Scoil Mhuire Room 9

Scoil Mhuire Room 9

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Pupils of the Week and other Special Achievements

Well done to all these fantastic children...
Next time it could be YOU!!


Also a very well done to this fantastic girl who won a prize in the Fairtrade art competition.
Look at that stunning picture.


Well done!















We are Scientists

We have been exploring forces the last while.

We discovered the difference between pushing and pulling and tested ourselves with quizzes on the interactive whiteboard. Try them by clicking the picture.




We explored the feeling of pushing and pulling using clay. We made big bad wolves by pulling out the nose, pushing in the neck, pulling out the ears and tails, pushing in the shape for the eyes and more!



We chatted about catapults. Some of us had a turn using a very simple catapult... a dustpan!




We talked about how catapults use force. A catapult is a lever and we apply force to it. When we release our force the load flies off!

We split up into groups of four. Each group got 2 large lollipop sticks and 8 smaller ones. We got three elastics also. Teacher told us to make a catapult.
Hmm... that was interesting! We came up with some good ideas but only one group made one that worked! They showed the rest of us how they made it!




We all made a catapult and checked for accuracy and distance.







We measured how far the load travelled using lollipop sticks.



We wrote about our investigation afterwards.






We showcased our knowledge at the science fair in February.




We also saw lots of other cool investigations and experiments.






We love science!

Winter... brrr!!

In January we made winter mittens.


We also made snow paintings.