Science+Group

Term 2 2011. This term we are learning about the basic building blocks of life: [|CELLS]. Here is a good reading section followed by a [|quiz.] An interesting slide the bar to zoom in on [|cell size and scale]. Here is an [|animal cell worksheet]and a [|plant cell worksheet]which will hlep us when we come to make our "jello animal cell" which we will do in week 5. We'll need to make up a shopping list for this! Thanks Darcy. In week 4 Miss Gill will be working with you on designing and colouring in the plant cell sheet so we can then make it out of play dough and jelly for our edible one in week 5. At this website it tells you about the little parts [|inside a cell]. [|The ScIslands] a cool website for Science. Term 4: This term we are looking at natural and processed materials and exploring the properties of clay before and after it is fired. Here is a good website on [|kids and clay]. Term 3: The Science group will be doing the Primary Connections unit with "[|Light Fantastic]" which is all about light, energy and making power circuits. Here is the unit overview and some of the work samples below. We plan on making a lemon charged clock work with both the digtial display and sound alarm! How to Make a Lemon Clock procedure was started by Christian and Dani today see the list of materials needed.

Next week I will bring 4 lemons so we can try and follow the procedure to make the clock work powered by the lemon! Here are some [|lemon powered experiments]on eHow. This website has lots of cool,strange, [|Science Stuff] including transforming materials which would link in well with "What is it made of?" Natural and Processed materials. media type="file" key="paperclip experiment2 2010.WAV" width="300" height="50" Click on the wav. file above for a paperclip experiment discussion. Do you remember the Paper Clip Floating experiment? Here are some photos from it and a recording of the conversations about the experiment. There are even better movies of it but the files are too large to upload however I am keeping them for your year 7 graduation!
 * [[image:FILE0158.jpg width="300" height="225" caption="2010 Science LS group working on the water surface tension experiment"]] || [[image:FILE0161.jpg width="300" height="225" caption="Getting the paper clip to float"]] ||

For lesson 3 we will be looking a how [|light travels] through different objects. (Monday 9th August) You can see a great video on [|what is light] here. media type="custom" key="6641877"

In term 1 the Science group consisting of year 4 and 5 boys were working on the [|Primary Connections] "Smooth Moves" unit and then the "Plants in Action". In week 10 only some of the boys came only as some of the boys were in Holy Week Mass practice and we wrote up a procedure for how to make simple nectar to feed a butterfly as I found a butterfly in Findon Mall that morning!


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We also made the butterfly feeder and it was a good follow up to the last session on useful things made from plants and the session before on why do plants produce fruit? It is interesting to see how so many things in nature are connected.

Next term we will look at Materials.
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 * [[file:whats-it-made-of-unit-overview.pdf]] ||

Do this activity to get you started in thinking about what are the properties of different materials. media type="custom" key="5793407"