Year 5 children have had a fantastic morning today at the Durham University School of Education Science Fair. When we arrived, the BA (Hons) students greeted us and made us feel very welcome. We spent the next two and a half hours exploring all manner of Science. We made balloons inflate using a chemical reaction, we were challenged to make a floating vessel for marbles and used a balloon rocket to test how an incline affects the distance travelled. One of the most popular stalls allowed us to explore solid “custard” and get messy with interesting materials by exploring how the particles make them change between solid and liquid.
The children were so engrossed in the activities however they did not forget their manners – a lot of the students and University staff commented on the good manners of the children; they said thank you to the students at each stall their visited!