Last week, we tested whether our boats floated or sank. All of them floated for at least one minute with no ‘passengers’ (marbles) in them. We then put marbles in the boats to see how many ‘passengers’ they could hold. All boats held between 24 and 97 marbles before they sank, well done!
We now need to think about why they floated and then why they sank, using the knowledge we have learnt so far. What do you think?
WALT: use an online design program to create a poster on why your boat floated.
TIB: good communicators use a range of programs to communicate their message.
WILF:
access the Canva website
‘Log in’ using your email address and password (email = firstname.lastname@education.nsw.gov.au)
Select ‘Create a design’ and then the ‘Poster’ option
Create a poster to explain why your boat floated when it had no marbles in it. Remember to use the scientific concepts we have learnt about this term.
When your poster is finished, select ‘Download’ in the top right corner of the screen and then select ‘PDF: standard’
Your poster will download. Open it and then save it in our folder in the Collaboration drive.
‘Sign out’ by clicking the face on the top right of the screen
Today you are going to learn how to use a new webtool.
Canva is an online graphic design website where you can design documents including posters, advertisements, invitations … the possibilities are endless!
WALT: access and use an online design program.
TIB: good communicators can use a range of programs to communicate their message.
WILF:
Access the Canva website
Click “Sign up with Email”
Type your details as follows:
For the question “What would you like to use Canva for?” answer “Education”
Watch the tutorial on how you can use Canva
Start exploring Canva by selecting from the options on the left-hand side
Discuss with your EEKK partner what you could use Canva for
“Sign out” by clicking the face on the top right of the screen
Last week, we tested whether these objects floated or sank when put in water. Today, you will be looking at your results and thinking about why objects either sink or float.
WALT: analyse collected data and suggest explanations (reasons) for your results.
TIB: it is important to explain and justify our thoughts so others can consider our ideas as important and relevant.
WILF:
create a new popplet
include a title – Did it float or sink? Include your name under the title.
answer the 6 questions using a new popple for each. For example: 1 = 5 of my predictions were correct.
save your popplet using the snipping tool
‘save as’ to the collaboration drive
Questions:
How many of your predictions were correct?
Did your predictions get better or stay the same?
Did anything surprise you?
Look at the objects that sank. Describe them. Do they have anything in common with one another?
Look at the objects that floated. Describe them. Do they have anything in common with one another?
Based on your results, why do you think some things float and some sink?
TIB: good readers know a variety of comprehension strategies to help them understand a text.
WILF:
create a new Popplet
include the title of the book
organise your predictions as a ‘predict-o-gram’ (words you think will appear in the text, characters, setting, problem, resolution, other) using different Popplet features
