Science week in our Senior room!
The theme of science week this year for our senior room pupils was 'Then - Today - Now' .
We looked at Irish scientist from the past and the changes/discoveries they made. Pupils researched a chosen scientist in pairs and presented their findings. Using the theme of Air we investigated through experiments.
Does air have force? Does air have weight and does temperature affect air and how? Pupils were asked to look at an invention through the lens of the past, present and future.
Finally pupils were given a STEM challenge of creating their own parachute using a choice of materials and style, again using all their knowledge of air and aerodynamics.
They all done a fantastic job and had lots of dun deigning and creating their parachutes.
Well done everyone
More from Science Week - Senior Class
Here's a look at some of the other fun and interesting experiments we did during Science week! We bubbled up and over..... and also looked at why the sky is blue during the day and red/orange during sunrise and sunset. Then some of the pupils brought in and displayed their favourite experiments. Well done all!!
Rainbow Spinners - Science Week
The theme for Science week this year is LIGHT. We have learned that 'white light' is made up of the seven colours of the rainbow and this was discovered by Isaac Newton. We can see examples of this in glass prisms, puddles, rainbows and reflection of shiny surfaces such as CDs. We made our own rainbow spinners and spun them as fast as we could so they would become white. Here's how we did!
