to practise spelling. Here we are playing a spelling city game on the Smartboard.

In art we have been weaving. Our creations are nearly finished! We used different colours and texture in our designs!

Milk art

Today we experimented with milk art! 
We poured some milk (full fat works best) on a plate and added a few drops of food colouring. Next we dipped some cocktail sticks in washing up liquid and touched the surface of the milk. The effect was instant!
The washing up liquid breaks the surface tension of the milk and allows the food colouring to flow through and the result is 'awesome' according to Kasey!
You can see what happened in our videos!

Lava lamps

Today we looked at how oil and water don't mix. First of all we put oil and water in a jar and saw how they form layers. Next we added some washing up liquid and shook the jars to see how the soap helped to join the oil and water molecules together and allow them to mix.
We learned that this is why we need to use soap to wash properly!
We used the fact that oil and water don't mix to make our own lava lamps.
First we added water to a bottle and then filled it up with vegetable oil. We dropped some food colouring in and then came the exciting part!
We added Alka Seltzer tablets to produce a gas and when it bubbled up it took the food colouring with it, producing a lava lamp effect. We can activate them again by adding more tablets when we want to.

Gloopy oobleck!

In our study of liquids and solids we found a substance that can't decide what it is!
Gloopy oobleck is made from cornflour and water and is great fun to play with - but can make an awful mess!
We rolled it into balls and it was solid but when we stopped rolling it, it became a liquid! It felt solid when we punched it and liquid when we pushed it. We really enjoyed experimenting with it. You can add food colouring to it too if you want coloured gloop.

mixing cornflour and water

making a gloop ball

This is what happens when you stop rolling it!

punching the gloop!

Solids, liquids and gases

We've started our new topic by looking at what makes a substance solid, liquid or gas. We learned that it all depends on how the particles that make it up behave!
Look at this BBC video clip to see what makes them different.


There's some more links to BBC science clips in the science links on the right.

Robert Burns

We will finish our Scottish topic by listening to some poems by Robert Burns as it is Burns night this week. Lots of people will eating haggis and clapshot and we will be having it for school dinner too!
Listen to John Gordon Sinclair read Address to a Haggis.

Sketches

Copies of our video are still available from school if you haven't got yours yet! - price £3


Here are the videos of our Broons and Oor Wullie sketches from our ceilidh.


The Broons in Chess Madness




The Broons in Nappy Change




Oor Wullie in The Spy





Electric rap