Watch this video to find out how wind and solar power are converted into electricity.

Kinetic and Potential Energy

Click on the picture to go to a song about kinetic and potential energy:

Murder Mystery de Charlie Pettitt

Here is a video where a boy explains why a ball always comes back down to earth and why it bounces.

Watch this video to understand more about energy:

Here is a video to help you understand the difference between potential and kinetic energy. Don't worry about the formulas - I'm not going to ask you about those in the exam!

Collaboratve Teamwork in Art

Here is a collage of the structures created by 5A in art yesterday. In teams they had to design and present their structure to the class. One was a zip line for bringing materials to class, two created robots, and there were other original ideas.

Here are pictures of those created by 5B.

Thank you to Caixabank for the material which is included in their Kit Caixa for teaching teamwork in schools.

Shoebox Ecosystems

Here are some of the ecosystems the 5th years created for their group project this term. They are currently on display in my classroom if you'd like to see them in more detail. Hope you like them! I love them!

As we're starting the unit about energy, here is a simple experiment you can do with a potato to create light and thermal energy. make sure you ask an adult to help you cut the hole in the potato!

Here are some examples of work students did in class about natural and human effects on ecosystems. Well done!