Exploring our Questions....

This week we have started to explore our own questions about bubbles. We have watched some great YouTube clips about making bubbles.

Can we make different shaped bubbles? How do you make bubble mixture? How can we make bubbles get bigger?

 In pairs we explored making bubble with shampoo.

 We compared these bubbles to bubbles made from dish washing liquid and glycerol. We found this recipe in one of our science books.

We even tried mixtures using soap and washing machine powder. Gee...we thought of so many questions!

 Some people found they could make bigger bubbles when they blew through their hands rather than using the bubble wands.

 Penny and Emilie discovered that when your hands are wet you can put your finger through the bubbles and they won't pop.

 If you blow too hard the bubbles always pop!

 Shampoo made the biggest bubbles.

 The glycerol bubbles had the most colours.

 We had fun getting bubble mixture everywhere.

 Bubbles made out of lux flakes felt really slimey!

Now we have even more questions than when we started!

Wild and Wacky Weather Week!

On sunny Monday we welcomed Mr Mark Steven to our classroom. He is going to be on teaching placement in Room 1 for the next 3 weeks. We are very pleased to have his help!

 We were very lucky to have a visit from the New Zealand Book Festival Roadshow.

 Their librarians showed us the books that have made it into the New Zealand finals.

 We especially enjoyed listening to the new Margaret Mahy book called 'Mr Whistler'.

 At buddy time Room 15 showed us their air cannon experiment. Mr Ford showed us that when you hit the plastic on top, it pushed out a large amount of air.

 He lit a candle....

 Asked for keen volunteers....

and extinquished the flame!

On Friday Klaudia and Charlotte played with gloop at Discovery Time. What a mess!

We wish you all a warm and relaxing weekend...will the snow fall?!

Strike Percussion

On Tuesday we had a visit from Strike Percussion Group from Wellington. One of the group members went to Burnside High.

We had the chance to listen to them play a range of musical pieces using drums, sticks and a glockenspiel.

They were very loud!

Happy Hip Hairdressers...for the best look in town!

On Friday we opened our 'Happy Hip Hairdressers' at Discovery Time. 

Krissy and Charlotte had turns at being the receptionist. We had to make a booking and then the parents called us when they were ready to do our hair.

The tables were full of hair gel, ribbons, clips and hairspray. The boys looked great with their hair all spiked up.

 Natalie plaited special coloured hair into our hair. We had to sit very still which is quite difficult!

 Lexus wanted to try out being a hairdresser. Her first client was her great grandmother!!!! Can you see her special pink ribbon? ( We hope she comes again for a visit!)

 Mrs H could hear so much laughter that she decided to come and join us. 
Wow... she was really good at doing fancy styles.

Thank you parents for all your help!

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Hold onto your hats!

This is our favourite group experiment so far. You might like to try it with your family at home...

It's a Gas Gas Gas!

You will need:

· 1 balloon

· measuring cup

· teaspoon

· funnel

· 1 empty plastic bottle (small)

· baking soda

· white vinegar

Predict:

· What do you think will happen when the baking soda falls into the vinegar? What will

happen to the balloon?

Experiment:

1. Collect a plastic bottle, balloon and funnel.

2. Measure out 1 cup of vinegar and pour into the bottle using a funnel.

3. Measure out 2 tsp of baking soda and pour into the balloon.

4. Twist the balloon closed then stretch the end over the top of the bottle

5. Shake the baking soda into the vinegar. 

Observations

Does anything happen?

 Get ready with the vinegar.

 Get set with the baking soda. 

Go!

Our 2nd experiment was a "Fizz Test."

This is the equipment we used.

Each group had their own testing sheet. We placed 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in each milk bottle lid.

Then we added different liquids to each lid so they matched the labels.

Here is Jordyn working out if milk will make the baking soda fizz.

Next Annabelle experimented with the lemon juice. Wow..it really fizzed!

Penny's job was to add the vinegar. She giggled when she saw the reaction!

Thomas has became very good at sharing what he sees happening!

Charlotte was in charge of adding the water to the baking soda. She discovered that nothing really happened!

Each group talked about their findings. We are getting really good at being 'Super Scientists.'

Samoan Week

Talofa and Afio mai. 

This week is Samoan Language Week. Room 1 is listening to some beautiful Samoan music and learning some simple words in Samoan. We are sharing a book called

 "White Sunday in Samoa" by Saron Aiono-Loosefa.

Super Scientists

 Room 1 are learning about practical science. We have been exploring some of the equipment that scientists need to carry out their experiments.

Here is the equipment we gathered to carry out an experiment about bubbles.

Each member of the group takes their turn at doing part of the experiment. The colours on our badges help us to work out when it is our turn.

In our groups we compared corn kernels, raisins and craisins.

Joe discovered that when you put corn kernels in water they just sink to the bottom. 

Nothing much happened!

When we put them in the lemonade they floated up to the top and then sunk back down again. They moved all over the place. We thought that the bubbles in the lemonade stuck to the raisins and craisins and made them move up and down.

In our 2nd experiment we mixed yeast and hydrogen peroxide. Here is Allie adding red food colouring. We did this experiment together because Mrs Bargh had to hold the hydrogen peroxide. Warren likes saying these words!

Charlotte said she could see bubbles and foam. It looked like a really big bubble bath.

Just as well we had a big baking dish to collect all the bubbles because they whooshed out over the side.

In Visual Art we made bubble pictures by painting on to bubble wrap. We then pressed the paint onto paper.

Come and read about our bubble experiments in our 'Inquiry scrapbook.'