Science Club week 3 – Bird beaks

Emma has chosen an experiment, for next week, about bird beaks (inspired by a CSIRO Double Helix magazine story). Here are some pictures of birds with different types of beaks, which will help with the experiment:  Jabiru      Pelican    Falcon    Vulture    Finch    Sparrow    Robin   Crow

Science Club week 2 – lava lamps

We had an excellent day at Science Club today, doing the lava lamp experiment with over 20 kids joining in!  We met in Miss H’s classroom at lunchtime again.  Everyone had fun, and Mr O came for the end of the Club, and explained some of the experiment. Here is a link to the experiment,…

Science Club, week 1 – hooray!

Science Club has finally started, and it went very well. We met in Miss H’s classroom at lunchtime and did the “cornflour goo” experiment. Here is a link to the experiment: Cornflour GOO!  We had 14 people attend from Grades 5 & 6 and everyone had fun.  Looking forward to next week!

First Science Club Experiment!!

Hi Guys! Tomorrow is the first day of Science Club, so I figured I would write the experiment we are going to do. Hope you like it! Materials: Cornflour Water Plastic containers (we used cups) Spoons (disposable ones are best) Method: Pour water into cup. Put some cornflour in and stir very quickly. It is…