6b had a break from VW week to join the Real Science event at the Milton Keynes Discovery Centre.
We started the day by learning about the dangerous dust Asbestos. We learnt that while it can be highly dangerous it can also be used to sound proof, add strength to or control the heat of buildings.
Our next session involved us getting up close and personal to Tinkerbell… the pony! We learnt the history of horses and their uses over the years. We also learnt that ponies are becoming increasingly endangered. We ended our session by getting to stroke Tinkerbell and some of us even fed our left over apples to her!
Following this, we had a session on Design Press, printing anywhere! We learnt the process of printing images, pictures and drawings onto various cups and t-shirts. We then took part in a competition to design a bookmark! The winning design will be printed onto a bookmark and sent into school after half term!
After a quick break we were back to learning! Our next session involved learning about the ‘flight or fight’ response in our body. The children really enjoyed the expert’s enthusiasm for the topic and learnt a lot about the hormones involved in our responses and reactions.
Following this, we had a session on Gel making! The children had a talk from a representative from the global company P&G. They even had a go making their own gel!
We then had a break for lunch! We had so much fun running around the grounds of the Discovery Centre.
After lunch, we were back to more exciting learning. Our next session was one of the children’s best sessions. It was about bee hives! We learnt loads about bees, including pollination and the threats to bees in the wild. We even got to try some honey!
Following our bees session, we then had an amazing session which again was one the children’s highlights of the day, with the Canal River Trust. We looked at different types of bridges and the uses of bridges. We then looked more at the structure and then had some team work problem solving activities to make our own bridges!
Our last session of the day was about water and soil. We learnt about the properties of different types of soil and we now know an experiment to test them out. Watch out parents, children will be testing your soil in your gardens! We looked at the different soils under the microscopes and noticed lots of important characteristic of soil and how it helps us to live.
Thank you to all the parents for their support in dropping their children at the Discovery Centre. Thank you to all the experts for giving us the most brilliant science day out and for inspiring the children to be scientists in the future! Also, thank you to Mr Atkins for joining us and helping us out all day!
I think you can agree, it was a jammed packed and exciting day for us all in 6b!
I really enjoyed the real science day and I hope we can do more things like it in the future. I enjoyed: Gel, honey bee’s and Flight or Fight. 🙂