Today we combined our learning about Matariki and our Ilam School Science Learner Skills into one lesson. We had heard about stars during our visit to the Stardome on Tuesday being big balls of gas, so today we made little balloons of gas.
Science Alive provided us with some wonderful activities as follow up from their visit and I've picked out a few that support out development of our science skills.
Science Alive provided us with some wonderful activities as follow up from their visit and I've picked out a few that support out development of our science skills.
Two of our Ilam School Science Learner Skills that we were focussing on today. The focus was on being able to discuss and record what we saw (and heard) more that the big scientific concepts.
To get us started...
As I did the experiment in front of them I didn't tell them the instructions. So that they could use their 'Powers of Observation' I got them to watch what I did and give me the instruction to write down.
There were some very keen eyes and ears, though this seems more like the chance to get into a photo!!!
There were some very keen eyes and ears, though this seems more like the chance to get into a photo!!!
So, what happens when you have more items than needed for this experiment? You change the amounts and see what happens... We made predictions about what we thought might happen first.
Green balloon: suggested 2T vinegar, 1t baking powder (yes powder... we were out of baking soda)
Blue balloon: 2T vinegar, 2t baking powder
Red balloon: 3T vinegar, 2t baking powder
Green balloon: suggested 2T vinegar, 1t baking powder (yes powder... we were out of baking soda)
Blue balloon: 2T vinegar, 2t baking powder
Red balloon: 3T vinegar, 2t baking powder
Tomorrow we will finish off the recording part of what we saw and heard.