Science Week 2020

17th March 2020R Errington

Harton Primary have had a wonderful time celebrating different areas of science during British Science Week. We have been lucky to receive talks and workshops from lots of different people and organisations. Andy from Science Boffins did some exciting experiments for us in assembly then worked with years 5 and 6. Paula from Durham University worked with years 4 to plan a mission to Mars then explored different types of rock with year 3. Dove Marine Laboratory worked with years 1 and 2 to find out about different marine creatures as well as the impact pollution is having on them. Adam from Kielder Observatory came in to talk to us all about our solar system. Then we’ve had Science Boffins in to work with reception and nursery!

Not only that, all of the children have been carrying out different investigations which has allowed them to develop their different enquiry skills. They’ve even designed their own inventions for the Primary Engineers Leaders Award!

We’re a whole school of super scientists!

The Dove Marine Lab visits Year 1.

17th March 2020ajennings

Year 1 had a visit from the Dove Marine Lab as part of Science week. They had a fantastic time learning about the different marine life. There were crabs, starfish, sea anemones, a lobster and sea snails.

They also learned about the effect that litter can have on the environment as one sea anemone had made its home in a plastic bottle.

The children were able to touch or hold the various creatures and learned about their habitats. They had an amazing time!

 

ROCKS!

12th March 2020J Devlin

Y3 enjoyed their visit from Durham University – We learned a lot about the Earth and its layers then moved onto looking at rocks in detail.
We used magnifying glasses to look at the different rocks. We found it fascinating how many different types of rock there were and how many different uses rocks have. We grouped rocked into different categories.

We even tried out making our own type of rocks with crayons and foil!

Science Week Investigations!

12th March 2020J Devlin

Y3D are enjoying lots of different investigations this week for British Science Week!

One experiment was to use a non-Newtonian liquid to make Cornflour Slime. We discussed how the slime was different to normal liquids and used scientific vocabulary to describe its properties.

Another experiment was to investigate which material would protect an egg best when it was dropped from a height. We discussed the materials properties and made predictions about which materials we thought would protect the egg so that it did not crack when it was dropped.


We also took part in a magic milk experiment which investigated how dish soap can cause the fat and protein in the milk to separate and spread apart.

We have also looked at different light sources and carried out a fair test to see which material is most reflective and were challenged to design a new book bag for school with a reflective strip so that we can be seen in the dark. We had lots of fun and used some interesting scientific vocabulary such as: reflective, illuminate, visible and shadow.