Esther bought her bean plant in that we started growing in Term 2 in plastic bags. She has been looking after it very carefully and it even has a tiny bean growing on it. Ka pai Esther!!!!! I hope you share your beans with me!
Esther's Post on Monday, 31 August 2015
Esther bought her bean plant in that we started growing in Term 2 in plastic bags. She has been looking after it very carefully and it even has a tiny bean growing on it. Ka pai Esther!!!!! I hope you share your beans with me!
Dissolving
Today we talked about what dissolving meant. We learnt that it means 'turning into liquid'. We got into groups and trialled different ingredients to see if they would dissolve or not. We made predictions before our experiment. We all thought salt, coffee, and sugar would dissolve and sand, flour and weetbix would not dissolve. We were pleased to discover that our predictions were correct! Maybe we could try some other ingredients at home.....?
Room 9's Tree Has Gone.
This morning the tree outside Room 9 had to be cut down because the roots have broken the drains under the ground. We all went out to watch the tree being cut down. It was very noisy but fun to watch the men cutting it down.
Making Butter
Wow-making butter is so easy! We put some cream and a little bit of salt in a jar and closed it up tightly. Then we all had a turn shaking the jar really fast. As we were shaking the jar, we noticed that the runny cream was starting to get thicker. It made a big ball of butter in the middle of the jar. We spread this on some pikelet's and had them for lunch. Yummy!!!!!
Sherbet!
Today we experimented with making sherbet. We tried all the ingredients by themselves and found some were very sweet and some were VERY sour! When we mixed them all together it tasted yummy and fizzy on our tongues. Look out for a recipe in your book bags on how to make sherbet at home.
Letter Of The Week's Post on Friday, 7 August 2015
U is for Umbrellas. Today we made some umbrellas using sticky contact paper and coloured tissue paper. It's just as well because it has been a very rainy day!
Kitchen Chemistry
Today we began our Kitchen Chemistry experiments by predicting what would happen to our marshmallows when we put them in the microwave. Some of us thought the marshmallow would melt and some of us thought it would explode. Lucky the marshmallow didn't explode, but it did melt into a wonderful gooey mess that we were able to eat!!!!!!!
Visiting Performer
On Friday we had the NZ Playhouse visit our school and perform their show "Jack Flash and the Jumping Beanstalk". It was based around Jack and the Beanstalk but had a very good message about recycling. They were very good and made us all laugh very hard!
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