Today in science we were making Lava Lamps. It was so fun. I am going to share what I learnt with you and show you how to make them.
You will need:
Oil
Water
Food colouring
Berrocca
An empty bottle
What you need to do:
Fill bottle with water about quarter full. Then put oil in another quarter full. After you've done that drop 12 drops of food colouring in. Then get 2 Berroccas and put them in. The Berrocca contains citric acid and baking soda. This reacts with the water. The bubbles take hold of the food colouring, and make them float up to the oil, which has settled on the top.
That is how you make a Lava Lamp.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Habits of Mind Session 3
Today in Habits of mind we paired up and had to write a story, put on a play or write a poem about a Habit of Mind. I paired up with Stephen and he and I wrote a story about Striving for Accuracy. Striving for Accuracy is when you try your best and care what score you get in a test or something. Then we put it into a movie on photo booth. We had to make the play, poem or story sound like the Habit of Mind was a person.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Melting Moments
Today in our science Talent Development we were getting into working with solids, liquids and gases.
We did two experiments. These were called Melting Moments A and Melting Moments B. Melting Moments A was when we divided into three groups, two groups of four and one group of five. We needed one plain water ice cube, one sugary water ice cube, one powdered raro ice cube 3 petri dishes and one stop watch. We were going to see which ice cube would melt the fastest. We all wrote down our hypothesises. My hypothesis was that the sugary ice cube would melt first. After that we got our ice cubes and put them in a petri dish each and labelled them. Then somebody started a stop watch and we watched our ice cubes for 3 minutes. So far the the plain ice cube was 3rd, the sugar ice cube was 1st and the raro ice cube, 2nd. Then we waited another 3 minutes. By that time, the water had melted the most, the sugar hadn't made progress and the raro was still in 2nd place. Then at the 9 minute mark the it was still the same. Then, at the 12 minute mark it turned out the water won! Our next experiment was Melting Moments B. For that we needed three plain water ice cubes, 3 petri dishes, sugar, salt a teaspoon and a stopwatch. We were going to see which ice cube would melt the fastest: the one with sugar on top, the one with salt or the plain one. Once again, we wrote down our hypothesises. I thought that the plain one would melt first. What we had to do was get the ice cubes and put them in a petri dish each. Then we just did the same thing as the first experiment. In the end it turned out that the ice cube sprinkled with salt melted the fastest. The reason is because salt changes the freezing point of ice. I can't wait to do our next experiments!
We did two experiments. These were called Melting Moments A and Melting Moments B. Melting Moments A was when we divided into three groups, two groups of four and one group of five. We needed one plain water ice cube, one sugary water ice cube, one powdered raro ice cube 3 petri dishes and one stop watch. We were going to see which ice cube would melt the fastest. We all wrote down our hypothesises. My hypothesis was that the sugary ice cube would melt first. After that we got our ice cubes and put them in a petri dish each and labelled them. Then somebody started a stop watch and we watched our ice cubes for 3 minutes. So far the the plain ice cube was 3rd, the sugar ice cube was 1st and the raro ice cube, 2nd. Then we waited another 3 minutes. By that time, the water had melted the most, the sugar hadn't made progress and the raro was still in 2nd place. Then at the 9 minute mark the it was still the same. Then, at the 12 minute mark it turned out the water won! Our next experiment was Melting Moments B. For that we needed three plain water ice cubes, 3 petri dishes, sugar, salt a teaspoon and a stopwatch. We were going to see which ice cube would melt the fastest: the one with sugar on top, the one with salt or the plain one. Once again, we wrote down our hypothesises. I thought that the plain one would melt first. What we had to do was get the ice cubes and put them in a petri dish each. Then we just did the same thing as the first experiment. In the end it turned out that the ice cube sprinkled with salt melted the fastest. The reason is because salt changes the freezing point of ice. I can't wait to do our next experiments!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Hi Anna.
You had a very busy first day back at Enrich for Term 4! It was great to see you so engrossed in the unpacking of the science trolley, and contributing to the light sensor experiment. You thought carefully about our results, and made some interesting comments to summarise in our conclusion. I am looking forward to the next few weeks of science talent development and our focus on solids, liquids and gases!
Katie.
You had a very busy first day back at Enrich for Term 4! It was great to see you so engrossed in the unpacking of the science trolley, and contributing to the light sensor experiment. You thought carefully about our results, and made some interesting comments to summarise in our conclusion. I am looking forward to the next few weeks of science talent development and our focus on solids, liquids and gases!
Katie.
Back Again with a New Talent Development!
The first day back on our 4th and final short term and we're into a new Talent Development again! The options were science taken by Katie and maths taken by Alana. Darryn is finishing the art in his art group from last term. I have chosen science because I like blowing things up and getting my hands dirty! Our main ideas for science is solids, liquids and gases. So far we have done an experiment on light. We used a lamp, a remote control, a candle and a dinoscope. We each put our hypothises-predictions down on a piece of paper predicting whether the object's light would stay consistent or fluctuate. Then we started our experiment. It turned out that the lamp was consistent, the remote control fluctuated slightly and surprisingly the candle was very very consistent. I thought tha the candle would fluctuate because candles normally blow around. Our group thought that it might have been because we were all standing around it and not letting any air in. Our last object, the dinoscope was fluctuating because of the radio waves going through it. It was really fun learning about fluctuating light and consistent light! I can't wait to work with solids, liquids and gases!
Teacher comment
Anna you are self motivated and organized and you have embraced the new challenges that Enrich has provided. You use your time wisely and effectively to make the most of new opportunities and you willingly go the extra mile in all the work you do, and you definitely live up to the expectations of working in a high trust environment. Great start at Enrich!
Teacher comment
Anna you are self motivated and organized and you have embraced the new challenges that Enrich has provided. You use your time wisely and effectively to make the most of new opportunities and you willingly go the extra mile in all the work you do, and you definitely live up to the expectations of working in a high trust environment. Great start at Enrich!
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