Hey there Heaton Manor! As promised, here are all your light painting images that you created this afternoon. Good work! But don’t stop there – check out our light painting page, get inspired and have a go at making your own at home. If you do, we’d love to see the results, so feel free to send us a copy. Get creating!
This morning I’ve been at Chillingham Road Primary School exploring the universe with Y3 – want to find out a little about what we did click here. The video above is taken using an Infrared Camera, you can see year 3’s body heat!
We’ve also been building bridges in Y4 working as Civil Engineers!
I’m back in Chillingham Road again this evening for a Maker Workshop – I hope to see some of you there!
What a busy morning Bailey Green’s Year 1 classes have had. We’ve been exploring floating and sinking with a little help from the youngest Billy Goats Gruff. We’ve designed, tested, taken measurements and redesigned to ensure that the goat made it safely across the river.
Now you’re back home, follow these steps for more floating and sinking fun:
To find out exactly what we did in the session click here.
Joe’s been in today blowing soap bubbles of all sizes with reception. All sizes, but not all shapes – and maybe you can describe why that’s the case?
See the Think Physics Bubbles page for more things to do and explore.
What a busy morning The Drive’s Year 1 classes have had. We’ve been exploring floating and sinking with a little help from the youngest Billy Goats Gruff. We’ve designed, tested, taken measurements and redesigned to ensure that the goat made it safely across the river.
Now you’re back home, follow these steps for more floating and sinking fun:
To find out exactly what we did in the session click here.
Joe has been in today investigating volcanoes with Mr Butler’s class.
For a reminder of what you studied, and some activities to continue your exploring at home, see our Volcano Workshop page.
Here goes…
Step 1 – put your chrysanthemum (the white flower) into some water, quick!
Step 2 – have a really good look at it.
Step 2a – try again and this time have a really good look!
Step 3 – add some food colouring to the water. Wait (for an hour perhaps) and watch!
Step 4 – take a photo and email it to think.physics@northumbria.ac.uk or tweet a picture to us @thinkphysicsne
What’s all this about?
Today I’ve been busy at Burnside Primary School.
This afternoon we became brilliant botanists and you can find out all about it by clicking here.
We’ll be back at Burnside soon!
What a busy day!
The Botanist with Year 2, the Geologist with Year 4, Tumblewings with Year 3 and a Goat on a Boat with Year 1!
Click the links to find out just what we did!
Today we’ve been asking the big question: why study STEM subjects? I could have gone on all day (I’m sure you’re glad I didn’t!), but since we only had an hour we had to limit ourselves a bit.
Still, we managed to discuss skills and attributes, the Hyperloop, windowless airplanes, Microsoft Hololens, robotic prostheses, smart clothing, and the future of glass! Not a bad start, and we’ve only just scratched the surface of where STEM subjects can take you!
Have a look over at our careers case studies pages to find out more about potential pathways and don’t forget to have a look at our calendar to find out how you can get involved with more events and activities.
Well, did your turbine work? Did you manage to get the mass up to the table, or were you left with a knotted bundle of string? Did your turbine purr like a renewable energy generating masterpiece, or did all the blades fall off?
It doesn’t matter either way as long as you didn’t give up: figure out what went wrong and keep trying to fix the problem. As a wise old person once said, “An effective wind turbine was never created by someone who gave up at the first sign of difficulty, like for example the axle being bent.” Isn’t amazing how there’s a wise old saying for almost every eventuality!
Check out more about wind turbines (including a a virtual tour of an offshore wind farm which is awesome) and about careers in the renewable energy sector on our wind turbines activity page.
