The Science Times
ISSUE 3
NEWTON’S FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER
EST. 2017
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
It Does Matter Which States of
Matter it is!
Students in middle primary looked at honey, candle wax,
and chocolate and discussed ways in which they could
change the various states of matter. Students the worked in
groups and attempted to crush, heat and melt these various
substances. The lesson concluded with Miss Harken
putting the various substances in the freezer to further
examine next week. Stay tuned!
CHEMICAL CHANGE OR
PHYSICAL CHANGE?
This week at Newton Primary School students continued to
examine different states of matter (solids, liquids and
gases). Miss Harken discussed the ways in which it was
possible to change different states. Students learnt the
difference between a chemical change and physical change.
The lower primary classes discovered that last week’s
melting iceypole was a physical change, as it could be
changed back. This week they looked at cooked spaghetti
and discovered it was chemically changed, as it could not
be changed back. In groups the students examined the
different observable properties and created spaghetti
collages.
“Why yes, the world does
revolve around me” – The Sun
A nervous Miss Harken took advantage of the extremely hot
weather last week and took the upper primary classes outside to
play with the suns heat. Students were given a magnifying glass
and a piece of chocolate and instructed to melt and burn it. The
melting was identified as a physical change and the burning was
identified as a chemical change.