Today, Primary 5 visited Summerlee Heritage Museum. It was a great trip and we learned lots.
As part of our Scottish Inventors topic we have been learning about different inventions and how they have impacted on people’s lives today. It was very interesting seeing some of these inventions, such as the television, phone and radio, in Miners row. This was a row of living rooms set up to show how living conditions changed through the decades. Things have changed a lot!
Inside the museum we were able to look at some amazing historical models of some machinery which was used in different industries in the past.
The weather stayed dry, for the most part, and we were able to have fun at the museums play park as well as have a look at ‘The Vulcan’, a replica of the first iron-hulled boat. We were surprised to find out that one of the Scottish Inventors that we have been studying, James Watt, was involved in the management in creating the canal for ‘The Vulcan’.
Our final part of the day was a workshop delivered by the Education team at Summerlee.
In science we have been looking at the Water Cycle and to further our learning the workshop looked at floating and sinking. We will be covering this further in class but it was fascinating to learn about how heavy boats stay afloat.
Have a look at some of our snaps from a great day!
A special thanks to the parent helpers- Mrs Taylor and Mrs McKinstry, we couldn’t have done it without you!
