Month: March 2023

We have been enjoying STEM week in P5.17 and on Wednesday we had a visit from University of Strathclyde PhD students! They spoke to us about their experiences in Forensic Chemistry 🧪 we then helped to solve a mystery using Chromatography 👀 And played Periodic Table Bingo ✔️  

In the afternoon we completed a Paper Chain Challenge in our houses where we were given a single piece of paper, scissors and glue and we worked together in groups to try and make the longest chain ⛓️

Today we worked together on the Jelly Tot Structure challenge where we had to use our engineering and design skills to build a structure from jelly tots and cocktail sticks! We then tested their strength by seeing how many books our tower could hold 📚

We had a busy start to STEM Week today which began with a workshop from SmartSTEM 🧪 we heard all about careers in STEM and then completed a paper plate tower competition. We were given 5 plates, scissors and cello-tape and worked together in groups to build the tower as high as possible 👀

This afternoon we learnt all about the Mars Ingenuity helicopter 🚁 we then made paper helicopters of our own and tested them through flight. We watched the propellers in motion as they descended 🤩