This week, we have been learning about a range of British Scientists. On Monday, Ms Falder (a science teacher from Homewood) visited the school to lead workshops with each class

Ducklings

Scientist: Tim Peake

Theme: The Solar System and Beyond

Activities:

Make a model mobile Solar system

Make mini rockets

Launch a water rocket (Demo)

Robins

Scientist: Michael Faraday

Theme: Electrical Science

Activities:

Design simple circuits using electrical components

Model how electricity works (flow of energy)

Create an electromagnet

Eagles

Scientist: Isumbard Kingdom Brunel

Theme: Engineering Science (Stem)

Activities:

Team tower building challenge

Bridges investigation

Owls

Scientist: Alec Jeffreys

Theme: Forensic Science

Activities:

Fingerprinting

Chromatography

Extracting DNA from a Strawberry