Today in our science lesson, Year 2 carried out an exciting experiment, discovering how paper flowers would change in water.
First of all, we looked at a paper flower just like this one:
First of all, we looked at a paper flower just like this one:
Year 2 started off by making some fabulous predictions about what would happen if we folded the petals into the center and placed our flower in a shallow dish of water. As a class, we had some amazing predictions including:
"I think the flower will float"
"I think the flower will get soggy and rip"
"I think the flower will suck up the water like a sponge"
As a class, Year 2 watched the paper slowly open up in the water, like a blossoming flower.
"I think the flower will float"
"I think the flower will get soggy and rip"
"I think the flower will suck up the water like a sponge"
As a class, Year 2 watched the paper slowly open up in the water, like a blossoming flower.
From these, Year 2 had lots of great questions about the experiment. We had some fantastic ideas about changing the water, the container and even the shape of the flower. So we had a go at the experiment for ourselves to observe the changes to the paper flower.
We discussed our observations from the first experiment and we had lots of super ideas about how we could change the variables to learn more about floating, absorption and materials. Year 2 has a very exciting time experimenting with the paper flowers in trays.
Here are some of the ideas the children in Year 2 had:
"We can change the water for something else like squash or milk"
"We can change the shape of the flower!"
We then made some predictions:
"I think the paper flower will open quicker in squash because it is full of sugar"
"I think that if the flower has bigger petals, it will open slower"
We made lots of changes in groups and observed the paper flowers carefully.
One group decided to put the flower into milk...
Here are some of the ideas the children in Year 2 had:
"We can change the water for something else like squash or milk"
"We can change the shape of the flower!"
We then made some predictions:
"I think the paper flower will open quicker in squash because it is full of sugar"
"I think that if the flower has bigger petals, it will open slower"
We made lots of changes in groups and observed the paper flowers carefully.
One group decided to put the flower into milk...
Some children thought about placing their flower into squash to see what effect that would have.
Some children decided to colour their flower in, before to see if this would change how the flower opened in the water. We made sure to only change one variable.
After observing the flowers, we made conclusions based on what we could see. Then Year 2 compared their predictions to their observations and conclusions.