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And see you again in September, with loaded batteries and lots of new Science Challenges!
Welcome to the Science blog of Mestre Ignasi Peraire school. We learn Science in English (as a CLIL project) from 3rd to 6th grades. We want to share with you what we do in class. We hope that you like it!
Thursday, 21 June 2018
3D Glasses (6th Grade)
Good evening!
Pupils of 6th Grade created our own 3D glasses as a Science project.
What we needed:
Remember that the blue cellophane goes on the right eye.
It was easy and we all enjoyed watching 3D books and films.
This type of 3D glasses can be used for watching specially designed images called Anaglyphs.
So, we decided to create our Anaglyph images:
And this was our last Science Project this year. Good job, kids!
Pupils of 6th Grade created our own 3D glasses as a Science project.
What we needed:
- A 3D glasses template (downloaded from Internet)
- A piece of card stock
- Red and blue cellophane
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Remember that the blue cellophane goes on the right eye.
It was easy and we all enjoyed watching 3D books and films.
This type of 3D glasses can be used for watching specially designed images called Anaglyphs.
So, we decided to create our Anaglyph images:
And this was our last Science Project this year. Good job, kids!
Friday, 8 June 2018
Inclined Planes - Marble Run Game (6th Grade)
Good morning!
A great engineering challenge for our students has been the following:
All we needed were:
A great engineering challenge for our students has been the following:
Turn a SHOE BOX into a MARBLE RUN, using INCLINED PLANES.
Choose between building:
- The longest circuit as possible.
- The slowest circuit as possible.
All we needed were:
- craft sticks
- a shoe box / a carboard box
- glue
- scissors
- marbles or small balls
And here you can see some of our games. Great job, kids!
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Balloon powered car (6th Grade)
Hello girls and boys!
6th Grade pupils had the following challenge:
These are some of the cars they built:
And now, watch them move:
Racing the cars was really fun!
6th Grade pupils had the following challenge:
"Build a balloon powered LEGO car. It must have 4 wheels and 2 axles."
These are some of the cars they built:
And now, watch them move:
Racing the cars was really fun!
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Planes and helicopters (6th Grade)
Hello!
Our 6th Grade pupils continue with their Engineering lessons.
Who thought that building an aeroplane or a helicopter was going to be difficult? Read the following post in order to build these machines in less that 10 minutes!
They even organised flying competitions!
Our 6th Grade pupils continue with their Engineering lessons.
Who thought that building an aeroplane or a helicopter was going to be difficult? Read the following post in order to build these machines in less that 10 minutes!
PLANES
You only need a piece of paper, a straw, scissors and adhesive tape.
HELICOPTERS
Material needed: a piece of paper, scissors and a paper clip.
Instructions:
Catapults (6th Grade)
Hello everyone!
In 6th Grade, we learn about the Simple Machines. So, we found it a good opportunity to start having some Engineering lessons. To start with, we decided to build a type of LEVER (our 1st studied simple machine) and we chose a CATAPULT:
It was easy and entertaining. We followed the instructions in this video from Experciencia, an amazing STEM website (in Spanish):
Here are some pictures of our catapults:
In 6th Grade, we learn about the Simple Machines. So, we found it a good opportunity to start having some Engineering lessons. To start with, we decided to build a type of LEVER (our 1st studied simple machine) and we chose a CATAPULT:
It was easy and entertaining. We followed the instructions in this video from Experciencia, an amazing STEM website (in Spanish):
Here are some pictures of our catapults:
Friday, 6 April 2018
Lemon batteries (6th Grade)
Good morning!
Yesterday, we made a watch work with a very special battery: A LEMON!!!
Yesterday, we made a watch work with a very special battery: A LEMON!!!
There are many variations of this experiment. You need a piece of COPPER (for example, a 0,05€ coin), a piece of ZINC (for example, a screw or nail), WIRES, an object that needs electricity to work (for example, a LED) and LEMONS (but also grapes, potatoes,...).
Electricity (6th Grade)
Hello everyone!
In 6th grade we have studied ELECTRICITY. Let us show you some of the contents learned:
We know that all objects have electrical charges. Some are positive, PROTONS, and some are negative, ELECTRONS.
Sometimes, the negative charges pass from one object to another. For example:
- By rubbing a pen to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges from the cloth to the pen.
Now the pen is (negatively) electrically charged. So, it can attract small pieces of paper.
- Or by rubbing a balloon to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges to the balloon. So, it is attracted to other objects:
In 6th grade we have studied ELECTRICITY. Let us show you some of the contents learned:
We know that all objects have electrical charges. Some are positive, PROTONS, and some are negative, ELECTRONS.
- By rubbing a pen to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges from the cloth to the pen.
Now the pen is (negatively) electrically charged. So, it can attract small pieces of paper.
This is STATIC ELECTRICITY.
We also know ho to build an electrical circuits. which carries electrical current:
Finally, we can say if some materials are conductors or insulators after adding them into the circuit:
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