Science
Our school loves to explore Science in lots of different ways. Our blog page details a full list of the investigations we explored in order to complete the steps in the SFI requirements.
Requirements:
1 Hands on Activity from each of the four curriculum strands.
2 Other activities to include: Inviting a Science Speaker, Taking Part in Science Week 2018.
Living Things
Planting Bulbs
All of the Junior Infant classes planted bulbs and charted their growth and development throughout the year.
Energy and Forces
Building and testing Parachutes
The fourth classes designed, built, tested and analysed parachutes. They incorporated technology and mathematics by recording the parachute drops using slow motion camera. They analysed the drops and recorded the speed at which each fell.
Materials
Testing the strength of Kitchen paper
The fifth and sixth classes designed an experiment to test the strength of kitchen paper. They used syringes, coloured water and graduated cylinders.
Environmental Awareness and Care
Biodiversity Projects
Students from across the school, together with our local Institute of Technology and some willing parents and grandparents, have created a number of beautiful gardens and a nature trail around our school.
Inviting a speaker
The sixth classes invited Emily Robyn Archer to their class for a workshop on Environmental care. She conducted an investigation into the dangers of plastic to our oceans and created beautiful artwork with them to highlight the severe plight of marine life.
Science Week showcase
All classes in the school took part in activities for science week. The first classes worked together to put on a number of science experiments and demonstrations for one another.
Other Activities
1. Exploring the growth of Fungus
2. Discovering the sugar content in drinks
3. Exploring insulation - Blubber
4. Using Magnets to make games
5. Designing and making boats
6. Nano Science - Fizz rockets
7. Designing electrical Christmas decorations
8. Exploring the water cycle
9. Analysing the behaviour of eggs in different solutions
10. Looking at curds and whey and the building blocks of bones
11. Making leaf prints and describing the characteristics of local trees
12. Exploring static electricity
13. Creating lava lamps
14. Looking at how molecules behave under different temperature changes
15. Building and testing periscopes
16. Designing and testing airplanes