Humpty Dumpty Investigation

This afternoon we sang the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty' and talked about the rhyming words we could hear.

Then we did a science investigation to find out which material would make the best crash mat for Humpty Dumpty.

We had six materials to test - paper, bubble wrap, wood, foam, plastic and cloth.

We discussed what we thought would happen with a partner and then talked about it as a group. We wrote down what we thought would happen on our investigation sheet.

We tested each material by putting it under our wall and pushing our Humpty Dumpty egg off to see if it would crack. We found that even on hard surfaces the eggs weren't cracking, so Luke had the good idea of making the wall higher.

When the wall was higher we found that Humpty Dumpty cracked when he landed on the hard materials, but he didn't crack when he landed on the soft materials.

Well done to Hannah and Luke, who took the last 3 photos on the iPad, and to all of Reception for their super thinking and great scientific investigation skills this afternoon. We now know that soft materials are much better for stopping things like eggs breaking! We can also talk about how to investigate something, what we think will happen and what we have found out.