Recently we had a fantastic day with our good friends Knowsley Park Centre for Learning.
The theme of their special day was Flight and all year 6 pupils from their feeder schools were invited. The remit was for a 30 minute hands on workshop which we would repeat 8 times - busy day!
We had also been asked to repeat our very successful Whoosh bottle demonstration.
So we created a session looking at why birds can fly and we can't. We heard about the Greek myth of Icarus, We examined feathers ( all cleaned thoroughly ) through a hand lens and saw the structure and how one worked.
We laughed at some of those magnificent men in their flying machines and then looked to the stars and space.
We asked the all important question - how do you go to the loo in space??
We examined what is really inside an astronauts nappy and finally we set off our whoosh bottle with rocket fuel.
The session was really appreciated by both chidlren and staff
A good day all round - thank for inviting us to be part of it
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