Thinking like an Artist

Floating and Sinking (Room 8)

Today at SCIENCE we did an experiment about floating and sinking!

We needed water , salt and 3 different containers.  

Container 0    Container 1  Container 2

We had to fill each container almost to the top with water.

  Container 0 we left as water only.

Container 1 we added 1 tbsp of salt.

Container 2 we added 2 tbsp of salt.

 Then we added some different objects to see which mixture helped them to float.

That was lots of fun...of course the container with the most salt was the most buoyant.  WE ALL GUESSED THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SMART! 

Science lesson 1 with Trish (Room 8)

Today Room 8 had their first science lesson with Trish for Term 1.  Our topic for the next fortnight is:
MIXING

We were experimenting to find out witch materials were able to dissolve (soluable) and which materials don't dissolve (insoluable).

These were the 5 ingredients we added to water:

Pink cordial drink mixture
Sugar
Flour
Sand
Jelly Crystals

Here are some of the pictures of us in ACTION!