Science Week (2nd Class)
SCIENCE WEEK BLOG (2nd Class)
Theresa Hedderman from DIT brought her Greenwave Science Show to Dublin 7 ET on Tuesday of Science Week 2013. The Programme helps students at primary level to develop science and research skills by supporting problem/project based learning. As well as being fun, the programme aims to entice curiosity in younger children and give the older children an appreciation as to how science impacts on their world. Room 2 was transformed into a scientific laboratory and 8 stations were manned by some very professional looking parents and grandparents, who all donned lab coats for the occasion! There was great excitement amongst the 1st, 2nd and 4th classes who participated in the show and it was enjoyed by students and teachers alike. Many thanks to the parents and grandparents who volunteered for the day.
Claire O’Malley (2nd Class)
This week is Science Week in Dublin. We did lots of science experiments in school. My favourite was the air-pressure experiment. We used a bottle with a lid, and placed a rod inside. When we took off the lid, and took out the rod, the bottle lost pressure (Cameron)
Dry socks can make bubbles bounce. Water and oil do not mix (Oisin)
Water is a bubble’s enemy. This is how to make a bubble bounce – or try to.
Dip implement in bubble mixture. This should produce a bubble. Blow through the stick. Hit gently with socked hand. (Emira)
We took two containers, one with cabbage juice and one with lemon juice. There was water also mixed . It turned blue and pink. (Sian)
Today, we learnt an experiment. We mixed water colur and oil. We broke a fizzy tablet in half and dropped it in the bottle. It looked disgusting like lava. (Marcel)
There’s an experiment with water, oil and something green. It was gret fun (Finn)
How to show air-pressure: Fill a bottle with water, and put it in a bowl. Pierce the bottle with skewers. Then pull them out gently. The water doesn’t come out if you open lid, it will, due to air–pressure. (Grace)
When you mix hot milk and vinegar, you get hot, foamy, gooey stuff. I like the experiment because I took the gooey stuff out. It was too hot, so the teacher took it out for me. (Luke)
Blow up some balloons, and stick onto DVDs. Put the balloons on bottle lids attached to the DVDs. When the air is let out, the DVDs go all over the place, like a hovercraft. (Rachel)
We went to a place with goo. We got to play with this goo, and the guy was really nice. We mixed the goo. (Fergus)
I did a lava lamp. It was really cool. It was green. It was easy to make. (Cillian Murphy)
I had a bowl full of Coke, dipped into some bubbles. With green dye on the bottom, I blew green bubbles. Then I put orange dye on the bottom, and blew yellow bubbles. (Ben)
We got CDs with bottle lids stuck onto them. Balloons were stuck to the lids. When we pulled up the lid, they moved across the table. (Sarah)
You put on clean, dry sock on your hand. Blow into a thing and drop it in a bubble mixture. From one end, you blwow a bubble, and try to bounce it on the sock. (Aoife)
We mixed one drop each of green, red and purple, and then we watched them separate. (Jumana)
To make a lava-lamp, use water and oil and one vitamin tablet. A base liquid (baking soda dilute) and acid (lemon juice) mixed together make pink. A bottle filled with water, with a stick through it, didn’t spill when the stick was pulled out. (Isaac)
thanks to Claire O’Malley for organising and all the parents who helped.
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