Hands-on Science 2019
Construction/Materials/Chemical reaction - making volcanoes
Cavan Monaghan Science Festival - Dinosaur Workshop
We learned about dinosaurs and their bones.
We learning how to use a microscope
We learning how to use a microscope
Work on batteries
Work Record
Group: Karina, Darcy
Title of activity: Using Batteries to Make a Light switch
What you need:
Conclusion:
We made an electric circuit using batteries, and bulbs. Know we know how the lights in our houses work.
Group: Karina, Darcy
Title of activity: Using Batteries to Make a Light switch
What you need:
- AA batteries and a battery holder
- Crocodile clips
- Bulb holders
- Small bulbs
- Using crocodile clips, a battery holder with 2 AA batteries we connected the battery to a bulb holder to see if it would light a bulb.
- The battery powered the bulb and it light.
- We decided to use more clips and bulb holders to see if we could make a bigger circuit.
- It worked and we were able to light three bulbs.
Conclusion:
We made an electric circuit using batteries, and bulbs. Know we know how the lights in our houses work.
Making a Catapult
Making a catapult
Group name: Emma, Evan & Matuesz.
Tittle: Making a catapult using clothes pegs.
What do you need?
Clothes pegs ,
Elastic bands ,
Mini pom poms ,
Spoons ,
Bottle cap and super glue.
Testing: we tested all of them to see which one fired the mini pom poms the best.
Making a catapult
Group Name: Alanna Dearbhla Enda
Title: Making a catapult with lollipop sticks.
What you need?
Which was the best?:The catapult with the bottle cap.
Test: We tested all the catapults with Pompoms but the best one was the one with the bottle cap.
Which was the best ?
The bottle cap was the best .
Group name: Emma, Evan & Matuesz.
Tittle: Making a catapult using clothes pegs.
What do you need?
Clothes pegs ,
Elastic bands ,
Mini pom poms ,
Spoons ,
Bottle cap and super glue.
Testing: we tested all of them to see which one fired the mini pom poms the best.
Making a catapult
Group Name: Alanna Dearbhla Enda
Title: Making a catapult with lollipop sticks.
What you need?
- Lollipop sticks
- Spoon
- Bottle cap
- Mini pom poms
- Elastic bands
Which was the best?:The catapult with the bottle cap.
Test: We tested all the catapults with Pompoms but the best one was the one with the bottle cap.
Which was the best ?
The bottle cap was the best .
Making a battery from Lemons
Work Record
Group: Éabha, Zoe
Title of activity: Making a Battery from Lemons
What you need:
Result:
The more lemons we used the more power we got.
Conclusion:
It possible to make a battery using lemons as a source of power.
Group: Éabha, Zoe
Title of activity: Making a Battery from Lemons
What you need:
- Lemons
- Crocodile clips
- Galvanised nails
- Copper pennies
- Place a copper penny in a slit in one piece of lemon. Then place a galvanised nail into the same piece a bit away from the penny.
- Do the exact same with another piece of lemon.
- Connect the penny from one piece of lemon to the galvanised nail in the other. Do the same with the other nail and penny.
- Test the battery power with a Multi Metre by placing the probes to the end of a crocodile clip that is attached to the nail on one lemon and the copper penny on the other.
- Straight away it showed power even though it was a small amount.
- We knew we had some power so we decided to make the battery bigger by using more lemons, clips and pennies.
- Then we tested the power again with the Multi Meter, it showed more power.
Result:
The more lemons we used the more power we got.
Conclusion:
It possible to make a battery using lemons as a source of power.
Making a battery from potatoes
Work Record
Group: Kayla Gary
Title of activity: Making a Battery from Potatoes
What you need:
The more potatoes we used the more power we got.
Conclusion:
It possible to make a battery using potatoes as a source of power.
Group: Kayla Gary
Title of activity: Making a Battery from Potatoes
What you need:
- Potatoes
- Crocodile clips
- Galvanised nails
- Copper pennies
- Place a copper penny in a slit in one potato. Then place a galvanised nail into the same potato.
- Do the exact same with another potato.
- Connect the penny from one potato to the galvanised nail in the other. Do the same with the other nail and penny.
- Test the battery power with a Multi Metre by placing the probes to the end of a crocodile clip that is attached to the nail on one potato and the copper penny on the other.
- Straight away it showed power even though it was a small amount.
- We knew we had some power so we decided to make the battery bigger by using more potatoes, clips and pennies.
- Then we tested the power again with the Multi Meter, it showed more power.
The more potatoes we used the more power we got.
Conclusion:
It possible to make a battery using potatoes as a source of power.
Plastic and the Ocean
Work Record
Group: Aaron
Title of activity: Rain Cloud in a Jar
What you need?
The food colouring drips down through the shaving foam like rain falls from a cloud. As the cloud gets heavier it can’t hold water any longer so it lets the liquid go like rain. The blue colouring shows how the rain flows slowly from the cloud.
Would you change anything?
The experiment worked very well. I would try a few colours to make it more interesting. It was a good way to show how rain falls.
Who would you show this to and why?
I would show it to my own class and all the children in the school as it shows how rain falls from the clouds. It is easy to do. The infants could do this activity too.
Group: Aaron
Title of activity: Rain Cloud in a Jar
What you need?
- Shaving foam.
- Blue food colouring.
- Glass jar.
- Cold water
- Fill the jar close to the top with cold water.
- Spray some shaving foam on top of the water this acts as a cloud.
- Using a pipette drop some blue food colouring in different places on the shaving foam and watch what happens.
The food colouring drips down through the shaving foam like rain falls from a cloud. As the cloud gets heavier it can’t hold water any longer so it lets the liquid go like rain. The blue colouring shows how the rain flows slowly from the cloud.
Would you change anything?
The experiment worked very well. I would try a few colours to make it more interesting. It was a good way to show how rain falls.
Who would you show this to and why?
I would show it to my own class and all the children in the school as it shows how rain falls from the clouds. It is easy to do. The infants could do this activity too.
Rainvbows
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Work Record
Group: Jack Mc Rory
Title of activity: Snow Storm in a Jar
What you need?
Glass jar
Water
Glitter
White Paint
Alka Seltzer
Baby oil
Activity outline:
Fill the jar ¾ full of baby oil. Mix the paint and water separately. Add the glitter to the jar. Next add the water & paint.
Carefully break the alka seltzer tablet into small pieces and add to the jar bit by bit.
What happens?
The alka seltzer tablet sinks to the bottom and rises to the top again; all the time fizzing in the jar and this causes the paint and glitter to mix around in the jar.
Would you change anything?
You could change the colour of the paint and the glitter.
Who would you show this to and why?
Young children would love this. I think anyone would enjoy looking at it.
Picture of my activity
Environmental Awareness and Care: Green Schools - Biodiversity
We are on our fifth Green Flag programme - Biodiversity
We entered the area for Tidy Towns and WE are the TidyTowns Committee.
We are writing a letter to the residents to tell them & get them involved.
Because we entered TT we got 1000 euro funding and then we got a 1400 euro grant from the council to do a Tidy Towns plan. We will put BIODIVERSITY at the centre of this.
We have a school garden - a local company sponsors vegetables every year for us to grow in it.
We have also been working on creating a sensory garden - see our photos
We entered the area for Tidy Towns and WE are the TidyTowns Committee.
We are writing a letter to the residents to tell them & get them involved.
Because we entered TT we got 1000 euro funding and then we got a 1400 euro grant from the council to do a Tidy Towns plan. We will put BIODIVERSITY at the centre of this.
We have a school garden - a local company sponsors vegetables every year for us to grow in it.
We have also been working on creating a sensory garden - see our photos
