Water Cycle Experiment

On Friday last week we did a water cycle lesson and a water filtering experiment.  In the lesson we learnt about how water gets cleaned and a little bit about the water cycle. Did you know water takes six hours to get completely filtered and clean! After we got into pairs and tried to make the cleanest water. The dirty water had dirt, newspaper, plastic and oil in it and the materials we got to use for a filter were sand, bark, paper towels and cotton balls. We tried all of these out and then used anything out of these to make the best filter. Me and my partner used cotton balls and paper towels. This is how it turned out.

The Bird Beak Experiment

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment

Evolution Vertebrate

In room 6 we have been learning to classify animals. Scientists classify animals and plants into groups in order to make them easier to identify, sort, and name them.

Clasify= SORT 

There are many different ways to group living things.

You can classify animals into two main groups vertebrate or invertibrate.

All vertebrates have:

• Covering of skin that protects them
• Skeleton inside their body
• Muscles that help them move
• Blood that moves through tubes 
• Lungs or gills for breathing
  

All Invertebrates

• 90% of all animals are invertebrates
• Tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
• Many live in the ocean because the water supports their weight
• Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside  of their bodies for protection-Insects, Spiders, crabs, Snails, clams. 

 

Science Roadshow

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, but after they dipped the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit! We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the Science Roadshow if they get a chance.

The Royal Jelly

The Royal Jelly


On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny. Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.