Sunday, 31 May 2015

A Popcorn Extravaganza!

The fabulous children in Room 16 have been investigating how Popcorn can change its state - or the way it looks and feels, and transform into something quite different!  Read about the variety of ways we have utilised the humble popcorn kernel on our learning journey.
Our Popcorn storywriting experience.
Our storywriting was a Recount which described Making Popcorn in our own words.
Resourceful Room 16 created these wonderful Popcorn Art works with our Science experiment materials.
Where our experiment began...
Room 16 scientists Oliver, Keira, Camryn and Asti are ready to investigate what happened to our little kernels!
Wow! What a difference 3 minutes can make!
From kernel to popcorn.  The process which created the 'Change of State' was heat, generated from a microwave in our Science Room.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Our finished product!  We integrated our Science experiment with literacy and the Arts, by creating Popcorn Art featuring our names.  Check out our art in our cloakroom.  Well done Rm 16!

Monday, 18 May 2015

Marina with her finished product!


Asti has created something interesting!


What's happening??


Oliver adds dry and liquid Materials...


Let the mixing begin!


Week 5!

Welcome to Week 5 - and a HUGE welcome to Oliver Burgess, who started school on Monday May 18th.  We are so happy to have our first boy in Room 16 :)  Currently on school visits we are lucky to have Benjamin McNally and Taylor Henderson spending time with us in Rm16.
It is wonderful to be a part of our growing classroom!

We are continuing to question, discover and report upon our findings during our cool Science Inquiry topic on Change entitled Abracadabra!  We are learning Materials can undergo change, and the results are very rewarding.
Room 16 has enjoyed transforming water and juice into ice blocks, which we devoured!  Our story writing integrates well with our findings too.
This week we have created our very own Playdough from a range of everyday ingredients.  It was fun to take our Science experiment home!

Monday, 11 May 2015

Book Week Character Day

Wow! Look at our amazing costumes.  Room 16 looked fab!  We had a great day :)