Here are your questions for today:

Protect the ice from the invading heat!

When we make ice cream, we will need to cool the cream to freeze it. This means we need to take the heat from the cream TO the ice.
We need this to happen quickly without the ice taking too much heat from anywhere else.
So, we need to have a..
GOOD CONDUCTOR between the ice and the cream
and a
GOOD INSULATOR between the ice and the air around it.

What could we use?
You need to research materials which are good CONDUCTORS and good INSULATORS.
They need to be easy to find so we can use them in our ice cream investigation.

Try this to start with.

Good luck!

Cooling things..

Time to explore the world of cooling...
Did you know, if you feel cold, that is HEAT leaving you?

Have a look at this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml
Can you think of three questions about heating and cooling?

Here's a game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/changing_states/play/

Then check this one out:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/classroom_and_homework_resources/resources/ice_cream.aspx

And for you big-brains, try this bit of science:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/physics/energy_matters/heat_in_the_home/revision/3/

Have you thought about planning your ice cream machine?
Mr W.

Street Child

This is the book we will be reading over the next few weeks:
http://www.berliedoherty.com/novels/street-child.html

You could find out more about Dr Barnardo...

Mr Welsh

New class, new year

Hello.
Here are a few links we are going to need this week. Click on...

Olympic athletes' data:
http://www.london2012.com/athletes/

Top Olympic moments:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19235184
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19232019

Don't forget you can view this page from home too.