Year 5 were fortunate to be taught by two Newcastle University students in science today. The children learned about different types of scientists including marine biologists, engineers, chemists to name a few. They then investigated what scientists actually do such as experiments which are developed from an initial question.
Following this one child was asked to bounce using a slinky attached to his fingers. When he put his fingers in his ears the sound was amplified and he described it as sounding like a rocket ship taking off.
The children were then tasked with trying to amplify the sound of a music box. At first they thought about placing it on top of a cup. They were amazed when they discovered by simply putting the music box on top of a table it worked best.
The children were then turned into conductors where they all held hands to make a lamp light up. They then tested materials from around the classroom and classified them as conductors and insulators.
As part of a taste test a group of children discovered that it is harder to taste things when you cover your nose up. The whole class then did the same test where they held a piece of paper on their tongues. The children who tasted something would not like Brussel sprouts and those who didn’t taste anything would like Brussel sprouts.
The children were then set the challenge of explaining what science means to them and had to manufacture catapults to send their message to year 6.
