Oral language Science Experiment Presentations

We have had some wonderful presentations which have encouraged us to use our observation and questioning skills.

Summer did a chemical reaction.

Look what happened when she put a mentos into a bottle of coke.
See the mentos on the concrete? They were 'spat' out of the bottle 

Just like a volcano.

Unathi also used a chemical reaction in her experiment

She put some baking soda into a balloon then fitted the balloon
onto the bottle with vinegar in it. When the baking soda reacted with the
vinegar a gas was formed which blew the balloon up. We were amazed.

Isobel showed a reaction too. This container has milk in it.

Different food colouring was added.

Now she added dishwashing liquid.

The colours seemed to repel each other and swirl.

Terence seemed to do a magic trick.
He ha a cup of water. He added a secret powder
and the egg floated.

Do you know what the secret powder was? I will give you a clue.
I is a bit like the Dead Sea.
...salt

Charlotte made and explained an electrical circuit. 

She made the light bulb glow.

Sibgha made a tornado in a bottle.

She used water, dishwashing liquid and glitter.

Then lots of force as she turned the bottle very fast.

Other Oral language Science Experiments

We have been enjoying a range of science experiments as part of the Room 9 Term 3 Oral language Programme.

Faiqah attempted the mentos and coke experiment. Unfortunately this time it didn't work but as a true scientist
Faiqah didn't give up. She tried it a few different ways. We were able to still use our observation and questioning skills.

Maryam gave us the opportunity to observe what happened
when a lit tea light candle was covered with a glass.

She explained that as the candle used up the oxygen in the glass
it went out because just like us fire needs oxygen to survive.

Jessica was very well organised.

First she put some coloured dishwashing liquid into
the jar.

Next she added vinegar.

After the vinegar she added a baking soda mixture.

Guess what happened?

The volcano certainly erupted straight away.

We smelt vinegar, heard fizzing, saw bubbles.
Thanks Jessica.

Oral language

Today we had our first Science Experiment as part of our new oral language activities.

Molly helped us to practice our observation skills. We used our senses.

Molly was demonstrating an experiment where there was a chemical reaction.
She mixed vinegar and baking soda.

...and what happened?

 Molly poured in the vinegar.

It went up, up, up....

                                                             

We noticed that it smelt bad...

We heard it fizzing.









We loved your presentation Molly. Thank you.

Cultural Boxes.

It has been so exciting being an audience to interesting and a variety of different cultural items. Our biggest challenge at the moment is the voice volume of the presentations. It can be very nerve wracking to stand and share in front of others. This is a good start and an area we will work on all year.
I wonder if you can guess the countries being discussed?

Yashu is from Nepal

Terence is from China

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Shiro is from Japan

Faiqah is from Malaysia

Jupi is from Japan

Aoife is connected to Ireland

Sohail is from Afghanistan

Lucy has earned her Silver Certificate for study ladder.

Well done Jupi and Ira earning certificates for study ladder too.

Science in a Van

On Thursday we had a wonderful time making scientific observations and predictions. Some was to do with bubbles, mixing.... and a whole lot of fun!!!!

blowing bubbles

I was so fascinated by the expressions on the children's faces.
More photos to come of the event itself.

Our Unathi was part of the display where she held a bubble
which was filled with dry ice. Absolutely incredible.

Room 9 Mihi

A mihi is a personal introduction to others (usually in Maori but can incorporate other languages too).

We have been working on our own Mihi, even Mrs Hinman has been writing hers.

We will put these in a book so that we can practice sharing them at school as part of our Maori and oral language programme. A copy will also come home for some practice. Your listening and appreciative ears would be fabulous.