Science Autumn Term.

In the Autumn term we have looked at two topics, Under the Sea and Celebrations! 

Under the Sea

In this topic, we explored a range of fun activities and hands on experiments to understand lots of information about our oceans and seas. 

This linked in with our literacy topic at the start of the term which was the Rainbow Fish. They enjoyed relating what they had learnt in science to their writing in literacy. 

Our first lessons explored under the sea habitats, where the children showed that they already had lots of amazing knowledge about different areas of the oceans. We then thought about where we think certain animals might live in the different habitats and why. Reception discussed some brilliant reasonings for why animals lived in specific places and enjoyed learning about the ocean floor, the coral reef and the shoreline. 

Reception began to look at different sea animals and worked super hard at understanding the different parts of different fish, they were able to successfully label the parts of the fish using scientific wording such as gills and fins. Using their enquiry questioning they asked some brilliant questions about how do fish breath underwater and found out the answers to their questions during our lessons. 

We also conducted an official science experiment, where they had to use a chart to predict whether different items would float or sink. After making some predictations they were able to explain exactly why they thought this, and then see whether they were right as they dropped different items into our water tray assessing whether they did float or they sunk. 

Finally, the children spent some time exploring different jobs people can have when working with the ocean and the seas. For example: they learnt all about a deep sea ecologist. What there role is and what they do. They had lots of fun talking about the job and whether they would want to do it themselves.