Tuesday, May 31, 2022

The raisins in soda water experiment.

 The raisins are going to pop the lid off because they are breathing. 

By Henry.


The bubbles pop the lid off, when you shake it. When you wriggle it, it explodes and pops.

By Susifina.


I am so confused why the lid is popping off. The bubbles were popping the lid off more yesterday  because there were more bubbles. There are not many bubbles today.

By David.


There are bubbles on the raisins.

By Ethan.




The raisins are sinking down. Before, some were floating up and now they sink. Shaking makes them float. Maybe bubbles make them float. 

By Selby.


The raisins are going up and down. The lid is going to pop when you shake it.

By Matthew.


The bubbles were going fast when I shake it, like a tornado.

By Lorenzo.


The raisins have a trampoline. Maybe the water is making a trampoline like the bubbles. The bubbles make the tramp hard to breathe so they jump to the sky.

By Rumeysa.


The lid popped off when it got shaken because of the fizz. The raisins went up and down.

By Asena.


When it is shaken, I see the lid pop off the jar. I shake it and see dots. I can’t see them when they are white.

By Emily-Rose.


I can see water and the raisins are swimming and having fun, jumping.

By Maria.


The raisins were going up and down. They blow bubbles up and that makes them breathe.

By Forest.


The bubbles go pop, pop, pop, like acorns.

By Azaan.

I can see bubbles and the top goes up.

By Aroosh.


At school I saw water and raisins in a jar. The lid was always popping out because they were very fizzy and the water went straight up.

By Margot.


There were bubbles on the raisins. They made them scrunch up like fire does.

By Fergus.


We had clear jars and put soda water, then raisins in.

We thought and acted like scientists. We noticed what happened and collected evidence. When we finished we put lids on the jars and collected more evidence to help us explain what was happening.

Here are Rm 3's observations and explanations:

(This is a good experiment to repeat at home - Jars, soda water and raisins.)

I saw bubbles bubbling.

By Zakkaiah.


The bubbles were popping all the way out of the raisins.

By Ally.


I see bubbles floating up and down on the raisins.

By Ihaia.






Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Pūtaiao

 This week we have been wondering about whether plants breathe.



We had a class discussion, then wrote these initial thoughts:

Do plants breathe?

I think plants breathe.

By David.

It’s breathing.

By Ihaia.

Plants breathe through their petals.

By Selby.

The plants are breathing. The plants are dead.

By Asena.

The plants are breathing.

By Azaan.

My plants are breathing.

By Lorenzo.

Plants breathe when it’s windy.

By Margot.

Plants are so hard.

By Aroosh.

Plants are wiggly.

By Maria.

Caterpillars and rain help plants breathe.

By Emily-Rose.

Lavender can breathe.

By Forest.

I think plants breathe in the rain.

By Matthew.

Yes, plants breathe.

By Bayan.

Plants breathe when it’s windy.

By Henry.


We also looked at some photos of plants under the microscope to add to our evidence. When we collect  evidence, we are thinking and acting like scientists. We ask questions like 'how do we know?'


We will continue to collect more evidence and investigate further.




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