Year 5/6 Science

In Science this week, Year 5 students carried out their first experiment. This experiment was around viscosity (a fluid's resistance to flow). Students used the knowledge they developed within the scientific investigations unit to successfully complete the practical. Students were required to create a hypothesis, consider variables, carry out the experiment, record their data and create a conclusion, all in the space of one lesson.

Year 5 students also began their chemistry unit this week. Within this unit students will study the different changes in matter and how these changes occur. They will also investigate the difference between chemical and physical reactions.

In Year 6 Science this week, students began their chemistry unit. To begin this unit, students were introduced to the periodic table and studied aspects such as history of the table, structure, groups and periods, atomic mass and numbers, elements’ names and the symbol elements use. Students will be masters of the periodic table in no time and will be able to recall the first 20 elements confidently with no errors.