Today we looked at a website about a short story competition. Children have to write a 500 word story, and there are lots of tips from experts and authors.
You can listen to or read previous entries online also.
We can't enter the competition but we can enjoy the site and have our own version of it!
This week's science project is about pulleys.
Try to find information about pulleys, block and tackle and elevators.
Can you get any historical evidence of use of pulleys?
Osmosis is the movement of water in and out of cells.
Every living thing is made up of cells and needs water to survive.
We are conducting some experiments to demonstrate how osmosis occurs.
What do you think will happen our celery which are sitting in cups of water mixed with food colouring?
Check back in a few days to see if you predicted the outcome correctly!
If you want to try an osmosis experiment at home, leave a Gummy Bear or Jelly Baby in a glass of water overnight.
Measure how big it is before and after, so you have
proof!
(and the good news is, you can still eat it afterwards :)
Let us know how you get on......
A few days later, this is what our celery looks like:
Osmosis has occured.
Water has passed from the cup into the celery, carrying the food colouring with it.
We tried a second experiment to see how to draw water out of cells.
We cut a potato in half, scooped out a hollow in the centre, and we poured salt into one half.
The salt caused the water naturally in the potato to pool in the hollow:
Here's another experiment to try at home.
Remember to ask permission before you raid the cupboards, and tidy up after yourself!
5th and 6th class are looking at the world through their "Maths Eyes", looking for evidence of maths in everyday things like roadsigns, houses, shops etc.
Look out for different ways maths is used, e.g shape, 2D or 3D, angles, directions, measures, fractions, decimals, time and so on.
You will be amazed at all the ways we use maths!
You can email any photos you take to teacher's school account.
Have a look at a Dublin Maths Eyes site and see some examples that children found.
In order to challenge you a little bit more, you could prepare some questions to ask your classmates! (try to include 1 or 2 tricky ones!)
Children have to write a 500 word story, and there are lots of tips from experts and authors.
