British Science Week Year 5 and 6

Throughout the week, the children in Year 5 and 6 have thoroughly enjoyed participating in British Science Week 2021. The theme this year is 'Innovating for the Future' and the children have been getting creative making their own Rube Goldberg machines.

After getting a little creative motivation from the fabulous music video from OK Go, we constructed and programmed our very own Lego WeDo models to help start our mechanisms. We then got hands on in the Science lab and designed our own chain-reaction machines to help perform a simple task.  

If the little scientist in you is curious, here is the link to our inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

We had some setbacks….as well as some near misses with the dominos, but we overcame failure and showed true resilience. We went back to the drawing board and redesigned our chains so that they worked.

We were also lucky enough to have 3 guest speakers throughout the week. They spoke to us about innovation being all around us, how teamwork is crucial for innovation to succeed and STEM careers in the future.

Well done to all the children who took part in Science week, your enthusiasm and original creations were a joy to see!