The Plasticene Experiment

Here is a new poem about what happened when we did our plasticene experiment. Watch out for it in the poem book, which comes home for reading each Friday.

Floating and Sinking

I flattened out my plasticine

And set it in the tank

And do you know the cheeky thing

Turned round and slowly sank.

But when I took it out again

And shaped it like a boat

It wasn’t cheeky any more

For it began to float.

(Why did this happen?)

Albert Crawford

Floating and Sinking

We have been experimenting with things that float and sink. Today we made a ball of plasticene and predicted correctly that it would sink. Then we used the same piece of plasticene and shaped it into a boat. Would you believe it floated? We wonder why?

Water, Water, Everywhere

We are beginning to learn about water. To start with we did a brainstorm. Here are some of our comments:

Some things float and some things sink.

Puddles dry up in the sun.

Water is good for you.

Water is up in the clouds.

I think we have lots of interesting learning ahead of us!

Room 1 Treaty

We have made a class treaty setting out our classroom rules. We all signed it at a special ceremony this week. We signed with a feather pen and sang the National Anthem.