Year 5 became environmental planners and used maps to discover how finding out about the past can help us to predict the future. To find out more about environmental planners, click here. Year 5 also looked at maps to see how South Shields has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:
What shape are the bubbles?
This afternoon the Reception children had a great time investigating bubbles. Can they remember the shapes of the bubbles that were created by different bubble wands? To find out more and try bubble activities at home, click here.
Today Year 2 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps using magnifying glasses and digital microscopes. To find out more about botany, click here.
After that, Year 4 became materials scientists, testing the properties of different materials and deciding what they could be used for. Click here to find out what materials scientists do and for some fun activities you can do at home.
This afternoon Year 5 became astronomers and found out about the development of the telescope throughout history and women in astronomy. They also discovered what stars are made from and how astronomers know this by analysing the light from the stars. To find out more about astronomy and to try activities at home, click here.
This afternoon Year 3 became palaeontologists, exploring fossils and using pollen samples to investigate how the earth’s climate has changed over millions of years . For more information and activities to try at home, click here.
Iron meteorite from Chaco, Argentina. One of the ‘Campo del Cielo’ fragments first found in 1576.
This morning, Year 3 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites which are rocks from space. To find out more about geology, click here.
This afternoon, Year 3 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites which are rocks from space. To find out more about geology, click here.
After school, Key Stage 2 families became wind turbine engineers, designing the blades for wind turbines and testing them to see which shape would turn the turbine the quickest. Click here for more information and activities.
This morning Reception class read “The Most Magnificent Thing” by Ashley Spires. In this story the main character discovers that she can’t always get it right the first time, she need to try, try and try again.
Reception class then became engineers and built their most magnificent marble runs. They also found that things don’t always work the first time, and they had to try, try and try again. In the end they all did produce a marvellous creation.
For more activities related to marble runs to try at home, click here.
This afternoon Year 1 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps. To find out more about botany, click here.
This morning, Reception children had fun with bubbles and predicted what would happen if they blew bubbles with different shaped wands. Click here for more bubble information and activities.
This afternoon, Year 1 became systems engineers, and so did KS1 families after school. They designed, created. tested and improved marble runs to see how long they could get the marble to roll for. To find out more about systems engineering and to discover some fun activities to try at home, click here.
