We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Techfest at the beginning of the term.

Our first workshop  was the ice cream workshop. We used: liquid nitrogen, sugar, milk and either chocolate, strawberry or caramel syrup to add flavour. Some of us used all three! There was also the choice of tuna but not many people liked that! After like 5 minutes of pouring in liquid nitrogen it started to freeze. Also when we had finished we shared out the ice cream and poured on more sauce. Then we sat back and relaxed as we ate it with a mini plastic spoon. Most of us thought it was delicious!

The second workshop was with Sue the Scientist. She told us about litter. Always pick up your dog poop because it is TOXIC WASTE. If you don’t then as it dissolves into the ground it will start to spread and then the water will get dirty. Always pick up your litter so animals don’t die! She showed us how a bunny, or any other animal, can get stuck in a bottle and how litter can get washed out to sea. We did an experiment with a balloon that showed how hot air rises. And we made slime to represent bubble gum and show how it gets stuck in the pavement.

Our last workshop was about the stars. We saw all the stars in the solar system and we learned about directions: north, east, south and west. We talked about the constellations and learned why they had their names.

“My favourite was Pegsus,” said Konni. It was much easier to see the shapes when the pictures went up with them. The constellations were named after the ancient Greek Gods.

By Chloe, Luke and Konni