STEAM

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We have continued looking at different ways we can physically change materials and objects this term. We had lots of fun experimenting with jelly snakes. We compared 3 different jelly snake brands to see how stretchy and elastic they were. Students discovered that the most stretchy was the least elastic and the most elastic was the least stretchy. We then had lots of fun putting all our science knowledge into creative action. Students were challenged to change paper by scrunching, bending, folding, twisting and lots of other ways to make a 3D paper sculpture. The results were amazing as you can see below. We will continue putting this knowledge to into good artist use to create a surprise you will see in our Art Show later in term 4. 

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Students have deepened their understanding of changes to state. Through hands on experiments looking at chocolate and ice, students now know that solids change to liquids by applying heat whilst liquids change to solids by taking heat away. Students have been introduced to ways that this knowledge can be used to produced art. They have begun planning out ideas for their own piece of melted crayon art. We will used the rest of the term to experiment ways that we can melt crayons quickly as well as investigating different techniques to produce their artwork. 

4/5/6

So what did bread have to do with biology? Yeast! Students have been understanding the conditions in which yeast lives. Using just a bottle, sugar, warm water, yeast and a balloon, students have discovered that just like us, yeast needs food, water and oxygen to live. They observed that the bottle with all of these conditions produced carbon dioxide which inflated a balloon, showing signs of life. When a curious student questioned weather the water always had to be warm, we investigated further to find out that temperature was also an important factor to the living conditions of yeast. Students are now in the process of setting up their own experiments to investigate the living conditions of another micro-organism, mould.