Extend Hands-on Science Inquiry at home
Watch the video for your chosen activity. Build, investigate and learn!
1. Electricity
2. Sound
3. Light
4. Magnetism
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Grade 5: Oberoi International School, Goregaon
May 2025
Experiential Workshop
HANDS-ON
SCIENCE
Unit of Enquiry:
How the world works
Central Idea:
Scientific Investigations can lead to inventions and discovery
Students dived deep into one strand of their choice - Light, Sound, Electricity, or Magnetism, through guided, hands-on exploration. They discovered real-world science in action and thought like scientists: experimenting, predicting, observing, recording, and inferring how scientific ideas shape the world around them.
Learning outcome:
Investigate key properties of their chosen strand
Station:
Learners sparked their curiosity by building simple circuits using wires, batteries, and bulbs - seeing firsthand how electricity flows only through a complete path. They tested everyday materials to find out which ones conducted electricity and explored the difference between series and parallel circuits. The excitement grew as they wrapped wire around a nail and created their very own electromagnet, discovering how electricity can produce magnetic force
Station:
Learners experimented with rubber bands, tuning forks, and everyday materials to explore how sound is produced, changes and travels. They investigated pitch and volume using a DIY string instrument, visualized sound waves in water and on a speaker, and tested how different materials absorb or reflect sound—turning vibrations into a hands-on discovery of how sound really works
Station:
From tracing light paths and testing lenses, learners predicted, observed, and discovered how light behaves in different conditions. They investigated the key concepts of reflection, refraction, and dispersion - watching light bounce off mirrors, bend through water, and split into a rainbow of colors using a prism
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Did you know the Earth itself is a giant magnet? Learners tinkered with floating needles to make their own compass and watched it align with Earth’s magnetic field! They explored how magnets attract, repel, and even how rubbing a metal object can turn it into a temporary magnet. From magnetic toy cars to Maglev trains, they discovered how magnetic forces reduce friction and make things move!
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