Term 2 Week 4 - Friday 8th May

Science Fun Day (push and pull)

             

Today’s song	You tube: Watch and enjoy...One Day a Taniwha-Poppet stars
This week’s challenges:	Post any lego challenges you have completed or photos of you playing a board game with your family.
Mother’s Day Story	Listen to a Mother’s Day story. Click on this link
PE/Health/Well-being-Daily	Post your TALENTS on Seesaw. Look out on our class blog, we will share Patiki talents so you can see your talented class mates.
Science Fun Day	A force is a Push or a Pull. Listen on Youtube to: Forces can Push or Pull/Science is a Snap/Jack Hartman Now we’re going to try some experiments using force. You may need an adult to help. Below are experiments that show push and pull using things around your house. Have fun! HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED: ·   Cotton ball ·   Ping pong ball ·   Tennis ball ·   Large ball-soccer, basketball, or volleyball ·   Spoon-the kind you eat your cereal with ·   Drinking straw ·   Pencil ·   Flat surface ·   Masking tape (optional) ·   Open area ·   Small hill outside OR make a small incline with board and some books or bricks ·   Pen and paper HERE IS WHAT YOU DO: Before you start each experiment you must think, what might happen and tell an adult. ·   Place one object at a time on the flat surface , blow on it until it begins to move ·   When it stops, mark the stopping point with a piece of tape (optional) ·   Repeat this process until you have moved all 7 items ·   Standing in an open area, throw each of the objects one at a time with the same amount of force ·   Mark the spot at which each one drops with a piece of tape (optional) ·   Standing at the top of the hill or sitting at the top of the incline you built, place each ball—one at a time—at the top of the incline and let it go ·   Count how long it takes for each one to get to the bottom or to stop WHAT HAPPENED: Which items rolled the farthest when you blew them? Which items went the farthest when you threw them? Which ball rolled the farthest? Which ball rolled the fastest? Let’s explore a pull force now. Walk around your house. When do you have to use a pull force? Newton’s Law of Motion tells us how and why things move. There are 3 laws but we have only experimented with the first two. An object won’t move until a push or pull (force) starts it moving. The speed that the object moves depends on how hard the push or pull (force) was and how heavy the object is. Go to Seesaw for your Push and Pull Activity to complete.
Maths-Daily	How many symmetrical letters are in our name? Look out for the Seesaw link and follow along.