Science Week in Scoil Mhuire

This week is Science Week in Scoil Mhuire. We had three science workshops during the week. We had three different teachers for each workshop: Ms. Fox, Ms. Kelly and Ms. Gavin. We were so lucky!

On Tuesday  Ms. Fox played Pass the Parcel with us. We learned about different materials. We had to identify and sort different papers, plastics and cloths. We passed around a giant parcel. When the music stopped, whoever was holding the parcel had to take off one layer. We had to identify if the layer taken off was paper, plastic or cloth. We got a prize at the end. To keep the jellies we had to tell teacher what material the jellies bag was made of. We said plastic. We were right! It was great fun.

On Wednesday Ms. Kelly came into our class. We did an experiment with her. We had to find out which ball was the bounciest. We tested all the balls by dropping them and counting their bounces. We completed a chart showing the results. Can you figure out which ball is bounciest?

On Thursday Ms. Gavin came to visit. We did another experiment. We put raisins into a glass of water. We saw the raisins sink to the bottom. We then put raisins into a glass of 7 Up. The raisins started dancing! They kept moving up and down in the glass. We realised that 7 Up has bubbles while water doesn't. The bubbles make the raisins lighter and makes them float to the top. When they get to the top they lose their bubbles and sink down again. This keeps happening. It looks like they are dancing. We recorded the results in our copies.

Science is so much fun!