SCIENCE OPT-IN: BUBBLE MAKING

Bubble making was a hit today for the children that opted in.  

A big thanks to Maryanne for helping us.  It was the perfect day for it.

 

  

TIE DYED MILK - SCIENCE

We had a blast at our Science opt in workshop today. 

Adding food colouring to milk looks great.  

But look at what happens when Shyloh adds dish liquid to the milk. 
The colours all move around and create some amazing patterns.

 

You could try this at home!

STATIC ELECTRICITY - SCIENCE

Our static electricity Science opt-in created a lot of interest and fun today.  Check it out!

We borrowed LC 14's Plasma Ball.  We thought it was fascinating when we touched the ball.  The lights went towards our hands!  It was pretty cool!

  

 

This is how it works...

ART - VOLCANO

Today we made some fantastic Volcano art with Mrs Kenyon.  

First we used red and yellow dye to create our background.

 

Then we used paint to make our volcano explode.  

We even put black glitter on them to represent the ash.

  

Our final products are amazing!  

 

SCIENCE SHARING SESSION

We had our sharing session for our Opt-In workshops.  This was a great way to finish up this term's Science learning.  We have discovered that we are now thinking like Scientists.

We took the opportunity to share with our friends all our learning.

AHIMATE PARK VISIT

On a beautiful day we went to Ahimate Park.  It was incredible.  We go to put a really soft mat around a native tree and place bark on the mat.  We put the bark on the mat to keep the weeds away.  My group took turns of who is doing what.  I had a really good time because there was a hill in the grassy bush.  In the grassy busy the hill was really steep.  By Amon

We went to Ahimate Park.  It was really fun.  We got to put mats around all of the native trees.  Then we got to bark on top of the mats.  There was also lots of flax, shovels and buckets and Harlem also dug for rocks. By Ryla


Today we went to Ahimate Park.  Also I picked up a spade and a bucket.  Also we put mats on the trees so they could grow properly and so the water stays in the plant.  Also I had a shovel so I could help people fill the buckets for kids.  By Skylah

  

  

        

 

MAKE IT MONDAY - RUBBISH ROBOT CHALLENGE

The kids at Riverdale have been littering in the playground quite a bit lately.  

We decided something HAS to be done!

Keira and Holly H came up with the Rubbish Robot Challenge.  

They presented us with the challenge today...

The girls showed us a video about all the plastic and styrofoam that ends up in the oceans.

We WONDERED what we could do to help with the rubbish around the school.  We spent some time with our group brainstorming all our ideas on what we needed to know to make our robot and to met the success criteria.

Next we went through to EXPLORE.  This is were we find out all the answers to our questions.  The teachers had also set up the Bee-Bots for us to practise our coding.

In EXPLORE, we watched videos on Ocean Pollution.

After we EXPLORED and had gathered all the information we needed, we went to meet Mrs Kenyon at the REFLECT Checkpoint.  We had to prove that we are ready to move into the ACT phase.



Now here comes the messy part... ACT!  We love this bit!  It's time to make our robots.  First we make a plan and list all the materials that we will need and then we set to work.

Here are a few of our finished Rubbish Robots...

In the afternoon we assess our Rubbish Robots against the success criteria.  Our teachers are so impressed with how honest we are when we are assessing our robots.