Crazy Science Week

Last week was Science week. Room 27 went to the science lab to have fun by trying practical science experiments. We really enjoyed not having to write any thing and just doing the activities.
Sosaia learnt that if you don't close the lid on the jar of rice when shaking it, it goes everywhere!
But seriously, there were lots of cool experiments like the one that you had a piece of card and on one side was a fish and the other side was a bowl. When you spun it, it looked like the fish was swimming in the bowl!
We learnt that the illusion was caused because the brain can't keep up with the speed so it puts it all together creating the illusion that we saw.

Another experiment that was interesting was when you put one hand into a hot bowl of water and at the same time the other one in a cold bowl of water for 30 seconds. Then you had to take them both out and put them both into the tepid or warm water together. Guess what?  The interesting thing was that the hand that was originally in the cold water felt warmer than the hand that was in the hot! This is also a trick of the brain!
Thanks Mr Marsh and Mrs Jensen for letting us use the science lab for these fun science experiments and we learnt a lot too!
Posted by Kowhai Reading Group - Sosaia, Briahnne, Abbey, Olivia, Tama, Jessica and Kennedy.