Science Centre

Making fireworks pictures

Cochno Stone Workshop

P2 First Blog

Primary 2 have been having a busy time with Maths Week Scotland. The children have been creating and investigating shape through Maths Art. They used masking tape to make shapes on card and then had lots of fun painting their creations all different colours. P2 got lots of exercise and Maths at the Mathletics event! 

This masking tape is sticky!We love painting! We worked hard in the gym at Mathletics, combining Maths with exercise. We are using our code cracking skills.

STEM Challenge - Dancing Raisins

During our STEM week Primary 1 participated in a STEM challenge called 'Dancing Raisins'.  Here we learned some science vocab including: prediction, apparatus and conclusion.  We used our understanding of tally marks to record our predictions and worked as a team to carry out the experiment. 

 

The children decided that the fizzy liquid is what was making the raisins dance.

Lilly from 1a said "The bubbles in fizzy juice make the raisins dance"  

Ciara from Primary 1b had a great explanation as to why the raisins were dancing during our experiment.  Ciara said "The bubbles float down to the bottom of the glass and join onto the raisins.  Then the raisins rise up to the top of the glass"

All children were made aware of the safety rules of working in a science lab.  They also enjoyed having the opportunity to wear lab coats and goggles and use beakers for the first time.

Even Miss McKelvie and Miss Connolly joined in on the fun.

Safety First!