ABC Key for the Olympics
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Basketball
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Excellence
Football
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High Jump
I
Judo
Kayaking
Long Jump
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Olive leaves
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Q
Running
Shooting
Trampolining
U
V
W
X
y
Z
Sunday, July 31, 2016
SCIENCE FUN
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| We had fun with static electricity. Look what happened to Marc's hair when we rubbed the ballon on his head. |
Look what happened when we rubbed the balloon on our hair and then put it near salt or tissue paper!
I wonder what would happen if you put the balloon near running water from a tap?
I wonder what would happen if you put the balloon near pepper or baking powder?
I wonder what else you can rub the balloon against to make static electricity?
I wonder what would happen if we put an aluminium tin near the balloon?
I wonder what would happen if we put two balloon near each other (after rubbing them on our hair)?
What's happening?
Rubbing the balloons against the woollen fabric or your hair creates static electricity. This involves negatively charged particles (electrons) jumping to positively charged objects. When you rub the balloons against your hair or the fabric they become negatively charged, they have taken some of the electrons from the hair/fabric and left them positively charged.
They say opposites attract and that is certainly the case in these experiments, your positively charged hair is attracted to the negatively charged balloon and starts to rise up to meet it. This is similar to the aluminium can which is drawn to the negatively charged balloon as the area near it becomes positively charged, once again opposites attract.
In the first experiment both the balloons were negatively charged after rubbing them against the woolen fabric, because of this they were unattracted to each other.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Happy Holidays
Hi Room 8!
How is everyone's holidays going?
I have been very busy travelling around visiting my friends and family. I have also been planning some interesting lessons for you to do with the RIO olympics! This term our focus will be on SUCCESS! What does success mean? How can we be successful? When was a time you were successful? Have a talk to your family about this.
I am also really excited to learn about how SCIENTISTS help athletes. Did you know that science plays a massive role in sport? Scientists help develop footwear and clothing for athletes, they work out what the athletes should eat and drink so they have enough energy, they work out how they athletes should train and how they should position their bodies, they help fix injuries, they develop machines to help athletes train and they develop equipment to help the athletes win. Did you know that when you grow up this is a job that you could have if you want it? Pretty cool, eh?
How is everyone's holidays going?
I have been very busy travelling around visiting my friends and family. I have also been planning some interesting lessons for you to do with the RIO olympics! This term our focus will be on SUCCESS! What does success mean? How can we be successful? When was a time you were successful? Have a talk to your family about this.
I am also really excited to learn about how SCIENTISTS help athletes. Did you know that science plays a massive role in sport? Scientists help develop footwear and clothing for athletes, they work out what the athletes should eat and drink so they have enough energy, they work out how they athletes should train and how they should position their bodies, they help fix injuries, they develop machines to help athletes train and they develop equipment to help the athletes win. Did you know that when you grow up this is a job that you could have if you want it? Pretty cool, eh?
Sunday, July 3, 2016
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