Our little scientists were experimenting with the properties of materials last week and this week.
Ms Walsh passed around gloves, a cloth, cardboard, tinfoil, a plastic bag and a piece of kitchen roll. We discussed how they felt. Is it flexible/rigid, soft/hard, shiny/dull?
We discussed what the word waterproof means. If a material is waterproof, water cannot pass through it.
Through the use of a bar graph, each child collected data on how many children thought tissue, plastic, kitchen roll, cardboard, fabric and rubber were waterproof.
In pairs the girls tested the materials in a big basin of water.
They then recorded their results on a chart.
We discussed what material would be best to make a coat for our class puppet Bosco, to keep him dry in the rain. The girls designed beautiful coats and we decided on rubber!
We even sprinkled water on him to test out our raincoat creation. Thanks to our scientists he did not get wet!
