The boys have really been enjoying DEAR time this week.
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You make me feel like dancing!
November 15, 2021
The boys also enjoyed the dancing raisins experiment during Science Week. They put raisins in fizzy water and observed what happened.
Raisins are denser than the liquid in the fizzy water, so initially they sink to the bottom of the glass. The water releases carbon dioxide bubbles. When these bubbles stick to the rough surface of a raisin, the raisin is lifted because of the increase in buoyancy. When the raisin reaches the surface, the bubbles pop, and the carbon dioxide gas escapes into the air. This causes the raisin to lose buoyancy and sink.
The boys loved watching their raisins dance!
Result!
November 15, 2021
The boys have been so patient and look at the results. Their flower experiments demonstrated how food and water travel from the roots, up through the stem of the flowers. We are super scientists in Room 1 🙂
The Restaurant
November 10, 2021
November’s Aistear theme is The Restaurant.
We had so much fun building our own restaurants:
Going for a nice meal in the local cafe, pizza restaurant and diner:
Payed for our food and slipped down to the nearest ice-cream parlour for a well deserved dessert!
We made food out of playdough and put our fine motor skills to the test! Gingerbread men were a hit!
Fine motor fun!
November 9, 2021
We are working very hard in Prefab 9 and having fun with our morning fine motor activities!
Waiting patiently!
November 9, 2021
Today, we conducted another experiment. We talked about what flowers need to grow. We put white flowers in water and food colouring. Before we went home, we could see some changes in our flowers. We are waiting patiently to see if we will observe more changes tomorrow.
