To celebrate the start of our 'Space Explorers' topic, Year 5 became astronauts for the day. After learning about the International Space Station, we received and emergency distress call from NASA - the astronauts on the ISS needed our help! Supplies were running low and we needed to devise a way to deliver safely in time!
Using string, balloons, cardboard, lollipop sticks (and anything else Captain Downes and Captain Louise could find in the resources room), our challenge was to transport a 50g weight a distance of 3 meters without assistance AND without it touching the ground (or flying off into space!) This was going to take some thought...! Working in teams, we researched, planned and built our prototypes. It was amazing how different they all looked when it came to testing! Although none of the systems were 100% successful, we definitely had fun!
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As part of our 'Brainwave' topic, we have been learning all about our brains and how they work. We discovered that there are 5 main sections to our brains; the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the occipital lobe, the parietal lobe and the cerebellum. We were really interested in how our brains compared to other animals so we did some research. We discovered that the human brain weighs 1,300-1,400g which is bigger than a gorilla or chimpanzee and WAY bigger than a cat! However, dolphins have even BIGGER brains, weighing around 1,700g! They are also an unusual shape.
To show the difference between these brains and the position of each lobe, we made our own brains out of salt dough. We then painted each lobe a different colour. Can you work out which brain belongs to which animal? |
AuthorMy name is Rebecca Downes, I am the Year 5D teacher and author of this site. This is my second year teaching at Charter and my first year in Year 5! You can contact me via email at [email protected] ArchivesCategories |