Step One: Science
Energy and Forces
-Senior Infants & First Class: Floating and Sinking
Mr Walshe's class designed their own boats using play dough. Look at the fabulous coloured boats! They estimated how many counters each boat would hold and then checked if their boat would float and how many counters it held. They compiled a graph on the whiteboard to show their results.
-First & Second Class: Magnets
-Third & Fourth Class (Ms Duffy): Gravity
-Third & Fourth Class (Ms Duffy): Electricity
We learned about electrical safety and the dangers of electricity. Then we were set some tasks.
1. We were given a battery, tinfoil and a bulb and we had to light the bulb.
2. We had a battery, a bulb, a bulb holder and two wires and had to light the bulb again.
3. We had a motor, two wires and a battery and tried to make the motor move.
We then placed a piece of card on the motor to make a fan.
4. We also made a circuit using a buzzer, a battery and two wires.
1. We were given a battery, tinfoil and a bulb and we had to light the bulb.
2. We had a battery, a bulb, a bulb holder and two wires and had to light the bulb again.
3. We had a motor, two wires and a battery and tried to make the motor move.
We then placed a piece of card on the motor to make a fan.
4. We also made a circuit using a buzzer, a battery and two wires.
Materials
-Senior Infants: Making Slime
-Senior Infants: Fuzzy Colours
Mrs Flanagan's class experimented with materials and change when they mixed food colouring, baking soda and vinegar.
