AN EXPERIMENT WITH POTATOES AND A CLOCK

Joan Gomà09/11/22  

In Petits Princeps we have been experimenting with a set one student brought to school. It was a quite simple connections with wires and Copper and Zinc plates. The first experiment it was connecting all the things to two potatoes and a clock. Then we saw the clock working. At that point we formulate our hypothesis. How could that generate electricity?

Later we made the same experiment but changing the potatoes for two cups filled with water. The clock was working agan. Some of us speculate with the fact that water is a good conductor. However, when we tried to connect the plates directly surprisingly the clock wasn’t working.

In the end we deduced there was a chemical reaction between Copper, Zinc and water.

We really enjoyed the experience and we are really looking forward to repeat the experience.

WE PREPARE A CONTEMPORARY HISTORY TIMELINE

Joan Gomà29/09/22  

On Wednesday we remembered some of the facts worked along the previous course such as: The Great War, the Spanish Civil War, Nelson Mandela, among others. One of the objectives was to investigate when some of those facts happened as well as contextualizing The Little Prince.

First, we remembered each fact by asking what did they know about photos related to the facts. Later they looked up, with the Chromebooks, when each fact had happen. Finally they glued them in order.

 

A DEDICATION

Joan Gomà14/09/22  

Today we worked the Little Princes’ dedication to Leon Werth. Fist we started a conversation about what a dedication is. Later we read the dedication. At the beginning they were affraid with such a long text. Afterwards, they realized that among all the class they were able to understand most of it.