Natural Science 5º: Creating your own habitat

Natural Science 5º: Food chains

Natural Science 5º: Animal foodchains and webs

Natural Science 5º: Biotic and abiotic factors

Natural Science 5º: Five or six kingdoms?

There are many different theories on how to classify living things (biotic factors) in our world. We studied the five kingdom classification in the second term, which you cannot forget as we are going to use it for this third term!!! 

Natural Science 5º: Our plant kingdom

Natural Science 5º: Photosynthesis

English 5º: Comparatives and superlatives

Natural Science 5º: Phototropism

Phototropism is the ability of plants to grow towards the sunlight. This ability can be easily tested with the following experiment, which we have been growing on our class during these two past weeks.

You can recreate this experiment at home with these instructions.

Natural Science 5º: Plant adaptations

Natural Science 5º: Poisonous plants

Some plants can be very dangerous if we eat, smell or touch them. In some botanical gardens, such as the Blarney Castle's garden in Ireland, they have these so called Poison Gardens in which all the plants in there can either kill or harm you. 

Source: http://inspiringtravellers.com/

If you do a little research, you can find out that some parts of well-known fruits and vegetables are toxic: 

• Apples: The seeds in apples contain cyanide, which is very toxic if you eat them. 
• Potatoes: Green potatoes are toxic.
• Cherries: The cherry stone, as the apple seeds, contain cyanide. 
• Tomatoes: Unripe tomatoes can cause stomachaches. 

Do you know any more poisonous plants?

English 5º: Crazy animals

English 5º: Amelia Bedelia

Natural Science 5º: I can eat a whole plant!

Can you eat a whole plant? Do you eat roots? Or leaves? Or stems? Are you sure? Let's check it out with this simple game!

Plant Parts We Eat from K-State College of Human Ecology on Vimeo.

Natural Science 5º: Self watering recycled bottle planters

Hey everyone! Some of you were wondering how we did our self watering planters with recycled bottles so you can do them at home.

It is a really easy craft, but you will need some help from your parents to cut the bottle and make a hole in the cap. Remember, safety first!

Here are the instructions:

Natural Science 5º: Photosynthesis in a nutshell

Natural Science 5º: Experiment with the growing conditions of a plant

English 5º: Vincent Van Gogh

This last week we have been talking about Vincent Van Gogh in our English class. I have brought you here some more information about him and his work.

• Van Gogh's biography
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Van Gogh Fun Facts
• Look at Van Gogh's paintings

I am looking forward to seeing your chairs on Monday!

Natural Science 5º: Plant life cycle game

Natural Science 5º: Photosynthesis game