Electricity in Mrs. Shannon's Class

We explored the Strand Unit, Electricity, in January in 4th and 5th class. The children learned about different types of circuits, conductors and insulators and even made a buzzer game for practising for the Credit Union Quiz.

STEM in 3rd Class

Some Science activities from Mr Mc Keon's class. 

Science in Miss Maguire's Room

Senior Infants have been busy learning about Antarctica. They explored the "plants and animals" strand unit within the "Living things" strand. They labelled a penguin using it's main features- beak, flippers, webbed feet, feathers. They sequenced the life cycle of a penguin. They had great fun when they investigated how penguins keep warm even when they live in the coldest place on Earth. They used butter to act as the penguins blubber. They found out that penguins need their blubber to keep warm.

More Science in Rang a 2

Second Class have been very busy doing science experiments. They recently made play doh! They also made airplanes out of paper. STEM in action in Rang a 2.

Science Week 2nd Class

 

First Class- Science Week

First Class had lots of fun this week during Science Week! They tried lots of exciting experiments!
 They made rainbows from skittles. They carried out a leak proof bag experiment! They made
lava lamps. Then they built a fizz inflator and blew up a balloon! It was great fun watching a lunch
 bag explode when they mixed warm water, vinegar and bread soda! They really enjoyed being
scientists this week!

They explored the Materials strand this week and loved it.

Senior Infants Science Week

The children from Senior Infants took part in lots of investigations during Science Week 2018. They explored which materials were attracted to magnets and which ones were repelled. They discovered that raisins "dance" when placed in 7up because of the carbon dioxide (bubbles). They also made their own lava lamps using a mixture of oil, water, food colouring and fizzy tablets. Take a look at the photographs to see some of the children in action.