11th February Year 3 Geologists and Year 4 Mechanical Engineers

Iron meteorite from Chaco, Argentina. One of the ‘Campo del Cielo’ fragments first found in 1576.

Today Year 3 became geologists and investigated meteorites, which are rocks from space! Click here to find out more about what a geologist is. For more information about meteorites, visit this Life Science page.

Year 4 became mechanical engineers and built marble runs. They investigated the forces used and tried to slow the marble down. Visit our mechanical engineer page to find out more.

Click here to  watch the chain reaction machine that inspired our marble runs or here to see another amazing machine!