Science Roadshow

This week some students went and visited the Science Roadshow. The Science Roadshow was lots of fun, the children got to trial a whole range of different experiments as well as try to figure out the reasons why certain things worked the way they do.

Paige and Michelle trying to figure out how this experiment with rotational gravity worked. 

Jasraj and Aomi

Codi and Ethyn 

Even the teachers learnt lots too. 

 Codey, Aomi and Jasraj

And we sat down to learn about some different topics, such as how muscles work.

Aomi even won a pen with a caliper attached, which is used to measure the distance between two sides of an object.

Reminder: Science Fair projects should be coming together now, they are due next Friday.

Fair testing!!!

 

Fair Testing Science!

Purpose- Describe what is needed in a fair test.

We watched a scientific variable video to answer a set of questions, about all the different variables you can have in a science experiment.

First there is a independent variable, in order for a experiment to be fair we can only change ONE thing.

Next there is the controlled variable, the things in the experiment that need to be the same are the controlled variables.

Then there is the Dependent variable, the things in the experiment you are trying to measure are called the Dependent variable.

 

 

We used this video clip to help us prepare for the upcoming science fair

Diet Water - Food Technology

As part of their inquiry focus some of the Diet Water group have been spending time with Mrs Watson in the Food Technology room. They have been looking at measurement and different ways to measure volume, so that when the time comes they are able to follow recipes and turn out some tasty food.

I will never forget the time when I was at school and a group got mixed up between a cup and tablespoon when adding salt to their chocolate chip cookies. Yuck.