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Today we are looking at our Autumn treasures that we have found. We are testing the different items to see whether or not they float or sink🎃🍂🍁
Today, we recapped our knowledge of forces – particularly gravity and air resistance. We then discussed whether heavier objects would hit the ground before lighter objects, or vice versa. We created our own prediction using the key vocabulary ‘gravity’ and ‘air resistance’, and then carried out the experiment.
We came to the conclusion that both objects hit the ground at the same time due to having the same amount of gravitational pull – discussing the impact of air resistance and how this impacts on falling objects. After this, we wrote up our conclusion.
We had a lovely lesson and were super sensible!
Felling all autumnal in our Hub!
Our little treasures have been busy little Hubbers making handprints for our seasonal tree, gathering leaves for their autumn crafting activities, making autumn hats, wreaths and stained glass hedgehogs.
We are loving the season of autumn already.
We have been learning about Autumn in F2 today. We looked at the signs of Autumn and discussed what we liked about this season.
Year 6 investigated the anatomy of the heart this week in science. We dissected some pig hearts to investigate the 4 chambers of the heart, the valves and the different blood vessels.
We were able to identify the aorta, superior vena cava and the pulmonary artery and were able to put our fingers into these to investigate where they led to.
When we cut the heart open, we were able to identify the 4 chambers of the heart – the atria and the ventricles. We observed that the walls of the left ventricle were much thicker than the other chambers as this is the chamber responsible for pushing the blood all around the body so it needs to be strong.
We also identified the valves that separate the atrium from the ventricle on each side of the heart.
It was really interesting to see all of the intricate parts of the heart – including the heart strings (chordae tendineae) which hold the valves in place while the heart is pumping blood.
Last week, as Scientists in the HUB, we considered what was light and dark and how light allows us to see. This week we explored which objects were a source of light and which were reflectors. We went outside to further explore reflections using a mirror, thinking about how the light travels from the object to the mirror and then bounces into our eye, creating an image. We number played games using the mirror to spy around a wall.
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We then followed instructions to make our very own periscope, just like in a submarine, which allowed us to peer over the top of a place. The mirrors reflected the image and we could count how many secret fingers were being shown! Great work!
We love being outdoors and enjoying nature.
We have used all our senses during our ‘sensory walk’.
We have gathered lots of leaves that have fallen off the trees to use in our autumnal crafts.
