This week, the only homework will be the continuing invention and research on a famous Victorian scientist or inventor.

This will be the last homework before the Easter holiday.

Here is a reminder of the given homework:

VICTORIAN INVENTORS / Science Week

This homework activity will run over the next 2 weeks, with the deadline for completion being Tuesday 27^th March 2018.

 

This week 12^th-18^th March is British Science week 2018.

 

Check out the website: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/

So, we are going to link Science week with our current topic on the Victorians!

The Victorian era was an incredible time for scientific discoveries and inventions, with some of the most influential inventions of our lifetime happening during Victorian times. For example railways, the telephone, plastic, the electric lightbulb, to name just a few.

 

There are 2 homework activities linked to this, to complete over the next 2 weeks:

• Choose a Victorian inventor / scientist who you are interested in finding out more about. Research their life and their work and their invention or discovery.  Present your findings in your own way – it could be a poster, a power point presentation. A leaflet – it’s up to you.

 

• You are going to be an inventor! Design and create a new amazing invention of your choice for this day in age!  What time saving device, or incredible technology do you think the world needs?  You must:

 

• Create a labelled drawing of your invention, describing it’s purpose and function and how it works – this can be in the form of a poster or powerpoint.
• Create a name for your invention.
• Make a model representation of your invention to present to the class and for display. You can use any materials you like to make your model.
• The poster / powerpoint and your model must be presented together.
• You can work with a partner on your invention if you wish, but must both present your invention.
• There will be a prize for the greatest invention, which will be judged in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style manner!

 

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventiotimeline.html

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventions.htm

http://www.victorian-era.org/famous-victorian-inventors.html

http://www.victorians.co.uk/victorian-inventors

https://classroom.synonym.com/scientific-discoveries-victorian-times-11630.html