FINAL PROJECTS

Hello! El curso ya está llegando a su fin, así que los alumnos y alumnas de sexto curso han realizado sus Proyectos finales sobre sus temas favoritos que han estudiado a lo largo de este año en la asignatura de Natural Science. Esta vez han tenido unos evaluadores muy especiales: los alumnos y alumnas de quinto curso. Este tipo de evaluación es muy positiva, pues involucramos a los propios alumnos y alumnas en su evaluación. Cumplimos así un doble objetivo, por una parte los alumnos mayores enseñan a los pequeños y los menores a su vez se sienten importantes y más responsables al desempeñar una función tan importante como es la de evaluar.

Comienzan las exposiciones

BRAIN

LIVING THINGS

Have you paid attention??

Este grupo ha elaborado un juego con preguntas de comprensión al final de su exposición y se han llevado un punto extra!

ENERGY

MATTER

Los alumnos y alumnas de quinto evalúan en una rúbrica muy sencilla tres aspectos muy importantes en cada exposición : Presentación, Contenido e imágenes.

Todos lo han hecho estupendamente y han obtenido una muy buena nota.

Congratulations and Happy Holidays!

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Qué mejor manera de terminar el tema de La Electricidad que poniendo en práctica lo aprendido con estos experimentos. 

Electrical circuit

Electromagnet 

Magnetic field

Thank you for visiting this blog!!

ELECTRICITY

Hello! In this Unit we are going to learn about Electricity. Electricity is all around us and is the presence and flow of electric charge.



ELECTRICAL CHARGES

Electricity begins with the atom, this is the smallest particle in matter.

Atoms are made up of protons and neutrons inside a nucleus and electrons moving around .











Sometimes, electrons move from one object to another and this makes the object electrically charged.

Now is your turn!
Try this experiment: pick up a pen and rub it against your shirt. What happens?

Both objects were electrically neutral and after the experiment the pen is positively charged and your shirt is negatively charged.


FORCES BETWEEN ELECTRICAL CHARGES


Depending on their charges, electrically charged objects attract or repel each other.

Let´s check this out with an experiment!

Pick up a balloon and rub it against your hair. What happens? Do they attract? Do they repel?


CURRENT ELECTRICITY


The movements of electrons from one object to another creates eletrical current. This electrical current can be transported and produced in a closed electrical circuit.








Is important to know that Electricity can be made from renewable or non- renewable energy sources.
You have studied these in previous units.

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Solar energy
Water energy
Biomass
Wind energy
Geothermal energy


NON- RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY

Fossil fuels
Uranium





Two students from 6th grade, Nadia and Karina,  made a summary about Wind energy.

Wind power

 

What is it used for?: To produce electricity with wind energy.

Type of renewable energy: Wind Power.

How many people around the world use it every day?: Spain is the fifth country in which more wind energy is used (approximately more than twenty thousand people).

Which country uses it the most?: India.

How do we get it?: Wind energy is the energy from wind , ie the kinetic energy generated by the effect of air currents , and is transmuted into other useful forms of energy for human activities.

What are its advantages and disadvantages?: The advantages are that we get electrical energy without polluting and energy from the wind , and the disadvantages are that destroy the environment, noise pollution.                                                  

 

These are some links to funny games where you can practice what you have learnt. Enjoy!!

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/renewable/

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/electricity_fs.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/changing_circuits_fs.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors_fs.shtml

BUOYANCY

Hello!

Este mes los alumnos y alumnas de quinto están estudiando la Materia. Para comprender mejor la flotabilidad de un cuerpo,han elaborado unos barcos con plastilina para comprobar si flotaban en el agua. Let 's sail!

Making our funny boats

Our boats float!!

Hope you have enjoyed it!

MATTER

L@s alumn@s de sexto han puesto en práctica todo lo que han aprendido sobre la materia y las mezclas con estos divertidos experimentos.

SEPARATING MIXTURES

CALCULATING THE DENSITY OF AN OBJECT

" Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn"

                                Benjamin Franklin