Science Week 2023

Science Week 2023

1^st Class Green

Forces – friction - investigating slopes

Living Things – fingerprints - uniqueness

1^st Yellow

Forces – electricity – static electricity

Materials – characteristics and properties – blubber - insulator

1^st Orange

Forces – magnetism - magnetic car races – design and make, estimating and measuring distance in relation to the incline of the slope

Materials and properties - dancing raisins – changing density

2^nd Orange

Materials and change - soft shelled eggs – acid (vinegar) base (eggshell) chemical reaction

Living things – how plants drink - osmosis

2^nd Green

Materials – oobleck- non- Newtonian fluid experiment

Forces – surface tension – floating - marbling

2^nd Yellow

Inertia – egg drop

Light – reflections - mirror writing

3^rd Orange

Materials – surface tension - magic milk

Energy and forces – magnetism – magnetic cars

3^rd Yellow

Sound – design and make – string telephone

Energy and forces – design and make - paddle boats.

3^rd Green

Living Things - tendons of the hand – engineering - design and make

Sound – design and make - guitar – changing pitch

4^th Orange

Forces – engineering - design and make a CD hovercraft

Living Things – how the lungs work – design and make model

4^th Green

Engineering – bridges, mines, houses

Forces – levers – puppet creation and movement

4^th Yellow

Living Things – keeping healthy, the importance of ‘snot’.

Materials – states of matter– density - lava lamp – oil floats as it’s less dense than water.

5^th Orange

Forces – design and make a Newton meter – investigate muscle fibres.

Engineering – investigate compressive strength

5^th Yellow

Living things – how plants drink – osmosis

Chemical reaction – vinegar + bread soda = CO2

5^th Green

Sound – bottle xylophone – changing pitch

Light – reflections, refraction - mirror writing

6^th Yellow

Living things – design and make – model of lungs

Environmental awareness and care – pollution solution

6^th Orange

Environmental Awareness and Care – pollution solution

Living things – model of the heart – monitoring heart rate

6^th Green

Forces – gravity – air resistance - Galileo - Newton

Living things – energy – investigating sugar, starch and flour