Water Cleaning Experiment.

On Friday the 7th June Good Shepherd had a visit from one of the people from water safety. They taught us about the stages of water purification that happen at the water care station, the first stage is sifting, they get sifts and they sift the dirt, leaves and other big stuff out of the water. Two the get get noodle like things with really really really small holes that suck out the germs called a membrane. Three they put gas chlorine in the water which kills all the smaller germs which can get through membrane And that is how they make river water into drinking water.

Science in a van

On Friday the whole school had a visit from Science in a van they taught us science. It was fun but the only bad thing was they didn't do the science in van.

the excita bill experiment

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment

M&M challenge

Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we did the M&M challenge. The class got into groups with one leader in each group. Miss Down gave us some M&M’s and we had to count how many we had and next figured how much M&M’s our group had. After we found out how many M&M’s we all had many people realised that some people had a very small amount of M&M’s while others had about 50. The next thing we did was counting how much of red we had then blue then yellow until we had finished all the colours we had. When we did everything Miss Down told us to share all the M&M’s equally with our group and everyone in the class got 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.

Vertebrates evolution

In room 6 we have been learning to classify animals. scientist classify animals and plants into groups in order to to easily identify, sort and name them.

classify = sort

there are many ways to group living things

you can classify animals into two main groups. vertebrates and in vertebrates.

all vertebrates have have ...

• covering of skin that protects them
• skeleton inside their body
• muscles inside that help them move
• blood that moves through tubes
• lungs or gills for breathing

Invertebrates

• 90% of all animals are invertebrates!
• tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
• many live in the ocean because the water supports their weight
• some have a hard covering or shell on the outside of their bodies for protection

Science Roadshow

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, but after they dipped the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit!

We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the Science Roadshow if they get a chance.

The Royal Jelly show

On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly show”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny. Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.