Stephen Hawking 1942 - 2018

Stephen Hawking, considered one of the world's most brilliant minds, died today at the age of 76.

He was a great scientist, who studied the laws of the universe, especially black holes. He revealed that black holes have a temperature and produce radiation (the Hawking Radiation).

He wrote many popular books to explain complex scientific ideas, for example: A Brief History of Time is a bestseller.

His friends and colleagues from the University of Cambridge paid tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking with the following video:

For extra information:
- Visit his Official Website HERE
- Ten Facts About Spehen Hawking (national Geogrpahic Kids): HERE

Scientist of the month: ADA LOVELACE

Hi everyone!

For 6th graders, a new month means a new scientist to discover :)

ADA LOVELACE

Ada Lovelace (originally Augusta Ada Byron) was born on the 10th December 1815 in London. She was a writer and a mathematician. 

She is considered the world's first computer programmer (although computers weren't invented until one hundred years later!!!). 

 In the Science class we have discovered some facts about her interesting life. 

Please, don't forget to watch this video about Ada:

Science news: Super-colony of Penguins Discovered in Antarctica

Scientists of the world are very happy because a mega-colony of  Adelie Penguins were discovered on the Antarctica's Danger Islands.

Scientist found more than 1,5 million of these birds and they used a drone to record the following video:

The objective now is to study these penguins and protect them from human activity. 

Magnetism activities (6th Grade)

Hello everyone!

In 6th grade, we are experimenting with magnets. We had some entertaining lessons, in which we could explore the interesting world of magnetism.

We saw, drew and used magnets of different shapes:

We recognized the two different magnetic poles every magnet has, North and South, and we realized that if we put two magnets together, they can ATTRACT or REPEL. Opposite poles attract; the same poles repel.

ATTRACT:

REPEL:

We could also see the magnetic field lines after spreading out some iron fillings onto a paper, which was laid on a bar magnet.

We couldn't avoid playing with the iron fillings for a while... ;)

Magnetism videos (6th Grade)

Hello children!

You can watch the following Magnetism Videos at home, in order to revise what we learned in class: