Think like a Scientist, Act like a Scientist

We are learning to think like scientists. This means we share what we wonder, we talk about what we see and we try and make connections between things we know about or things we have done.

On Friday we did an experiment called 'Dancing Raisins'. We put raisins into soda water and watched what happened.

What do you see? What else do you notice? 

"I saw the raisins sink when they had lots of bubbles on them and then when some of the bubbles popped, the raisins went up" Vincent

"When we took the raisin out, it did it again" Bonnie

"The more they bounced up and down, the more the bubbles attached on the raisin. The more the raisins went down, the less bubbles they had" Lachlan

- "I saw the raisins go up and down, and then stay down for a little bit" Henessy

- " The raisins went up and down. Some stayed down." Harley

- "I saw the raisins go up and down. Only one went up and then it went down." Mason

- "I saw the big raisin had lots of bubbles but it still didn't float up. But the little ones always went down when all of the bubbles were off." Maisy

"I saw the raisins make infinite bubbles" Logan

"I smelt the bubbles and when the raisins went in, it smelt different" Johnny

"I think the raisins suck up the bubbles but they can't get out so they push the raisin up. Keiva

What might that mean?

"The soda water bubble went up and down so the raisins did too." Johnny

"It's maybe because when we drop the raisins in they might have little holes in them and they might suck up the bubbles from the soda water." - Logan

"Because the raisins have little holes in them and when it went in the bubbles it makes more bubbles." Vincent

Do you think other things would go up and down too? What? Why?

"Lavender might go up and down too. Because it might soak up the bubble too." Bonnie

"Hay and grass and flowers might go in and swirl around." Lachlan

"Other small foods might do that too, foods that might have parts for the bubbles to cling on to." Jonas

We could try:

- Grapes

- Orange crackers

- Mentos

- Marshmallow

- M&Ms

- Peas

- A pompom

We will try some of these ideas next week to see if our predictions are right!

Poupou

 We read a book about visiting a marae. Some children in our class have been to one before and some had not.

We read this story:

We talked about the special buildings and looked at how they look. We discussed how our classroom is a special building for us. We learned about the poupou carving and tried to draw our own to add something special for our room.

Learning Our Pepeha

At the end of last term we began to learn parts of our pepeha - how to introduce ourselves in Te Reo Maori. We can nearly all say 'hello' and 'my name is':

Tēnā Koutou  (greetings/hello to all)

Ko _________________ tōku ingoa  (my name)

We are now learning how to introduce our Mums and dads.

Ko _________________ tōku pāpā (my father)

Ko _________________ tōku māmā (my Mother)

I would love you to help your child practice at home. Next, we will be working on saying a special mountain and river. If you have one, please help your child to remember it - or send me a message on Seesaw.