As part of our week long activities for British Science Week (BSW), Portpatrick Primary invited families to join us for an open day event this morning.
Everyone took part in a carousel of STEM based activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
The range of challenges on offer were as follows:
- Geology – Observational study of rock formation
- Forces – Magnetism and materials
- Electricity – Series circuits, conductors & insulators
- Engineering – K’nex moving parts construction
- Computing – Soundtrap pocast/music making
- Computing – Coding
- Biology – Place the internal organs on a body tunic
- Biology – Studying life cycles – live caterpillars
- Aerodynamics – Construct and test an ‘O’ glider
- Aerodynamics – Construct and test a paper aeroplane
- Science Terminology – Complete a vocabulary crossword
Everyone was fully engaged and there was much chat about the learning that took place.
# Successful Learners
Ha Ha it was so fun