Inquiring into...

SCIENCE

Last week room 4 began inquiring into how scientists work. We started our inquiry by conducting two experiments involving fizzy drinks. We explored the processes that scientists go through when they have an idea that they want to investigate. 

We carried out a bus stop activity where we all got to share our understanding about scientists.

When carrying out our experiments we used the P.E.O.E method. To start the experiment we make a PREDICTION about what will happen (If ... then ...). We then EXPLAIN why we made that prediction. Next we OBSERVE what happens when we conduct the experiment and record what we observe. Last of all we try to EXPLAIN what happened and compare the results with our prediction.

One of the experiments we conducted was the rising water experiment. We observed water rise within a glass once we placed it over a lit candle that was sitting on a plate of coloured water.

We also created hoop gliders using a straw and two cardboard hoops. We were amazed at how well they flew and experimented with different modifications to the gliders that altered their flight.