Today Year 5 and 6 became cryptographers, encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.
To find the secret message from NUSTEM to win a prize and for more information about cryptography, click here.
This morning families investigated the best blade design to use on a wind turbine. Families designed, created, tested and improved designs until they found the shape that made the wind turbine shaft turn the quickest.
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Today Year 4 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.
Year 5/6 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 5/6 also looked at maps to see how Forest Hall has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at a similar historical map, follow this link:
This morning Year 1 and Year 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.
Look Bubbles!
Today 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 morning we’ve been working with Y6 and Y4/5 at Ivy Road Primary.
Y6 were exploring the invisible world of light and learning about the work that Solar Physicists do. The picture on the left is Y6 shown in infrared – you can see the heat from their bodies! We also looked at videos of the sun.
Y5 found out about Medical Physics and explored some of the technologies that help healthcare professionals diagnose illnesses. We looked at x-rays, found out about MRI scans and ultrasound, and use infrared radiation to detect our pulse rates. Want to find out more – check out our medical physics page.
NUSTEM staff have had a busy week at Ivy Road, and are looking forward to coming back soon!
Today we’ve been busy at Ivy Road Primary School