Year 3/4 & 4 Science - Websites for Friction & Resistance

Lick on any site to link over...This will be updated through the term

From the Hamilton Trust Suggested Websites
Magnetics
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/magneticforces.htm

Friction and Forces
An overview: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/discovermore/forcesandmotion.htm
From class:  http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/friction.htm
An on-line forcemeter to try out at home!  http://www.racemath.info/forcesandpressure/ks2_force.htm


Cheers,
Mrs. T

Science - Year 3/4 & 4 Friction and Resistance Introduction

The sleighs are being built and you can feel the 'friction' building!  This term we are researching Friction and Resistance...so we'll either get stuck or find the way forward slow going.  Either way...looks to be fun and, of course, very hands on.

We explored the forces involved in magnets and have been introduced to a 'Forcemeter'
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Our vocabulary for the term is:
force    friction     air resistance         water resistance       forcemeter(why not metre Mrs. T wants to know?)
Newtons        gravity        surface area          mass        prediction     hypothesis        conclusion

Please make sure next week!  You will need to bring in a full change of clothes for our swimming lesson!  Yes...your swimming kit and another change of clothes besides your school uniform.  Why?  Hmm...that would spoil the fun and I want to 'resist' that!


Cheers,
Mrs. T

KS2 Astronaut Training Camp - Mission Set!

 Wow!  The team of astronauts came together last Thursday and researched the missions past for the space shuttle and international space station.  I was impressed at how quickly they worked together and decided, not only on what their own mission would be centred around, but which jobs each astronaut would step into.

As it stands, we have.
 3 mission specialists (Brazil, Canada, Japan) - each planning a space walk to study Black Holes.
1 mission specialist (Italy) - planning a space walk and continuing research into the Moon.
Mission Commander (Germany) - continuing research on 'Astronaut Technology'
Pilot (Finland)

Some of our astronaut team was ill and we will be catching up with them this week.  Each astronaut has been researching mission patches used by the Space Shuttle and are working on their own design that will reflect their combined mission.  We will post the design once it is complete.

Our family night and ISS charter has been postponed to December 10th to allow all astronauts time to prepare and ensure the patches are complete.

Cheers,
Mrs. T