What is a Scientist?

This is our big science question. Today we started a WHOLE WEEK of science! We want to discover what a scientist is. Without talking to anybody else, we drew a picture of what we thought a scientist looked like, and wrote about what a scientist does.

Today we started with a virtual plane trip to Antarctica! We had to get in groups of three, then went outside to get our virtual clothes to wear on the big trip. We were "specially selected scientists" about to go to Antarctica for the summer. We put our lugguge in the hold (really our class ramp rails)... then entered the plane (that used to be our classroom!) MurRen checked our passports at the door. We had to sit down and put our seatbelts on. Just as we were about to take off, Mrs Tooley came in (through our plane door!) She invited 3 real life visitors to our school from China. Now the plane was quite full, but then PutLea from Room 2 ALSO came into our plane... so we invited her to come with us. She wanted to study penguins! While we were on the "plane", we looked at photos on the whiteboard of Antarctica and McMurdo Base. After lunch we watched a movie about scientists at Antarctica, then we discussed our ideas, and recorded them in our topic book.

Pictures will come tomorrow, but here is the website with interesting videos and photos to look at: http://www.coolantarctica.com - you should take a look yourself!

I found today quite interesting. I liked going to Antarctica!

By PeeDay