Brother and sister explore cabbage magic potion.This week was National Primary Science week in NZ. At our school we had lots of activities happening including:
- Young Scientist Awards - student brought in science activities and experiments from home to share with their class. It was great to see how many parents got involved in doing science with their children.
- Class Science Quiz - Each syndicate got a science quiz to answer.
- School Science Swap - 1 afternoon all the children in the school got mixed up into groups to work with a different teacher doing a science investigation. Some of the thinks they did were Tie Dyed Milk, Cabbage indicator, water rockets, fizzy rockets, acids and bases, magic raisins, magnets, Flubber, exploring senses, balloon rockets.
- The teachers also had a chance after school to explore lots of different science experiments.
Chemical reactions
Density of salt water - can you make an egg float?
Kerry...this was a really exciting week and it was great to see children coming to school with all sorts of equipment and well prepared for their presentations to their class. It was highly evident their enthusiasm and interest in what they were doing. On Thursday it was superb to see the interaction between the older and younger children as they investigated and talked about their tasks...we should do this more often!
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-ordinating a well organised and inspiring week for both the students and the teachers...lots of 'awe and wonderment'!
I definitely would like to think many children are being tuned into science and may well seek careers in science or technology later on...will be very interesting to see...Julie