This year the children will take part in two activities for science week.
More information about science week can be found here: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/
Activity 1
Live Lessons – the National Farmers Union will be sharing ‘Live Lessons’ for the children to join, we will watch these in school and find out the answers to the following questions:
How are tractors connected to space?
How are pigs connected to jumbo jets?
How are sheep connected to seaweed?
More information can be found here: https://education.nfuonline.com/
Activity 2
Each class will work together to create the Longest Marble Run/Rube Goldberg machine – the winning class will receive a class prize.
If you have any of the following items for your child’s class to use please send them to school as soon as possible:
Possible materials and items include:
aluminium foil, cardboard, water bottles, toilet paper or paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, cans, dominoes, funnels, marbles, golf balls, string, buckets, cups or bowls, and magnets etc!
To support your child with this activity, please share the following videos with your children.
Why not try this at home, this would be a nice activity for a Sunday afternoon!
Please record and share via your child’s Class Dojo page.
Thank you for your support – there will be a small prize for any children who give this activity a go at home first!
Rube Goldberg
What is the Rube Goldberg theory?
“A Rube Goldberg machine uses a set of reactions that work in succession, triggering one event after another until the final event is triggered. Often, each reaction is a simple task that will trigger the next, for example, a row of dominos, a well-calculated swinging object, or a ball rolling down a ramp.”
Videos to watch
https://www.youtube.com/results?app=desktop&search_query=simple+rube+goldberg+machine
Thank you for your support.
Any questions please ask,
Mrs Khalil
