The challenge is on to find a new home for humans

WALHTs

• understand how places influence people and people influence places
• understand the challenges faced by astronauts when living in space
• use a variety of strategies to solve problems
• know the inquiry process

Blasting Off with Miss Frizzle

For the next two weeks, Room 11 will be taking a ride on the Magic School Bus to explore the Solar System.



Please comment on our learning and if you have any information that could help us, post a blog comment.

We Get Crazy!

This week we got crazy experimenting with crazy putty. We found that when we added a solution of Borax and water to PVA glue a chemical reaction occurred, forming a solid that we could mould into a ball and bounce.

Our conclusion was:

When two or more molecules are joined together a new compound is formed. This can also cause a change in state.

Our Science Learning

Exploring Change with States of Matter 

This week we were learning with Miss Winter about Oobleck. We really enjoyed making Oobleck and testing how various items sank and then raised to the surface of the Oobleck. We found that when we poured the Oobleck it acted like a liquid, when we grabbed it in our hands it oozed through our fingers and when we put pressure on the Oobleck it behaved like a solid.

Oobleck on PhotoPeach

If you were trapped in a bath full of Oobleck, how would you escape?

This website might be able to help you find a solution to your problem.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oobleck-bring-science-home/

The Big Question

Look at the website for information about ecosystems and answer the following question. Remember to add detail to your answer to show your learning and understanding. Your comment should be posted by Friday the 28th March. I'm looking forward to reading your responses.

 

Why should we protect all creatures, whether they are big or small in the oceans' ecosystem?

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Week 8-11

We will be looking at ecosystems in the ocean as a part of our guided reading programme.

Room 11 will be posting comments to show their learning and understanding.

http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Life-in-the-Sea/Sci-Media/Animations-and-Interactives/Marine-ecosystem

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/krill?source=searchvideo

Click on the above links to learn more with your whanau.