Sustainability & STEM
Kalinda Primary School
As Easter is coming, there is always a lot of excess rubbish. The aluminium foil wrapping is 100% recyclable. Simply collect all the wrapping into a large golf ball-sized ball and place it into your recycling bin. This way the machines can sort it into the correct area for recycling.
Fundraising
To assist with Kalinda PS STEM Fundraising for the plastic recycle program, an account has been set up with the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme.
You can send us your 10c donations using our Donation Partner ID below.
CDS Collection Total to date: $21.00
STEM
The Foundation and the Year 1 students have been watching their broad bean seeds grow. On Friday they will bring their jar home for the holidays and continue to water and watch their seed grow. Once the seed has become a seedling, it can be transferred to a pot of soil that will provide more nurturance and allow for the plate to grow.
The Foundation and The Year 1 students have been learning about our smallest living things, microorganisms. They have undertaken an experiment on how soap can prevent the spread of germs and bacteria using water, pepper and dish soap.
The students recorded their hypotheses and observations in their Science Journal.
The Year 2 students have learnt about the Life Cycle of the Yepenyre, creating their own Life Cycle using recycled materials. They have learnt about microbes and created their own microbe images.
The Senior students have been busy, designing and making an Incubator, making their own media petri dishes to test the growth of bacteria. The students will then use microscopes to have a closer look at the tiny microbes next term.
Next Term we will begin our unit Chemistry - States of Matter, where the students will explore how and why solids, liquids and gases change under different conditions.
Ms N Farrell
STEM
Kalinda Primary School