Friday Science Fix
Today for our science we will look a little more closely at the type of pollution that ends up on beaches and in oceans and exactly how it gets there!
Slide show - Seaside Litter
First open up the slide show, look at slides 1 and 2 together and have a chat about where litter and pollution comes from and how it travels. Slide 3 is a beach litter picture. If you are able to print this out it can be used as a colouring activity. (If you are not printing do not worry, the activities below can still be done looking at the screen)
Materials and Properties
Ask your learner to colour the litter and as they are doing so, to think about the materials that each one is made from, for example; metal, plastic, paper/card, wood, rubber, glass etc.
Have a chat about whether these materials are found naturally in the environment or whether they are man made and if you can, find some similar items in the kitchen or around the house to look at. Ask your learner to describe the properties of the materials, here are some words to help you:
hard soft bendy/ flexible strong
fragile dull transparent opaque
waterproof absorbent shiny
Data Collection and Presentation
Maths and science have strong links, and maths skills are very important for gathering evidence for scientific study. Every year the Marine Conservation Society organise the Beachwatch Big Weekend where thousands of volunteers clean up hundreds of beaches and survey the types of litter found, so let's see if we can follow this same process looking at slide 3, or your finished coloured picture!
First you will need to make a tally chart like this.
It's a good idea to draw a line through each piece of litter in your picture as you enter it on to the tally chart, so that you get accurate results!
Now that you have collected your data, can you show the information in a bar chart? If you don't have squared paper do not worry, you can draw a simple chart like the one below, or even cut up squares of coloured paper to stick in a line to represent each bar. In fact this might be more fun, you could use different colours or material to represent each one, for example, silver foil for metal because it is shiny! Just remember to leave enough room for your tallest bar and give your chart the most important things; a title and clear labels!
However far you get with this activity, we would love to see any of your fabulous work; pictures, tally charts or bar charts. If you want more you could investigate other ways of representing data such as pictograms. There is an excellent interactive resource here on Topmarks if this takes your fancy.
If taking part in an organised beach clean is something that you would like to do then you can find out about the Marine Conservation Society events here on the 'beach clean events' tab. If there isn't one set up in our area then you can even organise your own, with their help!
Remember you can always contact us via the email, ks1@downhallprimary.com, we do love to hear from you!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Best wishes
KS1 Team
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