Science Museum - 21 March 2013

The trip as seen through the eyes of the children!

Class 1 (Sam, Wilf & Tirian)
We saw a Ford upsidedown.  We saw a 'taking apart a car' film.  We loved the Science Museum because it was fun when we saw moving ploughing tractors in sand that was brown.  The TV was excellent on the bus.  We saw 'Flushed Away' and something else.

The car on the ceiling!

Class 2 (Ellie)
When we went to the Science Museum in London, we first went to the space section.  We saw the food that astronauts have to eat, it looked horrible!!!  We were all really excited to go to London for the day.  The whole school enjoyed the trip over all.  In part of the museum there was a place called 'launch pad' that you could have a go with all the equipment and test things.  Absolutely everyone enjoyed the trip.

Unable to avoid the temptation of  'DO NOT TOUCH'!!

Class 3 (William)
On Thursday 21st  March Charsfield and Dennington schools went to London to go to the Science Museum.  It was a long journey but we got there about 11 o'clock.
My favourite bit was the launch pad because it had lots of things to do and touch.  There were two rooms altogether, both full of activities to learn from.  My favourite bit was where there was a metal pole going sideways and there were lots of straws and you put a straw on the pole, bit into it, closed your ears with your fingers and then you should hear music.  You can play music with your teeth.

At McDonalds - what the children were most looking forward to really!!

It's Einstein's Birthday!!

And we are celebrating by undertaking a number of science experiments which have seen the pupils blowing bubbles and wearing shaving foam!!

One experiment was to see if a balloon would inflate with fizzy water.  The water is placed inside the balloon and the balloon is tied and then shaken ... and it worked.  Although lemonade did work better!!

The children also had to decide if 'gloop' was liquid or solid.  Mixing cornflour and water produced the gloop but was it liquid or was it solid?  The jury is still out, watery on top but definitely heading to be a solid underneath.

And how about sucking through a straw, can it be done even with a very long straw?  What can be picked up?


All this and it is not even lunch time!!  This afternoon there will be rocket making and investigation into if it is possible to make a paper cup out of normal paper and will it transport any water ... TBC!