Today Year 2 became systems engineers, designing, creating. testing and improving 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.
This morning Year 6 looked inside the human body using physics and technology. To find out more about medical physics, click here.
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 Walbottle has changed over the last century. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow these links:
After school, Key Stage 2 families became aerospace engineers and built, tested, modified and improved catapults. Click here for more information and activities to try at home.
This afternoon Year 1 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps. To find out more about botany, click here.
Year 4 became naval architects and designed and tested boats. Click here for things you can try at home.
This morning Year 1/2 became naval architects and discovered how to float a goat on a boat! To find out more about what they did and for some extra activities you can try at home, click here.
Today Year 2 became systems engineers, designing, creating. testing and improving 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.
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 6 also looked at maps to see how Birtley has changed over the last century. To have a look at a similar historical map, follow this link: Birtley East 1857
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
This morning Reception children and their families took a trip to Mars with Little E the robot rover from the book “Are we nearly there yet?”. When they got there they designed the Mars landscape and built Mars rover vehicles to explore this new world. For more information about the robots in “Are we nearly there yet?”, more books about space and for activities for you to try at home, click here.
This afternoon Key Stage 2 families built then improved catapults to see how far they could get them to fire. For more information and activities to try at home, click here.
This afternoon Key Stage 1 families built then improved catapults to see how far they could get them to fire. For more information and activities to try at home, click here.
Year 4 became systems engineers at the Think Lab at Northumbria University this afternoon, designing, creating. testing and improving 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.
