Well it would have been Hillside’s Science Week this week. Year 6 would have been visiting Keele University, Year 4 and 5 would have been off to Staffordshire University for the Big Bang Science Fair and there would have been LOTS of science activities going on in school for everybody! Unfortunately, it’s not happening…😢. However, […]
The Great Science Share is being held on Tuesday 16th June. This is an opportunity to share, showcase and see all the exciting science that children are involved with. As part of the Science Across the City project, Stoke schools are compiling their own video as a collaboration of science across our area, both science […]
Hello to my budding scientists! Hopefully, you are enjoying our weekly science challenge, which will be helping you to develop your working scientifically skills too. Here’s the next science enquiry challenge… Which material will make the strongest boat? I wonder which materials you are going to use to make your boats? As it’s developing your […]
Hi everyone, it’s Miss McCann with your next science challenge. I hope you observed what happened to shadows over the day for your last challenge and saw some interesting changes. This week’s science challenge is practising your research skills by looking at foods in your cupboard and finding out which type of food they are […]
Hello to all of our Hillside scientists! I hope you had fun last week investigating spinners! Did you manage to get your spinner to hit the target? I hope that you managed to keep it a fair test! This week’s science enquiry is all about identifying and classifying. You will need to collect objects from […]
Hello, it’s Miss McCann here again! I hope that some of you enjoyed having a go at last week’s science enquiry. I wonder if you did find a link between the length of your outstretched arms and your height. This week’s science enquiry is all about carrying out a fair test with paper spinners. Again, […]
Do we have any budding engineers out there? If you like hands on, creative activities then Whizz, Pop, Bang magazine are running a competition to build a structure using loo rolls or other tubes. There are prizes for the winning structures! Interested? Follow the link below for more details: https://www.whizzpopbang.com/blog/the-whizz-pop-bang-loo-roll-engineering-challenge/
Here is the first science challenge enquiry from Miss McCann. Hopefully, you will find it interesting and will be able to involve other members of the family, including children of different ages. There are ideas to extend it further or to simplify it for the younger children. There will be another posted each week, to […]
Hi to all of our super Hillside scientists! If you are getting involved in science at home, investigating, exploring and asking lots of questions, then the Great Science Share could be for you! It’s an opportunity to share your science with other super scientists and demonstrate answers to many scientific ‘I wonder…’ questions! Why not […]