Science
Watercolour Techniques
This week we explored a new watercolour technique to create a ‘textured’ background SALT! We used two different varieties of salt (coarse and table) to create an interesting background for our snowflakes. We had a great time mixing and blending the liquid watercolours, and learning about polychromatic colour schemes. We learned quickly that we needed to … Continue reading
Scientist Discoveries
The Big Idea: “Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials.” In the past month or so we have been working on developing our skills as scientists in the following areas: Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world (K/1) Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events (K/1) Planning … Continue reading
Math with Nature…
In our first math unit this year, we are learning about patterns. So far we have been: using a variety of manipulatives in the classroom to create patterns recreating patterns using our bodies (action patterns, chicken dance) creating patterns using crayons to colour cutting and gluing pictures to make patterns translating patterns at calendar time … Continue reading
Science Is Fun!
Today we did an experiment to discover how the ‘mass‘ of different objects affect the force needed to move each object. Materials: straw cotton ball rock 1 item from our pencil box Instructions: Using the straw, see if you can make your objects move with just your breath. Record the observations you made, using pictures and words. … Continue reading
The Power Of Air…and More!
We continue to work on our science unit on Force and Motion. We have done a number of different experiments…learning about gravity, push and pull on the playground, the power of air, and friction. I think the most popular one has been the Balloon Rockets!! We worked in teams of three to create our own … Continue reading
Force & Motion
We have begun a new science unit on Force & Motion! We have defined force as “making things move”. We have defined motion as “moving from A to B” (or from one place to another place) We have done a number of experiments with toys–testing out the different ways they can move: Does it bounce, spin, … Continue reading
Dirt!
Today we explored the properties of dirt! We each got a small sample of dirt from our school garden to examine. We were trying to determine what was in dirt. We dumped our dirt onto a paper towel and began to sort through it with a popsicle stick–or our fingers! We … Continue reading
Growing An Apple Blossom Amaryllis
This term in science we are growing an Amaryllis! It is a very exciting plant to grow as the ‘seed’ (really a bulb) is HUGE, it grows quickly and very TALL (yes, there is a reason why we are learning about measurement in math!). So far, we have: Brainstormed a list of questions that … Continue reading
The Observation Of Trees
Earlier this week we took advantage of the sunny day to spend some time outside. Our mission was to observe the trees and sketch them (just like old time scientists!). We have started a Nature Journal that we will continue to add to throughout the seasons. As an Education Through The Arts school we try to incorporate … Continue reading
Newton In A Nutshell
Today we were lucky enough to participate in a wonderful workshop about Force & Motion put on by HighTech HighTouch Science. We learned a number of things about Sir Isaac Newton and his “laws of motion” by doing hands on experiments. [metaslider id=1356] We learned: An object at rest will remain at rest An object … Continue reading