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This week our experiment was finding out what happened when you put mentos in fizzy drink.  We tried with diet coke, normal coke and lemonade.  Watch our video below to see our results...

 
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This week our experiment was Dancing Raisins.  Our predictions were:
-the raisins might float (7 students)
-the raisins might sink (4 students)
-The rest of the class weren't sure

When we put the raisins in they floated up to the top and then back to the bottom.  Ella thought they looked 'like a raisin circus'.

We tried them in lemonade and orange fizzy and they danced in both. We tried them in water but they just sank to the bottom.  Brandon wondered if they would dance in 1/2 water and 1/2 fizzy.  We tried this and they still danced!

The whole class enjoyed watching the raisins dance around the jar.

 

We are learning to make Predictions

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This term we are doing Science and learning to make predictions.  This means that at the start of the lesson we look at the equipment and guess what might happen.
Sometimes we are right and sometimes we are wrong.  It doesn't matter if we make a wrong prediction, and after the experiment we talk about what we saw happen and wonder why it happened.  We can also try the experiment again and change a few things to see if still works the same.
It's all about trying new things and not being afraid to make mistakes!