This year’s Science Week theme is Water: From Molecule to Ocean, and Ms Bannerton’s class had so much fun experimenting this week!
We started the week by learning all about buoyancy and why some things float while others sink. We tested different objects in water to see what would happen before taking on our big challenge: building our own boats! Everyone put so much thought and effort into their designs, using what they learned about buoyancy and density to make their boats as strong as possible. We had great fun testing them out to see whose boat could hold the most cubes before sinking!
We also tuned in to the first Meet the Scientist webinar, “How do scientists study space without leaving Earth?”, with an Astronomy Professor from UCD. It was amazing to find out how satellites are built and how scientists use them to study planets, stars, and galaxies without ever leaving the ground.
It was a busy and exciting week of science!
