Good evening!
We had a wonderful Friday in 5N. We started off our day with a review of yesterday’s Science experiments. Students used the ActiveInspire to answer some fun review questions on the Promethean Board. We reviewed natural vs. human-made electricity, our safety rules, friction, lightning storms, the parts of a battery, etc. Students did a wonderful job and I saw a lot of teamwork today. Check out one of our completed tasks below. Yesterday we completed an experiment in which we attached a coated wire to a D battery. What we discovered was that when the wire was connected to both the positive and negative terminals, the wire started to heat up. This is because of friction. Electricity is the flow of electrons. While the electrons are moving, they rub against one another and the sides of the wire, etc. This causes friction. We know this because the wire begins to heat up. Think of rubbing your hands together on a cold day! This helped to prove that a battery can produce electricity. The electrons were moving from the negative terminal towards the positive terminal. Today we discussed resistance. The problem with our experiment yesterday is that we did not have any form of resistance. The wire would have continued to heat up until it became dangerous or the battery was drained. Today we completed the same experiment, only this time we used steel wool to help complete the circuit. Steel wool is a conductor of electricity, so the electrons do start to flow; however, steel wool is not able to withstand the friction caused by the flow of electricity when attached to a 9V battery. This causes the steel wool to heat up, spark, and causes a small electrical fire. While it was fun burning the steel wool, this was also a great experiment to demonstrate the importance of using caution and care when dealing with electricity and electrical devices.
In Art today we continued to work on our landscapes. Students were able to examine some of the landscapes on display in our atrium last week. Now we are working at creating our own. This is a multimedia project. Our first medium is collage. We are using scrap construction paper to construct a simple reconstruction of our chosen landscapes. We will be using other mediums (eg. paint, pastels) to add some details into our landscapes. This project is not meant to render realistic landscapes. Students are instead focused on being expressive, and using creative colour choices, textures, etc. They are starting to come along nicely. Just look at some of the student work below!
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Pump it Up Forms – due Monday!
French: Numbers 1-100 Quiz (Wednesday)
Ski Day – February 6th
Family Literacy Night – Monday @ 6:30 pm
WiM Poems – January 29th
Book Orders – January 29th
Snack Shack – Wednesdays @ 9:40 am ($1-$5)
