Raising Agent Inquiry

We are planning a presentation to show the results of our Raising Agent inquiry. We are ready to share what we have been doing with other students so that we can celebrate what we have done!

Which Pizza will rise the most?

Shona and Susie's base groups have been learning and wondering about raising agents. We found out that raising agents make food rise. The four raising agents we have been talking about are eggs, yeast, baking powder and baking soda.

Today we experimented which pizza base would rise the most. We made two pizzas one with baking powder and one without.

Mitchell thought the pizza base with baking powder would rise the most.

Leola was curious to see which pizza rises the most.

In a big bowl we had:
- flour
- 1 tablespoon oil
- baking powder
- salt
- water

In the little bowl we had:
- flour
- salt
- 1 cup oil
- water

Then we had to put them both in the oven. We had to flatten it down with a rolling pin, a spoon or our hands.

We think the pizza needs to bake for around 30 minutes. We think it will be ready to eat when it looks stiff, a little burnt, golden brown, tan, maybe black around the edges, a little hard, crunchy or smooth.

We took a vote...24 people thought the pizza with baking powder would rise the most. 2 people thought the one with no baking powder would rise higher.

Gardening Inquiry

The Year Threes have been learning about planting. We will be planting gardens down at bottom grass. They have been measuring, persevering and using teamwork.

First we went into groups and decided to come up with what they wanted to plant in their little piece of garden.

Next we told the teachers what we wanted to plant in our garden.

We also made a grid and tried to fit everything in our pieces of land.

Then we had to tell our teachers what the size of our garden was.

Today we did some weeding and started to flatten the soil...

By Rim and Liam

Healthy Snacks by Tommy

Today we tasted chocolate, up and go, museli bars, seaweed and jellybeans. We had to write what could be inside the treats. We did this for our inquiry about change. We want to make a snack that will be good for athletes to keep them energised. 

By Tommy

Hokey Pokey

Today we made Hokey Pokey. 

We mixed sugar and golden syrup in a bowl. We wondered what would happen. 

Here are some of our predictions:

Nye: Crystals in sugar might get stuck in syrup.

Gina: The sugar will dissolve and maple syrup might get sticky.

Sammy C: Sugar might melt into the syruo then sink.

Blaze: It might change colour

Caleb: It might look like the elephant’s toothpaste.

Eva: It might go gooey.

This is what happened (see what happens when we add baking soda to the mixture): 

 

Slime Experiment

This is an experiment that I did at home

"Making slime was lots of fun! Lots of good planning, observing and perseverance too. This is my slime - I had to make it carefully because if I didn't it wouldn't work! It was my second try because the first time I rushed and didn't follow the instructions. The second worked much better".

We're loving how our students are so engaged and enthusiastic about our "Kitchen Science" Inquiry.

Bouncing Eggs

 

The last egg has been preserved in vinegar for over a week. Let's see what happens...

Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment

Today, these guys showed us an experiment with baking soda and vinegar. Before we did the experiment we made predictions about what might happen. We said that it might:

• rise up 
• cause a reaction 
• explode 
• poof like a cloud of smoke 
• get fizzy 
• froth up 
• create create carbon dioxide 
• bubble

Bouncing eggs

From, Christiane

Created with Padlet

Scary Slime!

This guy has been experimenting with some scary slime at home. 

He says it is a bit gooey was squishy. It is breakable and it can stick.   

WHAT YOU NEED: 
Borax 
PVA glue
Food colouring


If you would like to make this at home, here is a clip to help...

  

Sugar Crystal Observations

We looked closely at the sugar crystals and made some observations. Read what we observed in the padlet below...

We have been observing closely

Created with Padlet

Sugar Crystal Experiment

Ingredients:

Sugar

Hot water.

You will also need:

Pencil

String

Paper clip        

glass cup

Bowl                   

Spoon

Method:

1. Pour the hot water in the bowl

2. Add 3 cups of sugar to the hot water

3. Stir until the sugar dissolves in the water

4. Wrap the string around the pencil and attach the paper clip to the end

5. Put the paperclip in the mixture.

By Eva

What do you predict will happen?

Created with Padlet

Egg White Experiment

Today we did some experiments to see what happened if we heated egg whites. We broke an egg white on an oven tray and predicted what would happen when we put it in the oven. We thought it might bubble, set, turn white, crystalise, pop, explode or flame up. Thankfully the last two didn't happen or else we might have burned the school down, but we did observe that it looked like cheese, turned from see through to white, went solid, milky and hardened up.
We also predicted what would happen if we beat the egg whites (and added sugar) and then heated them. We are excited to go back to school tomorrow to see what they are like and maybe eat them!

We have been making our own music using Garage Band

We have been working together to create music on Garage Band. We have been finding sounds around the school. We will be creating our own music for the upcoming music festival. 

Message for Melati and Isabel in Bali for PFP

Hi Melati & Isabel 

Thank you for your message. We shared this at our movie night to inspire people about our Plastic Free Peninsula project. 

We like how two young people can make a big difference!

We would like to continue to connect with you and share our journey and hear about yours too.

From Worser Bay School

 

 

Plastic Free Peninsula Pizza and Movie night.

A message from Miranda Struthers...

July is Plastic Free Month and the Worser Bay School community has launched a ‘Plastic Free Peninsula’ campaign. Students, staff and parents are raising awareness about the plastic problem in the Miramar Peninsula coastal environment and are taking action to address the problem and reduce consumption, both at school and at home.

To kick off the campaign a movie and pizza night was held for the school community, showing short films about plastic consumption, its impact on the natural environment and personal stories about how individuals can make a difference. Students and parents were inspired by the event, and motivated to get involved in the campaign. 

On Sunday 3^rd July, International Plastic Bag Free day, the school community held a beach clean-up around the Miramar Peninsula. Over 20 large sacks of rubbish were collected and some interesting items were uncovered including a welding mask, complete fishing rod, sailor’s washing machine and parts of an old washed up suitcase. The students then took the rubbish back to school to complete a waste audit of their findings. Hugo M  said "I'm surprised how much rubbish we found. I'm surprised we didn't see it at first till we looked closely, it was tangled in the bushes and wedged between the rocks". 

The Plastic Free Peninsula campaign will continue beyond July and the students are wishing to share the campaign with other schools, businesses and communities on the Peninsula. More activities are being planned in the months to come.

Raffle Prizes- thank you to Jacky for donating the water tank to the school

It's Plastic Free July Are you ready to take the challenge?

The PFP logo was revealed. Thank you to Hunter T who designed the crab and Catherine Hanham for putting this together. 

These are the movies that we showed at the movie night:

Here is a message for us from Melati and Isabel:

http://www.turtlebankhustler.com/

It's Plastic Free July! PFP do a beach clean up!

It's Plastic Free July! To kickstart this event the Plastic Free Peninsula Group did a beach clean up at Worser Bay Beach... 

    

Message from Sophie Williams...

83 of us collected heaps of rubbish today, about 10 sacks full! 

The weirdest things we found were:

A travel washing machine

A welding helmet

half an old wooden suitcase

A bra

A fishing rod covered in tube worms.

Melissa won the prize for most collected

Edward won for unusual small washing machine

Amanda won for unusual Welding mask

Kaia found the suitcase!

Edward and Vicky tidied around a penguin nest. Edward said: "From the sound of it, you could hear babies - squeaks. There was heaps of rubbish around the nesting box: polystyrene, snack packets and heaps of cups".

Great work! So satisfying.

Thank you to all of the families that participated- a real team effort. Such a great turn-out (and so much rubbish collected!), Plastic Free Peninsula is thinking of holding them quarterly.