Hi boys and girls,

I hope you like the Science home learning tasks on these pages. Please get in touch by sending a comment and let us know how you are getting on with them.

Here is a link to a page of great new STEM engineering challenges you can try at home using things that probably have in the house:

https://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/engineering-at-home

You can also find some youtube videos there that will talk you through some engineering challenges you can try at home. Well worth watching.

At this time of year the flowers are coming out and the insects can be seen busy looking for nectar. Here are some resources to print and take outside with you to spot some of the beautiful things around us in nature at this time of year:

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Don’t forget to be gentle with these small creatures. Do not harm anything when you do a nature survey and always put anything you pick up back where you found it. Also, remember not to eat anything growing wild as you don’t know if it could be dangerous.

Have fun with these Science and engineering tasks.

Miss Brooks

Hello boys and girls, parents and carers,

I have found  some interesting Science activities for you to do at home for children aged 5-7. An adult will be needed to help read the words to the children.

To access these resources, you will need to go to the BPES website. To do this type bp.com/bpes into your browser. Then click on Enter student code (should be at the top right hand side of the screen) and type in any of the codes below.

Humpty Dumpty- Choosing the best material to protect Humpty Dumpty     Student code- 50803

Jack and the beanstalk 1- Identifying common trees  Student code- 45033

Jack and the beanstalk 2- Testing the best conditions to grow a seed  Student code- 76989

Introducing materials – Student code- 93611

Introducing forces- Student code- 41243

Introducing circuits- Student code- 81794

Miss Brooks

Hello again to all the budding Scientists at St. Albert’s Primary. I have got some interesting experiments that you can do at home to try on The BPES website. These are for children aged 7-9.

To get access to these great investigations, you will need to use a student code that will take you straight to the page you need on the website. You could pick the experiments you are most interested in or try them all out on different days.

Here’s how to find them:

First open the BPES website by typing    bp.com/bpes   into your browser.

Next click on Enter student code ( should be at the top right of the page.)

Then type in the student code for the experiment you want to try. (see below)

There are three parts you can use to learn about shadows. They are all on a Peter Pan theme.

Peter Pan 1- How Shadows are formed Student code 78790.

Peter Pan 2- Why shadows change size and shape Student code 32961

Peter Pan 3- Shadow Theatre    Student code 77702.

Here are some links to other Science subjects with experiments to try out:

Air resistance experiments Student code 54933

The Water cycle- Student code 26389

Living environments online experiment-  Student code 86311

Separating solids- Student code 95608

Forces- Student code 37859

I hope you enjoy using these resources to extend your knowledge about these fascinating areas of Science.

Miss Brooks

Hi boys and girls,

A great website for learning about all things Scientific and Technological is BPES. I have been having a look at it today to find some interesting Science tasks you might like to try. I found some great resources that will help you learn about some famous scientists and what they are famous for. These tasks are suitable for children aged between 7 and 9.

As you are not members of this site, I have got some student codes for you to use that will take you directly to the pages you need on the website.

Here is how to get into the website:

1. Open the BPES website by typing:        bp.com/bpes                                   into your browser.
2. Click on Enter student code which should be at the top right of the page.

Enter the code for the particular topic. (See below)   You might need your parent to help you with this.

Learn all about the work of Galileo Galilei using student code  82767.

Find out about the achievements of Isaac Newton using student code 12935.

Discover the work of Ada Lovelace using student code 34099.

Research the discoveries and achievements of Nikola Tesla using student code 42657.

Miss Brooks

Hi,

Here is a link to a great website where you can find lots of Science experiments that can be done easily at home. Take a look and try some out. Miss Brooks.

Science at Home Experiments for Kids

Primary 6 have been asked to research online the many uses of magnets and electromagnets for next week’s Science class. They will be asked to make a poster to demonstrate what they have found out. They should make some notes on this to bring to class next Tuesday.

Would you like to help Scientists by getting involved in a real Science project for Science Week? If so, then read on to see how you can contribute.

This year’s project, run by Citizen Science and Zooniverse is called Operation Weather Rescue. Scientists need the public’s help to digitise 2.5 million pieces of  weather information between the years of 1860 and 1880.

This involves entering pieces of historical weather information into their database from old handwritten records that appear on screen. It is really easy to do and instructions are provided.

One of the biggest challenges that researchers face is access to historical data sets. Before we had computers, early scientists would often write their data by hand. Every day since 1860 the UK Met Office has produced daily weather reports from across western Europe. Originally the weather observations were transmitted by telegraph to London and collated. Many of these records have now been scanned or are archived in libraries across the globe. However, much of the data within these books hasn’t been digitised. The most accurate way of doing this is manually entering the data into a computer.   All in all, there are over 2.5 million pieces of data that need to be entered from this period – something that would take the team – made up of researchers from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, the University of Reading and the Earth System Research Laboratory – years to enter themselves. 

Why is this important? 

Once digitised, it will be the first time that climate scientists and meteorologists from around the globe will have had access to the raw data. This will give them a better understanding of the climate from the past and will help us to predict what the future could look like.  

The team will use the data to better examine storms and unusual weather events. As the world warms, the data will provide a baseline to help us measure those changes and monitor climate change, which will impact people and environments across the world.

How can you get involved? 

1. During British Science Week, go to: http://www.weatherrescue.org and click “Get Started 
2. Read the instructions in the pop-up box and when you get to the end, select “Let’s go!” 
3. Become a citizen scientist and help to tackle climate change! 

Are you interested in Science? Do you like running in your spare time? If the answer is yes to both, then you would like the new free running app available online at:

www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/run-with-the-ancestors/

This is an app available for Science Week with one million years of British history scaled down to a 10k or 5k virtual race. Run with the Ancestors tells the story of Britain’s ancient history. Starting with a barren landscape in the absence of humans, to the behaviour and customs of prehistoric humans, this immersive app allows you to explore it all while you run.

The narration features Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Origins and Dr Silvia Bello, Human Evolution Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. Their expertise help explain the phenomena encountered during the run. From tools used by our first ancestors to evidence of domesticated dogs, you’ll gain an accurate insight to early humans in Britain.

From the blustery climates of yesteryear dominated by Woolly Mammoths and sabre-toothed cats to the arrival of our first ancestors and their unique traditions, take a step back time and run through Britain’s remarkable history.

As you triumph over each kilometre, you’ll unlock more commentary adding to the landscape being formed in your mind. But you can also listen to your music in between narration – the app will manage all that for you.

To get started, simply download the app, register and choose whether you’re going to run 5k or 10k. Then plug in your headphones and run.

British Science Week runs all next week at St. Albert’s Primary.  The theme for Science Week this year is journeys.  A journey does not necessarily need to be a physical journey; it can also be  about journeys of knowledge.

The pupils of St. Albert’s will be taking part in a poster competition this week on this theme. This competition is run by The British Science Association every year. This can be done as a homework task.

The pupils can make their poster about anything Science related to do with journeys. It could be journeys into space (space missions), undersea exploration journeys, journeys on land (from seed dispersal to the growth of a new tree, species of insect migrating due to climate change), animal migrations e.g the journeys salmon make to lay their eggs where they were born or wildebeest migrations, how birds navigate using the earth’s magnetic field, journeys by air and the technology that assists this, how diseases have spread across the world, journeys of knowledge for example, how objects are made and where they end up; the life cycle of animals, or the water cycle.

Here are the rules:

• Entries can be from teams of pupils (for example all doing a part of the fact finding online), or from individuals. A team entry win would result in the prize being split across the team.
• Entries should be 2D and done on A4 paper, which I will distribute to all classes.
• It should be original work, no pictures or text copied directly from the Internet. No templates.
• The best five entries from the school will be chosen and submitted.
• There are three age categories. These are Early years P1, Infants- P2-4 and Junior P5-7. So they will be competing with those of similar age and ability.
• Posters can be made as a homework task or in school.

Posters must include the following information (entrant details can be on the back of the poster):

• entrant first name (all names if a team) and entrant age (all ages if a team)
• age category (of the oldest team member)
• school/youth group name and address

The closing date for entries is Friday 5th April, but I would need all entries for judging the best five in by Wed 27th March at the latest.

The prizes– Guinness World Records is offering a very special prize this year for the Junior category – the chance to spend a day in the life of the Guinness World Records team at the global headquarters!  The winning Junior student (and accompanying adult) will be able to see with their own eyes how the team review evidence and verify new records for extraordinary journeys. Prizes in other categories are yet to be confirmed.

P3 from P2/3 will be learning about electricity and electrical circuits in Science this term.

For homework parents can help their child  to research the different types of power station that can be used to generate electricity and  to identify the dangers of electricity in the home.