All the science students were amazing at teaching their experiments and working with all the ages - we had Year 5/6 students and our brand new 5 year old students!
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
School Science Expo
The science class had a great first session of their science expo. We hosted 4 classes last Thursday afternoon for an afternoon of fun and educational science experiments.
All the science students were amazing at teaching their experiments and working with all the ages - we had Year 5/6 students and our brand new 5 year old students!
All the science students were amazing at teaching their experiments and working with all the ages - we had Year 5/6 students and our brand new 5 year old students!
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Thursday Science Group links
Use these websites to help find some experiments you can use for our school science expo.
You can also think of the experiments that we have been doing in class.
Monday, 16 November 2015
Thursday Science Group
Last week in science group we got to visit the Lab In A Box, which was visiting MAC. We had a great time exploring all sorts of light activities like refraction, the light spectrum of different gases, looking through some Oculus Glasses and also exploring what it feels like to be upside down in space - in a ZORB!!
Mystery edible substance
Today's science club was all about gathering and using evidence to identify 3 mystery powders.
We started by looking at the powders and guessing what each one was. Then we decided we needed some more evidence because we still weren't sure what they were. Finally we decided to taste them - Jennie said they were all edible.
Tasting gave us our final piece of evidence!
Substance A looked white, fine and grainy,didn't have much of a smell, tasted yuck and fizzed on our tongues.
Substance B looked like salt or sugar, didn't have much of a smell and tasted quite sour
Substance C looked like flour but tasted sweet.
What do you think out 3 substances were and what did we make when we mixed all 3 together?
We started by looking at the powders and guessing what each one was. Then we decided we needed some more evidence because we still weren't sure what they were. Finally we decided to taste them - Jennie said they were all edible.
Tasting gave us our final piece of evidence!
Substance A looked white, fine and grainy,didn't have much of a smell, tasted yuck and fizzed on our tongues.
Substance B looked like salt or sugar, didn't have much of a smell and tasted quite sour
Substance C looked like flour but tasted sweet.
What do you think out 3 substances were and what did we make when we mixed all 3 together?
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Monday, 9 November 2015
Standing on balloons!
Today the Year 3 and 4 science club had great fun exploring how many people could stand on a table that was sitting on balloons.
Our predictions were that only 1 or 2 people would be able to do it. Well, have a look!
Our predictions were that only 1 or 2 people would be able to do it. Well, have a look!
We ended up with 11 children on the table before a balloon popped!
Then we thought about trying it with only a few balloons - one on each corner and one in the middle...
We made it to 11 people again!
We are wondering what happens if we have a bigger table and fewer balloons or more balloons.
Why do you think the balloons didn't pop?
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Thursday Science Group
These are the activities you need to complete in your independent rotation today. Make sure you read the instructions carefully and remember our goal for today - you should be able to explain all about circuits and how they work by the end of today.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=science/changing_circuits
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/flashmain.htm
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=science/changing_circuits
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/flashmain.htm
Monday, 12 October 2015
Air Cannon
Today at Year 3 and 4 Science Club we explored Jennie's Air Cannon - it makes a vortex of air and a big rush of wind! We tried it on cups and on our hair!
Next week we are going to make our own mini air cannons!
Next week we are going to make our own mini air cannons!
Monday, 31 August 2015
Science around the school
I have had the privilege of being able to pop in to Pods over the last couple of weeks to see what science everyone is doing.
What an awesome science school we have!
Pod 1 have been looking at the science in Nursery Rhymes - this is them testing what sort of material will protect Humpty Dumpty from breaking when he falls off his wall.
Pod 5 and 6 have been looking at chemical and physical changes - what do you think? Is this experiment showing a chemical or a physical change? How do you know?
What an awesome science school we have!
Pod 1 have been looking at the science in Nursery Rhymes - this is them testing what sort of material will protect Humpty Dumpty from breaking when he falls off his wall.
Pod 5 and 6 have been looking at chemical and physical changes - what do you think? Is this experiment showing a chemical or a physical change? How do you know?Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Lunchtime Science CLub
Yesterday was our first Wanaka Primary Lunchtime Science Club. We had a great turn out and had a lot of fun exploring two bubble mixtures.
The question we were investigating was: Does glycerin or sugar make a better bubble mixture?
We talked about how could we test this and what could we measure?
We used lots of science skills - gathering evidence, exploring, collaborating with others.
In the end we decided that the glycerin mixture was the better mix because the bubbles lasted longer.
The question we were investigating was: Does glycerin or sugar make a better bubble mixture?
We talked about how could we test this and what could we measure?
We used lots of science skills - gathering evidence, exploring, collaborating with others.
In the end we decided that the glycerin mixture was the better mix because the bubbles lasted longer.
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Pod 6 Being Scientists!
Today Pod 6 started looking at their new science investigation topic.
They were exploring some different kitchen chemistry experiments and using their OBSERVATION skills to GATHER EVIDENCE.
They will use their observations and evidence to work out what a PHYSICAL CHANGE is and what a CHEMICAL CHANGE is.
They were exploring some different kitchen chemistry experiments and using their OBSERVATION skills to GATHER EVIDENCE.
They will use their observations and evidence to work out what a PHYSICAL CHANGE is and what a CHEMICAL CHANGE is.
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Student Science Survey
If you are a student at Wanaka Primary can you complete this survey to let Jennie know what you think about science at Wanaka Primary.
Remember you must be a Wanaka Primary student to complete this survey and you will need your Google login.
Remember you must be a Wanaka Primary student to complete this survey and you will need your Google login.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
It's Science Week!
It's National Science Week this week and the theme is Light!
This theme was chosen because it is the International Year of Light.
Who knows what our main source of light is? Is it electricity? Is it something else?
Light comes in many different forms - there is white light - which is the visible light we can see, but there are also other types of light - one of these is UV light. UV is the light that causes sunburn but you can't see the it.
Did you know that you can get sunburnt even when it is cloudy? You can also get sunburnt in the winter - especially if you are up at a skifield!
Have a look at this video:
It says that UV can't go through glass or sunscreen. What about clouds? I wonder if there is UV light when it is dark? Where does UV light come from?
How could you test these questions out? What evidence can you find to help back up your thinking? It's like when the police send someone to court - they have to have evidence that shows what they did wrong - scientists have to have evidence that supports what they think.
We have some UV beads at school - they are special beads that can tell you when you are exposed to UV light. How could you use these UV beads to find some evidence to answer these questions?
Take photos of you finding out the answers and email them to Jennie L and she will put them on a blogpost. Comment on this post with your evidence - what did you find out?
This theme was chosen because it is the International Year of Light.
Who knows what our main source of light is? Is it electricity? Is it something else?
Light comes in many different forms - there is white light - which is the visible light we can see, but there are also other types of light - one of these is UV light. UV is the light that causes sunburn but you can't see the it.
Did you know that you can get sunburnt even when it is cloudy? You can also get sunburnt in the winter - especially if you are up at a skifield!
Have a look at this video:
It says that UV can't go through glass or sunscreen. What about clouds? I wonder if there is UV light when it is dark? Where does UV light come from?
How could you test these questions out? What evidence can you find to help back up your thinking? It's like when the police send someone to court - they have to have evidence that shows what they did wrong - scientists have to have evidence that supports what they think.
We have some UV beads at school - they are special beads that can tell you when you are exposed to UV light. How could you use these UV beads to find some evidence to answer these questions?
Take photos of you finding out the answers and email them to Jennie L and she will put them on a blogpost. Comment on this post with your evidence - what did you find out?
Monday, 20 April 2015
Remember to enter the skink competition!
Super Skink Science Competition
This is your chance to be a scientist for a day! Join Jennie L for a day in Alexandra, riding in a 4WD, meeting the skinks and finding out what it is that some scientists do.
How do you enter?
You need to complete 2 tasks from the Wanaka Science Blog - http://wanakascience.blogspot.co.nz/
1) Read the blog posts and answer 2 questions that Jennie has written - write your answers in a comment on each post.
2) Go to the “Identifying Skinks” post and use the photos to identify the skinks in the photos - write your answer in a comment - remember to include your first name only and room number.
The competition closes at the of Science Week (Week 3 -May 8th) so get investigating now!
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