Happy Spring

What is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world?...

children giggling!

 Thank you to Daniel in Room 8 who brought his lambs to meet us.

 Alex and his Mum brought along bottles of milk to feed the lambs.

 Rosie and Snowy are only 12 weeks old. They have been abandoned by their mothers.

 We laughed and laughed when they wiggled their tails. 

 Look at that tail go!

Daniel brought in newspaper...just in case!

Thank you for visiting Room 1.

Volcanic Lava

Our experiment today was called 'Volcanic Lava.'

To do this experiment at home you will need:

play dough

film canister

red and yellow food colouring

vinegar

baking soda

liquid dish washing soap

2 small plastic cups

 Mould the play dough around the film canister to make the shape of a volcano.

Collect your equipment.

  Place 2 teaspoons of baking soda in the film canister.

Add 1 teaspoon of liquid dish washing soap in the canister. 

Use the eye dropper to drop in 5 drops of food colouring.

On your marks, get set, go!

Tip in 1/2 cup of vinegar.

Does the temperature of the vinegar affect how fast the volcano erupts?

Does the shape of the volcano affect the direction of the lava flow?

What can be added to the lava to slow it down?

Gloop experiment

Here is our experiment from Thursday....

You will need:

- 1 cup water

- 1.5-2 cups cornflour

- a few drops of food colouring of your choice

-a mixing bowl

Liesl is Super Scientist #2. She mixed the cornflour with the water.

Here is Group 3 working together as a team.

Oliver is Super Scientist #4 for his group. He added in the food colouring.

Gloop or Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. (We love big words!) That means it is a liquid when you pour it and a solid when you touch it.

We took the gloop outside to play with.

The Oobleck was solid when we held it in our hands and then it dripped through our fingers.

We have recorded our findings in our Science Notebooks.

Thank you to Andrea for coming in to help with the experiment and also with cleaning us up!

Afterwards we shared our findings and our Science Notebook with some buddies.