Their hypothesis was that when water heats up it turns into a gas called... steam. If steam hits something cold ( like a tray filled with ice) it will cool down and turn back into water and rain off the bottom of the tray. This is how condensation works.
They did the experiment and proved their hypothesis.
Thank you girls.
First Darcy showed us his ice and Salt experiment. His hypothesis was if you put string beside an IceCube and then pour salt on it... the ice will melt a bit and then refreeze around the string and you will be able to pick up the ice cube with the string.
It worked!
Next was Noah.
He had an experiment called Exploding Colour from his home science kit.
He hypothesised that if he put red and green food colouring onto the top if milk. When he added a drop of dishwashing liquid the colours would explode across the surface of the milk. They sure did!
Finally Angus got his turn - we came back after play for his experiment. His hypothesis was that if he put a range of colours half way up a paper towel and then put the bottom of that paper towel in water. The colours would have nowhere else to go but move up the paper with the water. He was right! Angus kindly cut a piece of paper towel for everyone so we can all have a go at home tonight.
See you next week everybody. Bradley and Logan are the last two left to share their experiments.
Thomas brought along his pre-prepared Science Experiment today
His hypothesis was - that fire needs Oxygen and so if fire was placed under a glass jar sitting in water... the fire would die out as it would use up all the available Oxygen and then would create a vaccuum in the jar which in turn would suck up the surrounding water.
He repeated the experiment 5 or 6 times and got the same results each time - proving that his hypothesis was correct.
Middle Science TAG
Tasks to do:
1. Share an experiment ( or presentation about a famous Scientist) they have prepared at home earlier with the other TAG children during our session together- see timetable below.
Thursday Term 3 Week 3
Mrs Maw - Plan a presentation about Marie Curie at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Thursday Term 3 Week 4
Denise - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Zara - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Thursday Term 3 Week 5
Harper - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Blake- Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Thursday Term 3 Week 6
Georgia - Plan a presentation about a famous scientist at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Aaliyah - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Thursday Term 3 Week 7
Grace - Plan an experiment or Presentation about a famous scientist at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Margo - Plan an experiment or Presentation about a famous scientist at home and share in front of other TAG people.
2. As soon as completed their preparation for 1 … set their own big Science Inquiry question and go through the Allenton inquiry cycle to solve it.
Willow brought along the most wonderful experiment we all took part in.
First she put her finger into iced water and we timed how long she could keep her finger in the water before having to take it out.
Next she put her hand into a plastic bag filled with fat, simulating the layer of fat around Polar Bears and then re timed how long she could keep her finger in the ice water.
Willow's hypothesises was that the fat would surround her finger and keep it warm so she would be able to keep her finger in a lot longer the second time.
Both Willow's second time and Bradley's second time were effected by play and home time... but you can see that the results pictured below supported Willow's hypothesis.
Many people thought they would be able to hold their hand in the cold water for 20 years... they just wanted to do it longer than the last person.
We also noticed that if the fat formed a full layer around your finger it worked better than if there were gaps in it.
Thanks to Willow, Hayley and Charli for an excellent first experiment!
Willow we had a great couple of photos of you doing this on your iPad - if you could send them to Mrs Maw I'll add them up here too.
Science TAG
Two next steps decided on:
1. Share an experiment they have prepared at home earlier with the other TAG children.
2. Set their own big Science Inquiry question and go through the Allenton inquiry cycle to solve it.
1 first before beginning on 2.
Timetable for Experiments so far
Tuesday Term 3 Week 2
Noah - Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - perhaps bring his home kit
Willow - Plan and do an experiment or have prepared microscope slides ready for showing how her microscope works. Set up at home and bring it all to show us on Tuesday afternoon
Tuesday Term 3 Week 3
Thomas - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Logan - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Tuesday Term 3 Week 4
Noah - Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - perhaps bring his home kit
Angus Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - Experiment from Virtual Classroom to be clarified.
Darcy - Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - Topic to be clarified?
Tuesday Term 3 Week 5
Bradley -Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - Ice and Salt experiment
Logan - Plan an experiment at home and share in front of other TAG people.
Angus Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - Experiment from Virtual Classroom to be clarified.
Darcy - Plan and bring an experiment to show others at TAG - Topic to be clarified?
Tuesday Term 3 Week 6
Mrs Maw - share a presentation about a real scientist and how she changed the world.
Today was our last session of Junior Science TAG. If you had finished your Inquiry question/s you got to watch a movie in the staffroom . ...
