Category: Primary 7 Blog

To get ready for the school Pallet Challenge we researched what plants would grow in Scotland at this time of year in a shady spot. Then after germinating the seeds in the classroom, we got them planted out in our pallet.

Hopefully our crops will be ready in time for the competition.

On Thursday Generation Science came to do a workshop with us called ‘Good Vibrations’. This was really fun and packed with experiments and learning about sound that involved everybody. We had already done some learning around this topic, so it was a great opportunity to refresh and apply our knowledge in a different context.

Please find the termly overview below:

Termly Overview P7 Term 3

James Clerk Maxwell is a physicist who is associated with electromagnetism. We used our critical thinking and research skills to try and work out how an electromagnet works: a magnetic field is produced by passing electric current through copper wire wrapped around a piece of iron. This magnetic field can be turned on and off and can vary in strength. Then to understand the importance of this discovery, we made a list of all the things that use them:

Having decided that we would like to make our own electromagnets, we made a list of things we would need and drew diagrams to show how we would do it:

We have most of the materials that we need in school, so when we have built and tested them we will update this blog.

Today we discussed some ideas and questions inspired by David Hume’s philosophy:

What can you know?

How can you know it?

All knowledge comes from experience.

Feelings are more important than reason.

Here are some of the notes that we made during our discussions:

Please excuse our spelling (we were much more concerned with the ideas), and do let us know what you think in the comments.