Wednesday 30 November 2016

November 30, 2016

Hello parents,

Today we had our Science Centre trip! We had an excellent time learning about Rocks and Minerals in our morning workshop. After lunch we explored the Science Centre and all of its exhibits, including a new one on Weather. 

Please ask your child the following questions:

1) What mineral is in baby powder? (Talc)
2) How do you test a minerals "hardness?" (fingernail, penny, nail)
3) What is the name of a fossil they saw today? (Trilobyte)
4) What characteristics does a meteor have? (dimples, magnetic, heavy, black)
5) What is a scratch test? (a test to see what kind of mineral it is)

Homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Poem of the Week (test tomorrow)
Pyjama day tomorrow!!

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