Today, Mr Breeze from Y Pant came to school to show the Year Six M.A.T. Science pupils a new way of extending their learning. He introduced them to the Moodle which is an interactive I.C.T. device. The children will be set challenges on a forum where they can chat about ideas,methods and solutions. Our M.A.T. pupils will soon have the opportunity to host a workshop for other feeder schools on how to use the Moodle. This will be a fantastic opportunity to teach their peers. They will then be able to 'chat' and share ideas with M.A.T. children from other schools.

Science Challenge

Think of an invention or use one of mine:

The telephone.

The food mixer.

Chocolate.

The hot water bottle.

Your task is to find out:

Who invented it?

When was it invented?

Where was it invented?

Why was it invented?

How did the original version work?

Share your research findings on the Blog, by making a poster/visual display or by making a PowerPoint.

Don't do chocolate again Menna, but please bring your PowerPoint to school to show the others, as it was fantastic!

A Thermometer

Try this enquiry at home and either post your results on the Blog or make me a poster that we can display in the school library. Use a digital camera if you have one to enhance your poster or add to your post.

Resources:
A plastic bottle (not glass as it may shatter), a balloon, a bowl of very hot but not boiling water, a bowl of ice cubes.
Safety note: take extra care with the hot water, make sure there is an adult present.

What to do:
Place a pre-stretched balloon over the mouth of an empty plastic bottle.

Stand the bottle in a bowl of very hot water and observe what happens.

Then put the bottle into a bowl of ice cubes and again watch what happens.

Draw or photograph and describe your results.

Can you explain what has happened? Use your results, the internet and books to help you.

Floating and Sinking

Try this enquiry at home and post your results on the Blog or make an information poster that I can put up in the school library.

Resources: a ball of clay/plasticine, a bowl of water.

What to do:
Put the ball of clay into the tank to see if it floats or sinks.
Mould it into different shapes and test them out.
(If you have a digital camera, take a picture of each test shape showing the result. You can add these to your poster or add them to your Blog - I will show you how to do this)

By looking at your results and using information that you find elswhere (the internet, books etc.), can you explain why objects float or sink?

Here are some science sites that you might like to look at. Some activities are harder than others, so just pick and choose. Tell me what you think of each site. It would also be useful if you could tell me which science topics really interest you e.g. forces, life cycles, changes, etc. Then I will be able to post challenges to suit your interests.
Mrs D.

http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

http//www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/

http//eepybird.com/

http//nobelprize.org/educational_games/index.html

http//www.activescience-gsk.com/home.html