Urbleshanny national school Science Log
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2016-2017
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Step 1
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Energy and Forces
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Water Cycle- 2nd/3rd
5th- Design a bridge
Keeping things warm- 2nd
Tornado in a jar- 2nd
Bath bombs and slime- 4th
Floating and Sinking- Infants/1st
Chromatography- 5th
Mixing with water and marbling-2nd
Making Butter- Infants
Teeth/Coke- Infants/1st
Floating/Sinking- Infants
A tracing experiment- 1st
Does it Rot?- 2nd
Skittles- 1st
Self Inflating Balloon- 1st
Erupting volcano- 1st
Marbling Materials- 2nd
Materials and Change- 4th
Living Things
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Making Teeth- 2nd
Plants and Animals- 5th
Capillary action- Infants/1st
Bird Feeder- 6th
Uses of water- Infants/1st
Mushroom Spores- 5th/6th
Bats/ Echo location- 4th
Seeds and Fruit- 1st
Heart Rate investigation- 1st
Energy and Forces
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Sound- 5th/6th
Sound- 3rd/4th class
String telephone - 2nd/3rd class
Sound bingo and investigating sound- 2nd
Light- 3rd/4th class
Rainbow Spinners- 5th
Mirror writing- 2nd/3rd/4th
Dancing Raisins- 1st
Environmental Awareness and Care
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Lava Lamps- 2nd
The Power of Water
Science Week
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Science Week- Visit to Library to see the Mad Scientist
Science Week Booklets- 1st
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Scratch-2nd
Excel Spreadsheets- 6th
Maths Week- Mangahigh
Using Laptops/ ipads
Science Log
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Engineer's visit
The Power of Water- Engineers Week resource
Quiver
Engineering vehicles- 1st
Maths building 3D shapes- 2nd/3rd
4th class- Engineering
2nd/3rd- Makey Makey
Making Robots- 5th
Building Robots- 2nd
2nd/3rd- Design/make parachutes
Sound- Designing Ear Protectors- 5th
Step 4
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Maths Week- Mangahigh winners 2016
Maths Trail- 5th/6th class
Maths - Recording and Analysing Data- 2nd
Excel- Recording and Analysing Data- 6th
Measuring Capacity- Inf/1st
Maths- Recording and Analysing- 3rd/4th class
Step 5
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2016-2017- Presenting work to other classes
2015-2016
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Step 1
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Materials-Properties and Characteristics of Materials
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Waterproof Materials- Infants
Fifth Sixth classes
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Fifth Class-Cleaning dirty water
Fifth Class-Kitchen detectives
Fifth Class-tornadoes in a bottle
Fifth/Sixth Class- Making an explosion
Fifth Class-Exploding aliens
Third Fourth classes
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Fourth class paper strength
Third Class - Air Pressure
Third class- Salty Water
3rd 4th class making butter
Third class- salt dough
First Second classes
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Second class-oil water and explosions
Second class water cycle and the effect of freezing on water
Living Things-Myself
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Fifth/ Sixth Class
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How our Lungs Work
Lung Capacity
Height and Shoe Size
Sixth Class
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Sixth Class- Dominant Eye
Sixth Class - Fingerprints
Sixth Class - human Body Matching
Fifth Class
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Fifth Class- Respiration/Lungs
Fifth Class- Exercise and your Heart/ Circulatory system
Fourth Class
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Fourth Class- Teeth
First/Second class- My Body
Senior infants
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All about me- Taste
Fingerprints
First Class- Lemon Suds
First Class- Self inflating balloon
Senior Infants Mixing Colours
Junior Infants-Making pancakes
Living Things-Plants and animals
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Senior Infants Grassheads
Energy and Forces: Magnetism and Electricity
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Fourth Class - Circuits
3rd/4th Class - Static Electricity
3rd/4th Class- Which materials are magnetic
Third Class static electricity and circuits withconductors and insulators
3rd/4th Class - Which materials are conductors or insulators
Fifth Class magnets
3rd/4th-Circuits and Switches
First second class Electricity and magnets
Floating sinking 3rd 4th class
Environmental Awareness and Care- Science and the Environment
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5th class pneumatics and hydraulics
Science Week
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Science speaker to 3rd 4th class
Fifth/Sixth class library visit for Science week
Marvin the Magician
First Class-Science booklets
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First Class-erupting volcano
Junior Achievement
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Scratch
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Fifth Class
Scratch Projects
Mangahigh
Using websites
Science Log
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Design and Build
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Fourth Class- Traffic Lights
Third/Fourth Class - Making a magnetic car
Third Fourth class designed an outfit for Tom Crean
Fifth Class - Design a catapult
fifth class- Rockets
Engineers Week Quiz
Engineers Week 5th 6th
Engineers week 4th
Engineers week 3rd 4th
Engineers week 1st 2nd
Engineers week senior infants
Junior infants-Making Bridges
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Learnstorm/Khan Academy
Mangahigh
Using Excel and Powerpoint
Third Class - Which paper is most absorbent
Third Class- Fractions
Fifth class-tangrams
Step 5
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Science Exhibition 2015-2016
2015-2014
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Link to Science Log 2014/2015
Step 1 - Science
Energy and Forces
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Junior/Senior Infants - Magnetic Materials
Senior Infants - Magnets
First Class - Static Electricity
Second Class - Magnetism
Second Class - Electricity (2)
Second Class - Electricity
Fourth Class - Levers
Fourth Class - Friction
Fifth Class - Circuits
Fifth Class - LED Christmas Cards
Fifth Class - Electrical Quiz Boards
Fifth Class - Magnetic Game
Environmental Awareness And Care
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Fifth Class - Burren Projects
Fifth Class - Water Scheme Visit
Fifth/Sixth Class - Cancer Researchers
Living Things
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Fifth Class - Human Organs
Fifth Class - Sugar Content
First Class - All About Me
Second Class - Making Teeth
Materials
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Second Class - Slime
First Class - Self Inflating Balloon
First Class - Making Slime
First Class - Erupting Volcano
First Class - Skittles Experiment
Third/Fourth Class - The Science of Baking
Enter a Project
Invite a Guest Speaker
Step 2 - Technology
Ipads/Laptops
First Class - Beebots
Third Class - Green Screen
Third Class - Scratch
Fifth Class - Safer Internet Day
Step 3 - Engineering
First Class - Building Bridges
First Class - Rockets
Third Class - Levers
Third Class - Magnetic Cars
Third/Fourth Class - Combilift Visit
Sixth Class - Egg Drop Challenge
Step 4 - Maths
Second Class - 2D Shapes
Second Class - Data
Second Class - Symmetry
Third Class - Maths Eyes
Third Class - Calculating Reaction Time
Fifth Class - Tangrams
Step 5 - STEM Showcase
Intel Mini Scientist Exhibition
Second Class built simple circuits using a battery, a bulb and wires. To complete the unit on electricity, they worked in groups to make these brilliant lighthouses!
