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Science Activities 2013

Prescribed Activities for 2012/2013 were from the Energy and Forces and Materials strands of the Science curriculum
Investigating materials - see photos and work below
Senior Classes did the Design a Bridge Experiment
Design and Make - We used recycled materials to create useful things. First we drew our ideas on paper, then we collected the materials (boxes, tins, cans, plastic...) and finally we created our useful things. 
Energy and forces: We did the Acrobatic Clown Experiment and Paper helicopters. We also did lots of experiments to do with energy at our energy workshop with SEAI.  
Scroll down to see us at work! 

Investigating Materials

Design and Make 

We collected lots of old rubbish and then we made useful things from it! 

Materials Worksheets

Design a Bridge experiment

We used the Design a Bridge experiment from the DPS web site - www.primaryscience.ie 
We used dictionaries to provide columns at either side of the bridge. The columns had to be 14cm apart. three sheets of paper were allowed for each team. The paper could be used in any way to create a stronger bridge. We used counters and other objects to test the strength of our bridges. We tried arches, double arches, folding the sides and folding the paper like a fan (corrugated). We found the the strongest bridges were the ones where we had a corrugated page in between two flat pages. 

More Experiments: Water Filter, Communication with tin cans 

Acrobatic Clown experiment

Paper Helicopters

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