On Wednesday morning we had a problem to solve.
Everyone worked really hard to follow the headings on the plan.
They identified what they had to do, predict what would happen, carry the experiment out and write a conclusion.
The children thought very carefully about what needed to be done and realised they didn't have to panic if what was planned didn't work.
After all, we learn more from what goes wrong than what goes right.
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| Containers with sand, pasta, peas, corn and paper clips |
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| Working in pairs to plan what to do |
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| Recording the science experiment |
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| What is she using the magnet for? |
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| A sieve to separate the sand and pasta |
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| Step 1: Using the magnet Why are the paper clips attracted to the magnet? |
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| Step 2: Pouring the sand and corn into the fine sieve |
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| Tapping the sieve |
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| The mixture is now separated |
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| Team work |
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| Separating sand, pasta and corn |
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| Sand falls through the sieve, leaving pasta and corn behind |
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| Pasta and corn |
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| The boys thought they could use the funnel sieve but will it work? Why? |
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| Thinking caps on. Making own sieve |
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| Will the corn fit through? Make the hole bigger? |
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| Making the holes, not too small and not too big |
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| Corn will fall though but will the pasta? |
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| Using sieves with different size holes |
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| Sieve containing the pasta and the corn |
Everyone worked really hard to follow the headings on the plan.
They identified what they had to do, predict what would happen, carry the experiment out and write a conclusion.
The children thought very carefully about what needed to be done and realised they didn't have to panic if what was planned didn't work.
After all, we learn more from what goes wrong than what goes right.
Hi Year 4
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks like you tackled this Science experiment with very positive attitudes. I can imagine you asking yourselves lots of questions while you were working.
Can I ask a question? What were you trying to find out from this test and what did you actually discover?
Mrs Stones
Hello Year 4,
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed by your planning and experimentation. When we meet challenges, it can take a great deal of thought to work out what must be done. In science, we sometimes find what was expected didn't happen. Our next step is to understand why.
Did you know some inventions are made by accident when unexpected things happen? A pharmacist in U.S.A. was trying to find a cure for headaches. He mixed a number of ingredients together and today we have Coca-Cola. The recipe is very closely guarded by the people at Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was one accident that made some people very rich but did it cure headaches? :)
@RossMannell
Teacher (retired), N.S.W., Australia
mrs warner that was realy fun by josh
ReplyDeletemrs warner I had so much fun from lewis
ReplyDeleteI had fun doing the sience work it was hard but fun
ReplyDeletefrom joe