Lady Bug Note Generators
in Greystones so far this Spring
and we haven’t seen any ladybirds yet.
Next week we are going to learn what
Chris Hadfield and ladybirds have in common.
Can you guess?
in Greystones so far this Spring
and we haven’t seen any ladybirds yet.
Next week we are going to learn what
Chris Hadfield and ladybirds have in common.
Can you guess?
Living things
Recently we did some experiments
about growing living things!
We put pea seeds in three separate jars.
To one we gave no water.
Another we gave water
but then put the jar in a dark cupboard.
The last jar got water and light.
Teacher asked us what
we thought might happen.
We guessed the jar with no water
would have seeds that didn’t grow at all.
We thought the ones in the dark
wouldn’t grow either.
We thought that the jar
with light and water would grow well.
We were surprised when
the pea seeds kept in the dark grew so much.
We were surprised that the plants were pale yellow.
Now that plant is on the window sill
and we move it round to see it grow towards the light.
Teacher said that this experiment reminded her of a poem
“Experiment by Danielle Sensier
At school we’re doing growing things
with cress.
Sprinkly seeds in plastic pots
of cotton wool.
Kate’s cress sits up on the sill
she gives it water.
Mine is shut inside the cupboard
dark and dry.
Now her pot has great big clumps
of green
mine hasn’t
Teacher calls it Science
I call it mean!
We also saw how water travels up to the leaves of a plant.
We did this using food colouring.
After two hours traces of the blue food dye
that the celery sticks were in
started to show on the leaves of the plant.
After two days this was the result:
Blue Celery !
We think that is probably mean too!
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Do you remember our students from earlier in the year gave us a tomato plant? Well look at the great results we got. If you look closely on the left you will see little green tomatoes. Give them time and sunshine and they will turn red.
Teacher brought in some delicious cherry tomatoes today. They were sweet and juicy.
Today we went on a Seaside Scavenger Hunt.
This is what we collected:
New And Improved Seaside Scavenger Hunt
Choose only things that you can collect
and return safely and without damage
1. A small black pebble
2. A feather
3. A pebble with a hole in it
4. A mermaid’s purse
(dog fish egg case or whelk egg case)
5. A limpet (or part of)
6. A mussel (or part of)
7. A whelk (or part of)
8. Something beautiful
9. Some sea lettuce
10. A sea belt
11. Some bladder wrack
12. Something that makes a noise
13. A small white pebble
14. A pink flower
15. Something soft
16. A yellow flower
17. Something important in nature
(Everything in nature is important!)
18. A small grey pebble
19. Any part of a crab
20. Something that reminds you of yourself
21. A white flower
22. A sun trap (This is anything that captures the sun’s heat)
23. More than 100 of something!
24. Something that the sea has changed
25. A creature’s home
26. Something round
27. A big smile
At the very end, after we have showed each other what we found ,
we left what we found on the beach.
Leave only footprints.
Take away only memories!
Taya found a cowrie 🙂
which is a very unusual find on our local beach.
Well done Taya.
We sent away a ‘message in a bottle’. Maks threw it into the sea and we waved it goodbye.
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea”
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We were learning about good Dads in the Animal Kingdom. Here are some we found out about:
Dinosaur
The experts say that there is evidence
that dinosaur dads minded their children
and protected the nest.
Marmoset
The marmoset grooms the baby monkeys,
feeds them and carries them round on his back.
Seahorse
The seahorse is the only male creature that gives birth
Darwin frog
Carries the eggs in a special pocket
in his throat until they hatch into tadpoles.
Siamese fighting fish
Protects the eggs until they hatch.
Emperor penguin
The Emperor penguin keeps his egg warm under his feathers, balanced on his toes. He doesn’t eat for two months while he is waiting for the egg to hatch.
Silverback gorilla
The silverback gorilla protects his children and plays with them.
Good Mums in the Animal Kingdom.
Our Mums gives us food we like to eat.
A mother swan finds tender shoots that are easy for her babies to swallow.
Your mother loves to play games with you.
A mother cheetah plays a game to show her cubs how to hunt.
If a mother has to leave her baby, she chooses someone she can trust.
Mother giraffes help one another by looking after each other’s babies.
A mother’s voice is special. Babies always know their mother’s voice.
A mother dolphin makes a clicking sound. Her baby knows to follow it from the moment he’s born.
Mothers carry their babies close to them to keep them safe.
A mother orang-utan carries her baby for more than two years. Luckily her arms are strong and powerful.