Science Club at Noadswood

We have just returned from an absolutely fantastic Science Club session at Noadswood. Miss Guppy, and her six wonderful Science Leaders, took us through five hands-on experiments. We thoroughly enjoyed being able to take part in so many activities in such a short time!

Some of us are going home to try these experiments out in our kitchens! However, just so I don't get in trouble, please ask an adult first! Don't forget to let me know what you discover!

Ideas for you to investigate following on from today:

1. Does semi-skimmed or skimmed milk work as well in the milk experiment? Why do you think this is?

2. Do M and Ms or Smarties work in the same way as skittles when placed in a shallow bowl of water?

3. Place some celery or white carnations in water with food colouring. At Noadswood, we used blue. Do other food colourings travel up the xylem too?

Please let me know!
I look forward to seeing you next week where we will be investigating what makes you YOU!!!

Fossils, skulls and pollen!

Science Club kicked off with a flying start under the leadership of Professor Langdon and Doctor Langdon. The group enjoyed looking at skulls, fossils and using a microscope to look at pollen on slides. I was so sorry to miss it; my thanks go to Mrs Walley for stepping in and helping to run the Club. Looking forward to our trip to Noadswood next week for Food Science. 

Welcome to the new Science Council

I am absolutely delighted to welcome our new Science Council to their roles. Well done! Tonight we have been packing Science rucksacks and having fun with all of the equipment that is inside of them. You will hear more about them after half term!

It's all about bones!

We had an amazing time today at science club. Dr Holloway and Dr Hollis kindly joined us, once again, to talk about bones- what makes them strong, what makes them weak and what they look like inside. Have a look at our photos- you will see us testing chocolate bars to see which bar is the strongest. It is the bar which is the closest in structure to human bone.