We
really did have a great Term 1 in our science lessons. Whilst helping our
friend Sid plan for a sleepover party, we learnt so much about different materials,
their properties and why we select them for different purposes.
Sid
wanted particular colours for the bunting at his party so we learnt that when
we mix colours we can make new colours:
We used our colour mixing knowledge to make purple and green playdough for his guests to play with at the party.
Making playdough helped us explore how people at home can change, combine and mix different materials for a particular purposes.
We were interested to see how some everyday materials can be physically changed by actions (stretching, squashing, folding, ripping) and investigated this by making our own, glittery paper for Sid to use for his invitations.
We found out we can physically change water by freezing or heating it and learnt that this is a reversible change! We mixed and blended fruit, milk and honey to first make smoothies and then froze them to make ice blocks. This was not a reversible change…we ate them.
Finally, we learnt lots of new words that can describe the different properties of a material (transparent, opaque, absorbent, waterproof, stiff, rigid, rubbery, spongy etc). We used these words to sort a number of objects and show our understanding.
What a fun time we had with lots of learning experiences happening every week. We've begun our Term 2 unit on Weather now so are looking forward to doing more investigation into out new topic.
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