Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
What fabric burns the fastest?
Today we did an experiment looking at how quickly different fabrics burn. The experiment is relevant to our lives in terms of the safest fabrics to wear in relation to fire resistance. Last week we had looked at fabrics and how easy or hard they are to tear or rip and explored some of the properties of various fabrics.
We discovered today that fabric that had polyster or nylon often took the longest to burn but melted slowly and gave off toxic smelling black smoke and this would not be an ideal fabric to be wearing in the event of a fire. Silk was very hard to ignite and melted around the edges and quickly went out. Cotton burnt quickly but didn't melt. Flannelette burnt extremely quickly and we discussed that this fabric is often what children's pyjamas are made of. Acetate often used in lining of jackets and dresses burnt quickly and melted. We timed how long each piece of fabric took to burn and these results will be analysed in conjunction with our observations.
We had made a hypothesis before doing the experiment stating that "the finer the fabric the quicker it will burn"
Tomorrow we will write up the procedure, observations, results, graphs and conclusion as practice for doing our own investigations for the science fair.
We discovered today that fabric that had polyster or nylon often took the longest to burn but melted slowly and gave off toxic smelling black smoke and this would not be an ideal fabric to be wearing in the event of a fire. Silk was very hard to ignite and melted around the edges and quickly went out. Cotton burnt quickly but didn't melt. Flannelette burnt extremely quickly and we discussed that this fabric is often what children's pyjamas are made of. Acetate often used in lining of jackets and dresses burnt quickly and melted. We timed how long each piece of fabric took to burn and these results will be analysed in conjunction with our observations.
We had made a hypothesis before doing the experiment stating that "the finer the fabric the quicker it will burn"
Tomorrow we will write up the procedure, observations, results, graphs and conclusion as practice for doing our own investigations for the science fair.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Fun Afternoon End of Term 2 2010
At the end of term two we had a fun afternoon. We were given choices of what we wanted to do. The options were
COOKING
BUILDING
TRASH FASHION
SOCK PUPPETS AND USING PE EQUIPMENT
BMX TRACK WITH BIKES
EVERYONE HAD FUN!
COOKING
BUILDING
TRASH FASHION
SOCK PUPPETS AND USING PE EQUIPMENT
BMX TRACK WITH BIKES
EVERYONE HAD FUN!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Keith Haring Artwork
Keith Haring
ARTIST
Keith Haring lived in Kutztown Pennsylvania. He was very inspired by graffiti art and chalk drawings. Keith had a specific way of drawing, his big bold movement lines and vivid colors stood out anywhere. He started out with chalk and went on to design with metal and plastic The Radiant baby became his symbol.
We used Keith’s style of art to make our own pictures then combined together to make one similiar to the colour picture above.
Reported by Bella
Sunday, June 6, 2010
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