To kickstart our Science topic, Year 3 took a journey throughout the school buildings and grounds to see where we could find different rocks and identify their uses. We talked thoroughly about the properties of rocks and discussed how the properties affected the use of the rocks. Continuing on using our knowledge of properties, we used a Carroll diagram to sort rocks based on their properties.
Year 3 have been building their own cars in D.T. Once built they were used to investigate the effects of friction. to do this the children rolled the cars down a series of different ramps which each had a different surface texture. Sponge, wood, sandpaper and carpet. Before beginning their investigation they made a series of predictions about which surfaces would create the most friction. Then the fun began ! Take a look at the pictures below:






Fabulous categorisation of rocks, Year 3
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