Crystals with Miss Fletcher

For Science we learnt about crystals. We got to make crystals using sugar and warm water. We had to dissolve the sugar in the water until it wouldn't dissolve anymore. Then we had to shape a pipe cleaner and put it in the jar for the crystals to grow on.

Science DNA Monsters

Team Awa created DNA monsters by rolling a dice to see if their monsters would inherit a dominant or recessive trait.  Isn't it amazing how many different looking monsters we created using 10 different traits!?  DNA truly is a fascinating molecule!

Ivy K’s DNA Monster	Harlem’s DNA Monster
Heidi’s DNA Monster	Aston's DNA Monster
Lainey’s DNA Monster
Laylah’s DNA Veggie Monster	Rakai’s DNA Monster
Saxdyn’s DNA Monster
Xoriin’s DNA Monster	Phoebe’s DNA Monster
Sapphire’s DNA Monster
Zen’s DNA Monsters

Science and STEAM

Last week Team Awa had lots of fun creating. With Miss Fletcher we made a Bug Hotel to attract all the good bugs to our school garden. We used bamboo, newspaper, pots, cardboard, string and straw to create places for the bugs to hide in. We made the hotel rooms in a pallet. Here are some pictures of us creating the Bug Hotel.

We also had fun doing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) activities. We got to choose what we wanted to create. Some of us invented our own insects, some of us created insects from nuts and bolts, some of us engineered like a spider and created webs and some got creative with the arts and craft materials.

Here are some photos of our creations.

Science Fair 2017

On Wednesday we had our school Science Fair. The children have worked very hard over the last 3 weeks to learn about Science Investigations and the Scientific Method. They chose their own investigation questions and planned a fair test to complete on their chosen topic. They learnt about the importance of having constants and a variable when carrying out a fair test. Check out our individual blogs for reflections on our learning.

Here are our finished Science Investigation boards.

Here are some photos of us sharing our learning at Science Fair.