Blog by Tag: Science

Plants and Growing 

In Science we have been learning about different flowers and plants. We spent this afternoon looking at and labelling different flowers and sorting them into 'wild' flowers and 'garden' flowers. 

After sorting the flowers, we went on a…

Forces in action

This week in science, we have been looking at different forces in action. We have learnt about;

• pushing
• pulling
• gravity
• friction
• upthrust
• air resistance

Which car will need the greatest force (push/pull) to move?

Why do you think that?

In groups,…

In class two we have started our new topic in science called 'Ready Steady Grow'. In our first lesson we looked closely at different fruits and vegetables using magnifying glasses to notice all the different textures, patterns and seeds we could see. We then sketched what we saw and spent some…

This week Class One have been learning all about growing flowers and vegetables. We looked at what a sunflower and a bean seed needs to grow and decided to see if we can grow some of our own. We were very lucky because Diane gave us some sunflowers to look after too! Our garden will provide lots…

Bones, bones, bones

This afternoon we learnt the scientific names for the bones in our body! How many do you know?

• cranium
• mandible
• clavicle
• sternum
• thoracic cage
• humerous
• ulna
• radium
• metacarpals
• carpals
• phalanges
• vertebral…

Investigating Light

Class 4 know that light can only travel in a straight line. It cannot bend or turn around corners. This week, the children were challenged to find out how they would be able to get a light beam to turn a corner! Thinking as scientists, the children soon came up with the idea…

Skeletons!!

This afternoon we looked carefully at what makes up the human skeleton, we then made our own! 

Eatwell Plates

Today we looked at the 5 different food groups that make up the Government recommended Eatwell Plate;

• carbohydrates
• fruit and vegetables
• proteins
• dairy
• sugars and fats

We have been learning about what each food group does for our bodies and what proportions we…

Health and movement

We started our new science topic this afternoon, looking at how humans get the nutrition they need from what they eat.

There are many different ways you can group food. One way we looked at this afternoon was into the food groups:

• Carbohydrates
• Fruit and…

Investigating Yeast

As part of our topic on Classification, we have been looking at micro-organisms. Not only did we complete lots of research to find out as much as we could about micro-organisms, we also conducted an experiment with yeast.

Yeast is a micro-organism that is used in…

Animal Symmetry Art

To start our science topic 'Animal Classification,' we completed some animal symmetry artwork. The child were each given half the face of an animal, using pencil techniques they carefully drew the other side. We're very proud of our work - what do you think?

Take a…

Science Experiment

Today we did a science experiment relating to our topic “The Seaside”.

First, we put a fresh egg into a jug of water and we watched as the egg sank to the bottom of the jug.

Next, we added four tablespoons of salt to the water and discussed what would happen…