Today in Science we learnt about germs and what happens when we sneeze. First we watched a video about sneezing. We watched a man sneezing and lots of germs came out of his mouth. We thought it was disgusting!

We decided to do an experiment to see what happens with germs when you sneeze. We practised ‘sneezing’ with a spray bottle to watch the germs spread and see how far they could go. We used paper to see who could do the biggest sneeze. Huey, Ruby, Brooke Be and Melissa did the biggest sneezes by pressing hard and all the way down on the sprayer.

This lesson we have learnt:
• There are good germs and bad germs in your body.
• Germs are spread quickly because they keep doubling.
• Germs can stay alive on surfaces for hours so you must always wash your hands.
• You should always cover your mouth when you sneeze or, even better, use a tissue and throw it away.
• You should always wash your hands after you sneeze.
• You shouldn’t touch someone who is sick as you will share and spread their germs.
• If you have a big cut and you don’t cover it up the germs can get into your body through the cut.

Today in Science we starting to focus more on healthy and unhealthy food. We started by drawing and labelling our favourite snacks. We grouped them together by type and made a block graph. From doing this we found out that our favourite snack as a class was fruit and our least favourite was cheese.

Then we re-sorted our snacks based on whether we thought they were healthy or unhealthy. We knew all the fruit was healthy and all the chocolate and biscuits were unhealthy but there were a few we were unsure of and discussed further. First we talked about cheese. Some of us knew that cheese is a dairy product so that means it is good for our bones and teeth. Then some of us knew that cheese also has a lot of fat in so if you have too much it can be unhealthy. When we sorted our own foods in groups, we found a few more foods like this. We concluded that a lot of foods are good for you but not if you too much of them.