Lava Lamp Effect Essay

Activity; Making a lava lamp effect.Number of Children; 5/6 Setting; Primary School Year 3. Preparation Time; 15 minutes. Age of Children; 7-8 Years old. Activity Time; 30 minutes. Resources: | Rationale: | Clear plastic bottle. 3/4 cups of water. Vegetable oil. Food colouring. Alka –Seltzer tablets. | Get your clear plastic empty bottle, put 3-4 cups of cold water into the bottle, then add the vegetable oil till its nearly full up to the top, then add 10-15 drops of food colouring, after that add 1 or 2 alka-seltzer tablets and watch the effect happen. Finding out about the density of water and oil. | Learning Outcomes for the Children from the National Curriculum; | During Key Stage 2 pupils learn about a wider range of living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to make links between ideas and to explain things using simple models and theories. They apply their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas to familiar phenomena, everyday things and their personal health. They begin to think about the positive and negative effects of scientific and technological developments on the environment and in other contexts. They carry out more
systematic investigations, working on their own and with others. They use a range of reference sources in their work. They talk about their work and its significance, and communicate ideas using a wide range of scientific language, conventional diagrams, charts and graphs. | Level 1; XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | Level 2; Children should be taught to; That science is about thinking creatively to try to explain how living and non-living things work, and to establish links between causes and effects.
That it is important to test ideas using evidence from observation and measurement. Ask questions that can be investigated scientifically and decide how to find answers. Consider what sources of information, including first-hand experience and a range of other sources, they will use to answer questions. Think about what might happen or try things out when deciding what to do, what kind of evidence to collect, and what equipment and materials to use. Make a fair test or comparison by changing one factor and observing or measuring the effect while keeping other factors the same.
| Level 3; XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | Promoting Children’s Overall Development; | Physical; Developing their fine motor skills by them pouring water into a small hole. Intellectual; Finding out about the density of water and oil and what happens when you add the fizzing tablet. Language; Discussing the activity with the children, learning new words to do with the activity and resources. Emotional; The children will be able to enjoy the activity and it will be fun for them. Social; The children will be able to discuss and interact with each other about what will happen. Spritual; Accessible to all. | Specific Language to be Developed; The density. Alka-Seltzer. Evaluate. In comparison. Liquids. |