We investigated solar energy by wrapping chocolate biscuits in different materials, to see which materials absorb the most heat.  We used black paper, white paper, green paper and aluminium foil to wrap up a biscuit [...]

It was great fun experimenting with Aero props for science.  We learnt that wings use an airfoil to generate lift to stay flying. The wing divides the air into two streams.  One flows over the [...]

Science this week involved making catapults with marshmallows and skewers.  We had to make a stand that would support a lever to catapult our marshmallows as far as possible.  After lots of trial and error [...]

Today we made grapefruit and mandarins into candles!  We cut the fruit in half and removed the flesh. Then we were left with the skin and the white inside stem for the wick. We filled [...]

Mrs Dunn lit a candle (nearly setting the alarms off) and put it in a jar. W hat happened to the flame and why? I don't know, ask room 1.

 Taste is one of our five senses. We tasted spicy noodles, salty pretzels, sour lemon, sweet biscuit and bitter vegemite. Some food we loved, some food we didn't. I loved the lemon because it was [...]

Five senses experiments - We use our eyes to see fantastic colour experiments. We put water and food colouring in two glass jars and plain water in the middle. Then we joined the glass jars [...]