Welcome to the second edition of ‘Science at Oakway’.
Each month we will be setting you challenges, quizzes and
experiments that you can do at home. We will also be
celebrating brilliant science that is happening at Oakway.
Hope you enjoy! Mr Cooper
Try our true or false quiz. Write down your answers and give them to Mr Cooper for
analysis. There will be a prize for the first person to get all of the answers correct!
A massive thank you to our Young
Leaders who have helped to introduce,
train and run our lunchtime science club.
1.
A dry plastic comb
2.
An indoor water tap
3.
A head full of clean dry hair.
1.
The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest
ocean on Earth.
2.
The human body has four lungs.
3.
Herbivores eat meat.
4.
The human skeleton is made up of
less than 100 bones.
5.
Sharks are mammals .
Well done to Jacqueline (3A) who was
the first person to get all of the answers
correct on the last quiz!
1. Turn on the tap and slowly turn down the water until you have a VERY thin stream of
water flowing.
2. Take the plastic comb and brush it through your hair ten times.
3. Now slowly bring the comb close to the flowing water, (without actually touching the
water) If all goes well, the stream of water should bend towards the comb! Magic you ask?
Not really. This is due to something called static electricity. Try to find out what this is.
Safety: Be careful not to spill any water as this can become slippery and dangerous. Also
be careful of using warm water and always check permission before carrying out any of
our experiments.
1. Does water
temperature affect
how much the
water bends?