Food Preservation Part 2

This morning we took our strawberries out of their preservatives. We made observations about what we notices (saw, smelt, felt, tasted) and came to the conclusion that the strawberry that lasted the best was the control that had nothing to preserve it.

Here are some photos of what our strawberries looked like after four days of sitting in their preservatives. Some smelt as bad as they looked.

This was the control (had no preservative) it looked ok from the outside but had a brown spot inside it.

This was water. The strawberry had lost some colour and the water had mould floating on it. 

 The salt had dehydrated the strawberry and it was small and hard. 

This was vinegar. The vinegar made the strawberry pink and softer. 

Sugar made the strawberry dryer, but it didn't smell good. 

The oil made the strawberry bigger, and much mushier than it was. Some of the strawberry juice came out and sat in the oil like red bubbles. 

This is what we noticed with each strawberry:

Food preservation

Our science focus this term is on food as we get ready for the international food festival. Today we practised our observation skills and began the first part of our experiment looking at what kitchen ingredients work the best to preserve food. We placed fresh strawberries in oil, vinegar, Salk, sugar and water to see what will work the best to preserve the strawberries. I can’t wait to see what they’re like on Tuesday! 

Peer mentoring

One of our focuses for writing this term has been peer feedback. This morning writers who had finished their work were invited to work alongside their peers to give feedback and help their buddy re craft their writing. Being able to give constructive feedback and share ideas are important skills for writers to practice. 

Sketching in the kitchen garden.

It was a beautiful afternoon so room 18 took our sketchbooks and pencils and went for a wander. What a peaceful way to spend an afternoon.  

Food science: Making Pavlova

We made pavlova for our food science and here's how we made it... Luci, 9yrs

We were discovering what happens to egg white when it's beaten. Leni 8yrs

We helped make the pavlova and discovered things we didn't know about it Rylan 8yrs

We learn you should never mix pavlova mixture in a plastic bowl because it could still have fat on the bowl. William 8yrs.

How to make pavlova:

Separate the egg white from the yolk
Mix it with a balloon whisk.
Add sugar.
Put on baking paper and cook in the oven.
Whip cream and cut strawberries and put on top.

Planting seeds

This week the learners in Room 18 planted seeds as part of our science unit. They spent time brainstorming what the seeds would need to germinate and grow. They then got into groups and decided what information they wanted to be included on the blog. Below are some of their ideas...

Group 1

     

  This is my group planning for planting our seed’s blog.

We had to be in groups of 7.

This is Room 18’s planting so far.

Our plants need sun and shade to live and don't forget water!

These are the seeds we decided on and planted.

This was are plan our for planting seeds blog.

Group 2

Planting seeds blog

FJD. Different types of seeds. Sun and Water. Paper straws with our names on them. Soil.

LFR. Different Sizes. Take care of them. Not to much sun or Water.

CB. Different shapes.

PW.Different colors. 

PHE. Fat seed’s. Small seed’s

JT. Different flowers. To take home and remember Rm18

AMK. put the seed in and cover it with soil

Group 3

Plants need water, sunshine to make them grow bigger. They need air to breathe so they don’t die or we won’t have plants. It needs fertiliser. It needs compost to eat. It needs roots so it doesn’t fall forward.

Life Education with Harold

This week Room 18 learners have written this blog post as a class activity.

Welcome to Room 18's Life Education learning blog

This is what we learnt at Life Education with Harold.

This is a mind map of the main things we learned at Life Education with Harold.

Inside the life education van. 

Harold has a special wave, we wave to Harold when he comes out. 

Sometimes we go below the line, like when we're not showing empathy, hitting other people, or hurting people with our actions. But, we can get back above the line by sharing, saying sorry or showing empathy

Nelly Bones.

Rap Battle

Thank you for reading Room 18's blog! See you next week.