Showing posts with label Science Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fair. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 May 2018

Science Fair

During the Science Fair, which took place on 13th May, students of grades 6 and 7 of primary school demonstrated  a number of physical and chemical experiments for their younger schoolmates. Our youngest students learned about condensation, sublimation and friction. They found out how to build a battery with a few lemons. They are now able to explain why the solutions in the “rainbow experiment” do not mix.
The main purpose of organizing this type of event is to arouse curiosity and support independent learning about the world.









by Agnieszka Drowanowska 
and Anna Dołżyńska

Monday, 10 July 2017

LET S CREATE A GAME WITH MAGNETS

EXPLORE THE MATERIAL

HOW TO USE, MAKE, MANIPULATE OBJECTS.

AIMS:

-CREATE A GAME WITH MAGNETS: DOMINOES WITH COLOURS.

-USE A NOTICE OR AN ILLUSTRATED BUILDING FOLDER

-IMAGINE GAME RULES AND FOLLOW THEM.

-TEACH OTHERS HOW TO PLAY WITH THE GAME


KNOWLEDGES: KNOW MAGNETS PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: MATERIALS WHICH ARE ATTRACTED OR NOT. BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MATERIALS ( METAL, IRON, ALUMINIUM, GLASS, FABRIC, PLASTIC AND WOOD)


STEP 1 :

WHAT IS A MAGNET?WHAT ARE ITS CHARACTERISTICS ?
PUPILS WALK THROUGH THE ROOM LOOKING FOR THINGS ATTRACTED OR NOT. THEY CAN NOTICE THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR POSITIONS, 2 MAGNETS CAN BE JOINED OR ON THE CONTRARY BE PUSHED AWAY.



STEP2:

SELECT OBJECTS ATTRACTED OR NOT BY MAGNETS, CLASSIFY.
SOME OBJECTS ARE DISPATCHED ON TABLES , PUPILS HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND STICK THE PICTURE OF THE OBJECTS AT THE RIGHT PLACE "ATTRACT" OR "DOES NOT ATTRACT". IS IT WOOD, PLASTIC, GLASS...



STEP3:

HOW TO FOLLOW A NOTICE TO CREATE MAGNETS FOR A GAME .
EACH CHILD HAS A CARD WHICH REFERS THE " CORK" HE HAS TO MAKE.
DOMINOES GET TOGETHER IF THEY HAVE THE SAME COLOUR AND OPPOSITE POLARITIES.



STEP 4:

THEY WRITE GAME RULES WITH A LIMITED TIME. THEY CALL THE GAME "LES DOMIS-AIMANTS". THEY ARE READY TO PLAY THEIR OWN GAME.


STEP 5:

PUPILS SHOW THEIR NEW GAME TO THE OTHER CLASS OF YEAR 4 AND 5 AND EXPLAIN HOW TO PLAY.








WATER, A PRECIOUS RESOURCE

DURING SEVERAL WEEKS, PUPILS AGED 9 AND 10 WORKED ON A PROJECT CALLED "WATER, A PRECIOUS RESOURCE".

THERE WERE 7 GROUPS OF 4 CHILDREN AND EACH GROUP WORKED ON A VERY PARTICULAR SUBJECT: FIGHT AGAINST WASTE/ THE WATER TREATMENT MANAGMENT/ THE WATER CYCLE/ DIFFERENCIES BETWEEN WATER ACCESS IN EUROPE AND IN AFRICA/

WHEN PUPILS WERE READY, THEY DECIDED TO SHOW THEIR WORK TO OTHER CLASSES. THEY ENDED THEIR PRESENTATION WITH A LITTLE QUIZZ FOR THEIR CLASSMATES.







ELECTRICITY

WITH PUPILS AGED 8 AND 9 WE WORKED ON INVESTIGATION TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION : "HOW TO KNOW WHAT MATERIALS DRIVE ELECTRICITY?"

WE MADE ASSUMPTIONS: WE DID AN EXPERIENCE TO VALIDATE OR NOT OUR ASSUMPTIONS.

WE DID RESEARCHES AND GAMES TO KNOW HOW TO PREVENT FROM THE DANGERS OF ELECTRICITY.

WE SHARED OUR GAMES WITH YOUGER PUPILS AGED 6 AND 7 WHO WERE VERY HAPPY TO PLAY AND MANIPULATE.











EXPERIENCE ON VOLCANOES

WITH THE 7 AND 8 YEARS PUPILS , WE VISTED "VULCANIA" AN AMUSEMENT PARK DEDICATED TO VOLCANOES.

WE COULD EXPERIMENT 2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS : EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE .

WE SAW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VOLCANO WITH A DOME SHAPE AND A VOLCANO WITH A CONE SHAPE


Thursday, 8 June 2017

Science Fair

On Wednesday in our school we had an event about Science Fair. Kids with help of other students and teachers did amazing experiments . Everyone had lots of fun.












By Agnieszka Drowanowska and Joanna Kamińska

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Science Fair

The Science Fair in our school was a great event.


We invited a real scientist from The Academy of Science.


Children were very excited...


...and interested.


He presented them some very interesting experiments.


Sometimes even funny:)


Misterious  substances..


... hidden in the box.


The students could touch them,


smell..



...and see everything clearly.


The best part was...


...AN EXPLOSION!


Of course!


Everyone was really amazed, including our scientist:)

Monday, 6 June 2016

SCIENCE FAIR IN SAINTE THERESE ´ S SCHOOL

The nursery School attended to a science day through 5 different workshops. They operated like in a carousel to observe the changes of the state of water (liquid/ solid/ carbonated water)
http://www.sainte-therese-les-cordeliers.fr/ateliers/ATELIERS SCIENCES MATERNELLLE.zip

The Primary School participated to a meeting on the 7 th of april "LES COURS D'EAU D'H2O" and on the 28 th of May in "EXPO SCIENCES "