Energy and Forces

Senior Infants-Towers of the World

Senior Infants have been learning all about France in SESE. They learned about the Eiffel Tower and created their own Eiffel Towers in Art. They looked at different towers around the world and created different towers in Aistear.

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Spooky Ghosts

For Halloween, 1st Class investigated Static Electricity. They cut out ghost shapes from paper towels. Balloons were blown up and knotted. Each pair got a balloon between them. One child rapidly rubbed the balloon on the other child's hair for a number of seconds. The balloon was held a few inches above the ghosts and this caused the ghosts to rise. See the video below for a demonstration. 

Floating and Sinking investigation

4th Class investigated the floating and sinking properties of different objects in water. They estimated whether they thought an object would sink or float and recorded their estimations before testing them. We also compared floating and sinking in fresh and salty water but this wasn't as successful as we think we added too much salt to the water. We know now for the next time we try this experiment.