Brad's experiment

Brad brought in a fun experiment.  We put very small, solid balls into water and within an hour they had expanded to large, soft, squishy balls that were very fun to play with!

Emily's experiment

Emily brought an experiment to school to share with us.  It is called 'Oobleck' and is made with cornstarch and water.  It was fun to see how it has the properties of both a liquid and a solid.

Mr Henty Comes To Visit by Tobey

Today Mr Henty came to visit our class and taught us about science. Phobic means fear of something and Philic means a love of something . Arachnophobia means fear of spiders. Philanthropy means love of people.  We had so much fun because I learnt lots of science thanks to Mr Henty. Hopefully we do more science this year!

Buddy Science

Milky way experiment.  We filled a small tray with milk.  Then we added a few drops of food colouring into the milk in separate places.  After we added a drop of dishwashing liquid, we used a toothpick to swirl the colours in the milk.  It made beautiful patterns.

Our next experiment was to make paperclip helicopters.  We had to follow directions to fold and cut the paper and add a paper clip to make our helicopters work.  We had fun letting them go from as high as we could reach and watching them spin to the ground.

Science Experiments

Ben brought a great experiment into class to share with us today. It was called a lava lamp. He used water, oil, glitter and salt in a jar. When the salt was added to the oil and water mixture the 'lava' sank and then rose again. It was a great experiment about the density of liquids. Thanks for sharing Ben!

We also did an experiment to test our reflexes. We had to see how fast or slow we could catch a meter stick as gravity pulled it down through our opening and closing hands. 

Science Research

This week is Science Week at our school.  Today we did some research of science facts and collaborated by sharing them in a class Google Presentation.  We were so engaged in searching the www.sciencekids.co.nz website to find our facts.

Click HERE to view our presentation.