Leswalt Primary pupils have enjoyed a fun and varied Science Week with a host of hands-on activities and experiences.
P1-4
P1-4 enjoyed a live interactive session with ‘The 3engineers’. They met Matt (Systems Engineer) and Nick (Electrical Engineer) who talked about sustainability and the use of fossil fuels, extreme weather and global warming. Their job as engineers is to invent, design and build new inventions to help reduce our impact on the environment. Our favourite invention was the ‘Interceptor’ which when used in rivers, catches all of the litter and stops it entering our oceans. This was a great link to our water cycle topic as we have just been learning about the ‘Collection Stage’ and ‘Run-off’.
We then listened to a story they have written called ‘The Adventures of Scout’, and we have decided to organise a litter pick in the summer term. We will have to sort and weigh the waste we find and join in with their campaign to remove 100 tonnes of plastic from the ocean.
Weather & Water Topic
We have also been conducting lots of science experiments in class for our topics this term. These include making clouds in jars, creating our own rain clouds, evaporation experiments and also using ice to create some really cool art work!
P5-7
The upper class have been investigating electricity: again, another super Science topic.
They used super Electricity kits from Stranraer Academy to build electrical circuits and investigate parallel and series circuits and adding extra components to circuits.
From marble runs to water bombs; electrical circuits to water fun; engineering skills with stick structures to investigating air pressure – the children have had a blast!
Take a look at the photos below to see for yourselves…
