Last week after we came back from recess our room looked like this: Burnt and melted chocolate, melting ice creams and milk, vinegar, fizzing, bubbling water… what had happened to all these materials? It was time for the students of 5/6J to become Change Detectives! We had to investigate and discuss what had happened in…
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This semester we have been learning about Kinetic Art, which is essentially, art that moves. Any force can make an artwork move; wind, water, or a push or pull from a human being. We created these Insoluble Paintings, by using oil and water based paint. Here is the video that inspired us: And here are…
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After a busy and fun final week of term, 5/6J are on holidays for 2 weeks. I wonder what the boys are up to? Making clouds in a bottle? Turning corn flour and water into non-newtonian liquid? Making popcorn? Watching the Mighty Ducks? Oh we have already done all those things in class! Alright for…
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Last Thursday there was a lot of screaming in 5/6J. And Miss B thought it was completely ok. See, we were trying to login to the Murder Under the Microscope website at 1200 hours to make our accusation, and THE SCREEN FROZE. Luckily we were in the computer lab, so there was a lot of…
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As our investigation draws to a close (Accusations made this Thursday!) 5/6J are frantically trying to solve the case and work out the villain in this crime; Shockwave on the Shoreline! This challenge has involved a lot of online researching, many many many discussions, closely watching for clues and then some amazing moments when we…
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