Our Discovery Log 2018-2019
Step 1 Science
Step 2 Technology
Step 3 Engineering
Step 4 Maths
Step 5 STEM Showcase: Please have a look at our Science Day photos in the video below. We had a great day. We are already planning and looking forward to our next science showcase day.
Paddle Boat Wars:
https://vimeo.com/215659394
CD hovercraft:
https://vimeo.com/215804052
Science Day 2016
Our annual Science Day was on Tuesday November 15th during Science Week 2016. Our pupils showcased many fascinating new projects and experiments that displayed the scientific process and scientific thinking. Thanks to the many parents who visited on the day. The grid below is a list of the experiments/scientific processes presented by each class on the day.
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1st Orange
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Lava Lamps
Making Music
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1st Yellow
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Square Bubbles
Is Yeast Alive?
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1st Green
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Dancing Raisins
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2nd Orange
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Blasting Balloons
Which Ball is the Bounciest?
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2nd Yellow
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Investigating Surface Tension
Investigating Sound Insulation- Keeping Loud Sounds Out
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2nd Green
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Static Electricity
Water Power
The Importance of Safety Belts
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3rd Orange
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Diving Drops - Sinking Feeling
The Magnet Magician
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3rd Yellow
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Rainbow Milk
Creepy Fingers
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3rd Green
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Paddle Boat
Paper Helicopters
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4th Orange
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Gravity – Reaction Timer
Lava Lamp
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4th Yellow
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Rainbow Spinners
Parachutes
Warm Air Takes Up More Space
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5th Orange
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Hover Craft
Lava Art
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5th Yellow
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Bottle Xylophone
Designing and Making a Paper Rocket
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6th Orange
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Hydraulics and Pneumatics
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6th Yellow
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The Archimedes Screw
Filtering Dirty Water
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Lego Robotics Club.
There were only seven coveted places in the Robotics Club this year. Places were given on the basis of maths scores to keep it fair and transparent. Participants learn how to programme robots. The EV3 Robot Mind was purchased to programme the robots this year. This looks like a Gameboy. You are allowed to use four motors to move various parts of the robot and you are allowed to use as many sensors and tech lego frame pieces as you like when constructing the robot. However, the more the robot does, the more challenging it is to programme.
The club are entering the First Lego League competition on 21st January 2017. This year’s theme is animal allies, how we interact with animals and how they interact with us. The first part of the project is completing a practical robotics demonstration on stage. There are 15 missions that the robotics club practise regularly. In the competition the club members will get 2.5 minutes to complete as many missions as possible. For our project we have chosen the Little Tern as our animal because of its protected nesting site in Kilcoole. Harry Barry interviewed Birdwatch Ireland to get information about the Little Tern for the project. He discovered the biggest challenge the Little Tern faces is the fox. Last year a fox wiped out 40 nests from our local beach.
The club will run some labs over the Christmas in preparation for competition in January. Thanks to James and Kayla Scott for organising the club and running it from their home. Club members are Michael Shannon, Harry Barry, Lucy Mc Gowan, Anna Morris, Christian Smith, Jermiah Scott and Madeline Scott.