National Science Week

Next week is National Science Week and the Junior College students and staff will be celebrating in a variety of ways. The national theme this year is Drones, DRUIDS and Robots and the junior classes have collaborated to provide many fun and engaging tasks for students.

The week will commence on Tuesday 16^th August with a movie day watching the fabulous animated movie Wall-E. With it’s strong messages of sustainability, accountability and friendship all delivered by an adorable robot, called Wall-E, it is the perfect way to kick-start Science Week. The movie will run in the gym during lunchtime and all students are welcome. We are offering a movie snack pack for $2, which will include a popper, a packet of popcorn and a lollypop. Classroom teachers will collect the money for this and tickets will be given to students on the day, which can be redeemed for their snacks. Students can bring in a rug to lie on and a pillow if they’d like.

During the week, all the year levels will be exploring design, make, appraise tasks that reflect their content areas, as follows:

• Year 2 students will be constructing insects;
• Year 1 students will be constructing musical instruments;
• Prep and Year 3 students will be navigating maps, using direction;
• Year 5 students will be designing light alternatives; and
• Year 4 students will be designing an app for a device.

A number of Year 7 students will be visiting the Year 1, Year 3 and Year 5 classes throughout the week, sharing their coding and robotic skills, under the guidance of Mrs Janine Stone and Mr Andrew Block. Prep students will be dressing up as Scientists on Thursday, so look out for safety wear and crazy wigs.

There will also be two quiz days. On Wednesday 17^th August, the Year 3-5 students will form teams and compete in a KAHOOTZ quiz about modern and past scientists and inventions with the occasional movie robot trivia thrown in. They will use devices to respond to questions. The Prep to Year 2 classes will have their quiz day on Thursday 18^th August. Students will also be placed in teams and their questions will be based on simple science concepts and observations in our environment.

Please support Science Week by engaging your child in conversation regarding their in-class investigations and/or ask the classroom teacher if they need support in the room for their activities. Thank you in advance on behalf of all the teachers and staff and be prepared to be amazed by the design and imagination our young learners will engage in. To view more about what we have in store, visit: http://prezi.com/snz_2qi5wrsg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share.

Mrs Lu Pollard, Science Week Coordinator