National Geographic For Kids

Explore this AMAZING site over half term and learn all about VAMPIRE BATS and SNAIL ZOMBIES!
CLICK HERE to go onto NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC for KIDS HOME PAGE

Space Shuttle Discovery carries science teachers to the International Space Station

The Moon and Venus!

On Friday 27th January 2009 Venus was closest to Earth which made it a very bright object in the sky. This coincided with a new crescent moon as well! The picture is truly awesome! Let me know if you managed to see it.

Snow!

Bald Worm Needs Your Vote!

Well done for getting shortlisted for the Edublogs awards. All of us at the Falcons and Alpha Plus are right there with you, voting and hoping that the best worm wins.

You can VOTE by clicking here.
Find Baldworm in the list, tick in front of it and click on the YELLOW Vote button.
Three clicks and Bald Worm will be your friend forever!

Mrs Mannan

The Story of Chocolate ( yummy!)

Year 5 and 6 are studying changes of state at the moment. They have made their own chocolates by melting and solidifying chocolate in paper moulds.

Do you like chocolate? ( silly question)

Have you ever wondered where it comes from and why does it taste so good?

Visit this FANTASTIC interactive site to find out all about the wonderful world of chocolate.

. CLICK HERE to visit the site. (CLUE: click twice to make anything happen!)

Aeroplanes and the Earth

Find out more about what an aeroplane leaves behind by going onto this excellent animation from the Science Museum in London.
Click here
At some point in or lives we will get on an aeroplane to fly to a place which is too far to drive/take a train to. Some of you might even have flown during these holidays. Sometimes when an aeroplane passes above us in the sky, we can see a trail of cloud behind the plane. This trail lingers behind even after the aeroplane has gone. Have you ever wondered what causes that trail? How does it effect the Earth’s atmosphere?

Year 5 have just been learning about some gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxisde which are released into the air from cars and planes as they burn petrol and kerosene for fuel.

Endangered Animals Game

At the Falcons School for Girls, we care about our Earth and the other creatures that we share the planet with. Play this game to find out more. Click here. “

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to all the fun loving, inquisitive and super bright scientists out there! I hope that you had a completely stress free and stimulating holiday.

Lets get back into it straight away with a great video from Year 4’s Autumn Topic : Our Skeleton

Origami Boat Challenge

Year 4 made excellent model boats to show that a good boat needs to be WATER TIGHT, FLOAT, STAY UPRIGHT, and BE STREAMLINED.
I have a challenge for you all: To follow the instructions in this video to make a paper boat. Bring it into school if you manage to do it!