Last week we took part in British Science Week by completing a range of virtual visits, challenges and activities.
On Monday we were given a tour of a farm by Farmer Catriona who has a farm on the other side of Glasgow. She showed us her sheep, some horses, her barns and some of the machines that she uses to help her harvest her own hay. At the end we were able to ask her some questions.
On Tuesday we had a virtual visit from Mr Balfour who is a dentist in Kilmarnock. He explained how important it is to look after our teeth. He shared with us the different parts of his job in which he uses Science and Technology. Mr Balfour managed to answer many questions from Primary 2 some were quite tricky!
We took part in two STEM challenges. The first one required us to build a tower using recycled magazines and cellotape. We worked in teams to build towers that could stand on their own and hold 2 small blocks.
Here are some of our structures. All of the towers were able to hold the bricks for at least 5 seconds.
Our second challenge was to create a parachute using either, part of a plastic bag, a paper towel or a page from a magazine and string and cellotape. The parachute has to hold a small block.
We tested our parachutes by launching them over the balcony in the street area of the school. Mrs James ensured that a safe zone was established before the launch!
