SCIENCE & DESERTS

In recent weeks, the students of Room 22 have commenced a unit of work focusing on Physical Sciences. Over the next few lessons students will be delving into the concept of forces, focusing in particular on push, pull, gravity, friction, and forces that act through indirect contact such as wind. This unit builds on knowledge gained in previous years, and lets students explore forces in fun ways through hands on activities and games. Last week, the class had a great time playing with push and pull forces in games of marbles, dominoes and blow soccer, while this week students explored the friction produced by contact between surfaces.  Investigations involved dragging a shoe across lino flooring and carpet, picking up jelly with chopsticks, and exploring the friction produced between the pages of a book.  

Students have also started studying deserts in History and Geography. We have so far explored the major deserts of Australia, and the amazing skills that Aboriginal people used to enable them to live in the deserts for tens of thousands of years. Students began work on their poster project, which involves working with their team members to carry out research on a desert animal species, and will culminate in a poster they will present to the class. It’s great to see the children so excited to learn about desert animals, and the incredible adaptations they possess for the desert environment. Mr Petch and I cannot wait to see the final presentations.       

- Ms Ellison