Science
Subject Co-ordinator: L. Carr
Year 5
Planting in the Garden
Year 5 are carrying out a gardening project. We have examined the reproductive organs of a flowering plant. We have examined a variety of fruits and seeds.
We have planted a selection of seeds and are preparing to put the seedlings into the garden outside.
Farm to Fork
The ‘Farm to Fork’ project allowed Year 5 to visit The Co-operative Farm, Hirshel Estate near Coldstream. In science the children have been studying the topics ‘Keeping Healthy’ and ‘Life Cycles’.
We learnt about a range of crops. We examined the seeds, looked at the plants and discovered what products they made. A day on the farm allowed us to search for water check the Highland cattle and find out how old trees were.
We made smoothies out of a great selection of fruit. Some was in season and some had been imported from different countries.
Year 6
Year 6 have been looking at cells.
We dissected eggs to identify and name all the parts. It needed steady hands and a lot of patience.
‘Rough Science’ and Seahouses Middle School
Science in industry and science all around us.
Jonathan Hare is the physicist. When he's not attempting to build washing machines from scratch, he can be found running the Creative Science Centre at the University of Sussex. He won a NESTA endowment in 2000, and in 2002 accepted the Institute of Physics' Public Awareness of Physics award.
Sanofi Aventis invited Jonathan Hare from the television programme ‘Rough Science’ to present a lecture and workshop for children about science around us. Year 6 ventured off to Alnwick to see and take part in this science activity.
Here is some work Year 6 completed following the visit. Click on link to open each piece.
Abbie Donaldson | Holly Jackman | Megan Reid
What a beautiful smile.
Food gets stuck in the gaps in your teeth.
It is nice and warm.
There is plenty of moisture.
There is plenty of air.
There is plenty of food.
Mmmm . Perfect conditions for micro organisms.
Using disclosing tablets we saw how much plaque we have on our teeth.
Bacteria eat the food and make plaque.
The plaque damages the enamel layer of the teeth and attacks our gums.
Wow! This can be painful.
Visit the dentist every 6 months.
Brush your teeth every morning and night.
Don’t eat too many sugary foods.
Year 7
Friction
Year 7 have been carrying out research into friction.
They found out how much force is needed to pull a shoe over different surfaces.
They found out what surfaces would have the least amount of friction. The examples were a surface with nothing on, one with water, one with oil and one with banana skin. Which one do you think would be slippy?
Signs and Symbols in the Laboratory
We have been learning about signs and symbols used in science. Some we find on chemicals, others we find mounted on the walls of the laboratory. We invented our own signs that would show a rule in the lab. It had to be universal. Visitors had to understand what they meant.
Here is a selection of our signs:
Grouping finger prints
Individual members of a species differ in many ways.
How can we classify people into groups using their finger prints?
They have features in common. Our finger prints are used as a form of identification. They have certain features in common. We tried to classify fingerprints into groups and gave reasons for their groups.
We later took our own finger prints and classified them as arch, tented arch, left loop, right loop and whorl.
Look at these samples and see what kind of finger prints you have.
Year 8
Food tests
Food contains a mix of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water.
We have been carrying out chemical tests to identify proteins, carbohydrates, fats and sugar. We then took samples of food and found out which contained these things.
Lungs demonstration
How does oxygen get into the blood?
The lungs are specialised organs where oxygen from the air enters the blood and carbon dioxide in the blood passes into the alveoli.
We have been studying the journey of the air. We used models and we saw diagrams.
Mr. Scott the butcher got us a set of sheep’s lungs and a trachea with the larynx (voice box) so we could examine it and using a ball pump we saw how the lungs could inflate.
