S1 pupils on Friday were treated to an informative presentation by Scottish author Allan Burnett.

Allan gave an enthusiastic presentation on “Invented in Scotland” with numerous links to Scottish Scientists.  He did a fantastic job of combining the history and the connection with where we are now, e.g James Watt, steam and turbines and Napier, logarithms and computing.  He had lots of new facts too including informing us that the humble digestive is a Scottish invention!

Allan’s visit coincided with a week of activities for S1 pupils as part of a wider cross curricular project on Great Scottish Scientists.