Science

Students have been actively engaging in hands-on science activities that delve into the fundamental concepts of forces—push and pull. Providing students with practical experiences to understand how forces affect the movement of objects. While all students participated in the same activities, the learning outcomes were tailored to suit the developmental stages and curriculum expectations of each year level. This has fostered rich conversations among siblings in different grades, sharing insights and discoveries about the car ramps they designed!

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🚀 Paper Rockets

In this activity, students designed and constructed tubular paper rockets, launching them along strings to investigate how different forces influence motion. This hands-on approach allowed students to explore the effects of force on the speed and direction of objects.

• Science Understanding: "The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape; a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape."
• Science Inquiry Skills: "Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events."

Learning Outcomes:

• Developed a deeper understanding of how different forces affect the movement of objects.
• Engaged in scientific inquiry by posing questions, making predictions, and conducting investigations.
• Applied their knowledge to design and modify their paper rockets, testing how changes affected performance.

🚗 Car Ramps

Students designed and constructed ramps to investigate how different forces (pushes and pulls) affect the movement of toy cars. They explored how factors such as the angle of the ramp, surface texture, and the force applied influence the car's speed and distance travelled.

Curriculum Alignment:

• Science Understanding: "The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape; a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape."
• Science Inquiry Skills: "Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions."

Learning Outcomes:

• Investigated how different factors affect the movement of toy cars.
• Engaged in scientific inquiry by posing questions, making predictions, and conducting investigations.
• Applied their knowledge to design and modify their ramps, testing how changes affected performance.

🧲 Magnets

Students have been using magnets exploring how they attract or repel certain materials, fostering curiosity about the physical properties of objects. They have also looked at how magnets exert forces on certain objects and how that force affects the object.

Students created a maze and had to get a paperclip from start to finish.