Category: science
Science – Matter
Properties of a solid.
This week we investigated how matter can change state. Water can be a solid, liquid or a gas. We investigated how chocolate can change from a solid to a liquid by adding heat.
First we used our senses to observe the properties of the chocolate as a solid. It was brown, solid, smooth and hard. Next we held the piece of chocolate in our hands. After a few minutes, the chocolate was still brown, but it was now runny and slippery and it changed shape. The heat had transferred from our hand to the chocolate and melted it. It was now a liquid.
Term 3
Welcome back to term 3, it certainly promises to be an exciting term. Here is a taste of what we are learning this term.
English
In unit 5 we are learning to retell a narrative from a different point of view. We are studying traditional tales and The Lorax by Dr Seuss. Our assessment is a comprehension task. We are also going to choose a character from The Lorax and write from their perspective.
This display shows our ‘Know and Do’ chart, the exemplar and the criteria sheet. Everything we need to know in order to complete our tasks.
Science
This term we are studying ‘Heat Energy’. So far we have learnt that heat is energy and that there are 4 types of energy – rubbing energy, chemical energy, electrical energy and heat from the sun.
This week we carried out an experiment to see how heat is transferred. We heated up a bowl of porridge and took temperature readings every two minutes for 8 minutes. Our results showed the temperature readings went down each time we took the reading.
We concluded that the heat moved from the hot porridge into the cooler air.
Science
In science this term, we are studying our ‘Spinning Earth’. We are investigating day and night, shadows and our place in space.
FACT
The sun is the centre of the solar system. The Earth orbits the sun once every year. The Earth rotates on its axis. As it rotates,one half of the Earth faces the sun and has daylight. The other half faces away from the sun so it has night-time. This makes night and day on Earth every 24 hours.
Watch this amazing video
Build Yourself Wild
Have a go at designing yourself with animal parts. Print, share or email your work and then visit ‘The New York Zoos and Aquarium site’.
Tracking Izzy
We are now able to track Izzy the turtle along the coast of North Queensland. Click the link below to go the tracking site.
Tracking Izzy – click
Evie and Izzy
What a fantastic morning we had down at the Front Beach watching Evie and Izzy, 2 Green Turtles being released back into the ocean after being cared for at Townsville Reef HQ Aquarium hospital. Izzy had been struck by a boat propeller and Evie had been attacked by a crocodile. Izzy has spent 15 months in care, and she now has a satellite tag on her shell. We will be able to track her via the website seaturtle.org Tracking hasn’t begun yet. Once the satellite tag is activated, we will follow her journey. At 120 kilograms, Izzy is thought to be more than 40 years old and is one of the biggest turtles to have been treated at the turtle hospital. Evie is about 25-30 years old and has been in care for five months.
Science – Save Planet Earth
This term we are investigating the Earth’s resources and how to conserve (to help and save) them. This week we started investigating soil. We planted bean seeds in three different types of soil – garden soil, rocky soil and sandy soil. We want to see which bean seed will grow the best and why. Which soil do you think is the best for our beans?