Science in a van

Today we had a special start to the day! We went to the school hall to watch a really cool science experiment. This term our major topic is science, so this was a great start to our work.

We wrote about what we saw and learnt in the hall. Read below for some fantastic writing!

Science in a van
Crack! Crash! Boom! Bash! Alan told us about vibrations. If you get a whip and swing it as fast as 2500 kms it will make a crack noise. I covered my ears because it sounded as loud as a trumpet and glass breaking. It was really LOUD! I loved it.
Bede

Crack, crack, crash boom! What was that? Clack! What was it? Alan held a rope in his hand. Ahhh! Ahhh! It was noisy, ahhh! It had two colours. Aaaaaaah! Crash!
Grace C

We went to the science in a van. Boom, Crash! The whip was so loud. It sounded like a great big loud roar. The twirly whirly was irritating. It looked like a distraction to me. We all looked in the middle. When we stopped looking in the middle everything we saw was different, things were different. But it is so much fun when you are learning new things that you didn't know before.
Ariana

Crack, crash, snap went the whip. It went so fast that it made a big snap! The whips owner was Alan. The other one was Emily.
Matthew

Swirl, swirl, swirl. Today I went to the hall for science in a van. Emily showed us the swirly whirly. When Emily took it away our eyes went funny. Alan showed as the whip. It went whack, whack, whack! And then we left the hall.
Tyler 

What's happening in AS Class 17/05/13

Mrs Saunders was very excited to be back at school today as she missed AS Class very much! We had a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day looking at photos and learning lots of cool stuff about America and Canada where Mrs Saunders visited.

We made USA flags and made our own Canadian totem poles. Mrs Saunders had a special treat for us too - we got to eat maple syrup cookies made from REAL maple syrup from Canada. They were soooooo yummy that we wanted the recipe for ourselves. Please see below for the recipe that you can follow at home! Have a lovely weekend everybody! See you all on Monday. :-)

Canadian Maple Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1 cup real maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup granulated sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar. Add the egg, syrup and vanilla. Mix until well blended. Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda. Stir into mixture until well blended. Shape into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheets about 2 inches apart and flatten slightly.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool on wire rack.