Kitchen Chemistry Science Inquiry

What happens if you mix two or more things together?

Today we mixed butter and brown sugar, next we put in some golden syrup and an egg yolk and mixed again.  We had a taste test while transferring the mixture to another bowl, Mmmmm. Then we put in some flour and mixed again. Last we put in some ginger and some mixed spice. Some children liked the small of the ginger and mixed spice and some did not. We mixed and mixed, then kneaded and kneaded - after a long time we had dough (Thanks to the expertise of Olivia our teacher aide and Miss Jackson our College Teacher). We put the dough in the fridge to cool down. Later we rolled the dough, cut out gingerbread and other shapes and put them in the oven. We could smell ginger as they were cooking. We couldn't wait till the next day to ice our gingerbread men so we took them home and ate them. Yum! Nice mixture!

Our Trip to Otago Museum

More Marvellous Mathematics

Wow, where has the time gone? I hope everyone had a good break over Easter. We are right back into the swing of things in Kindle 2. Can you guess what these children were doing at Maths time today?

Choosing Time

Do you notice anything about the creative children in these two photos - apart from the fact that it is nearly impossible to get everyone looking at the camera at the same time!?

Measurement

This week we have finished a unit on Weight (sometimes called Mass). We used our new scales and a variety of classroom equipment to explore the concepts of heavy, heavier, light and lighter. We put objects in order, according to their weight. We also used bags of 10 beads to weigh soft toys. We were surprised to find that some of them weighed as much as 200 beads.

Mrs Dakers can you take a photo of this please?

Look at some of the things we create when we have finished our other work. Pretty impressive! Of course I can take photos Kindle 2 - that way we have a record of our creations.

How Many Girls and Boys in Kindle 2?

In Maths we are studying Statistics. We are learning to ask questions, sort objects into groups then count to find the answer. We are learning to display the information we gather. We are learning to make statements about the information displayed on a graph. To find the answer to the question 'How many girls and boys in Kindle 2?' we lined up in a girls line and a boys line. We counted each line. This is what we found out: in Kindle 2 there are 6 girls and 8 boys. We displayed the information by taking a photo and making a graph.