The focus was ‘Young Scientists’. The children drew what they thought a scientist looked like; studied classification charts; conducted a sound experiment with cups and a slinky to project volume through denser objects; looked at chromatography on filter paper; binary numbers; and finished with a bit of hypnotising and psychology.

It was a lot of fun but most importantly, it inspired our children to think about their future career aspirations. A poll was taken of children who had considered going to university at the beginning and end of the lesson. After the workshops, the number of children who had been inspired, dramatically increased from an average of 4 children per class to an average of 23 children per class!

We have lots of young scientists in the making at Forest View!

Year 3:

Year 6: