Science Fair
We had a science fair in our school hall as part of our Science Week. It was fantastic!We got to show everyone in the school our chromatography investigation and we saw all the experiments and investigations the other classes did.
Fourth class did an investigation on triangles and how it an excellent shape to help support structures. So we tested it out with cards!
5th class did an investigation on gravity and made parachutes with different materials to see which one would make the best parachute; the ones made of plastic made the best parachute
The girls in 5th class had a cool questionaire that could tell you which side of the brain you use most
Creeping Colours- Chromatography
As part of Science Week we did an investigation called chromatography, big word isn't it? It means the separation of chemicals.
Different inks and dyes are used to make the markers we use at school, so we decided to investigate these markers to see what inks are used to make black, brown, green and purple
Here's how we did it:
We put a dot of black, brown, green and purple markers on four different pieces of filter paper.
We put a very small amount of water into the bottom of a jug
We then gently lowered the filter paper into the water making sure we didn't let the dot of ink touch the water.
We waited and watched and began seeing the colours in the makers separate out. We couldn’t believe how many inks are used to make such dark colours!!
Dublin Zoo comes to Scoil Mhuire
Jim from Dublin Zoo paid a visit to us in Scoil Mhuire to tell us all about the animals at Dublin Zoo. He told us so many interesting things about the animals and we got to see some of their skins and even an elephants foot!! We also saw some fossils and a tortoise.
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