Monday 28 February 2011

Waterproof materials

Today we tested materials to see if they were waterproof.

We split into 2 groups. Some began the afternoon relaxing with their feet in a foot spa and playing with rain makers before going outside to test the materials.



Outside, we put on our waterproof clothes to make sure we stayed dry. We used a watering can to pour water over the different materials. Before we did this, we predicted which were going to be waterproof and which weren't. We were very good at guessing correctly!

Items we tested included a rubber glove, paper, a sock and a plastic bag.




Our favourite item to test was the umbrella. It was great fun standing underneath it while Laura sprayed it with the hose.












2 comments:

  1. What fantastic experiments you have carried out
    with a variety of materials!

    We will use this information to help us with our materials investigation.

    Thank you

    class 4/5

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  2. is olivia hously in this class?

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