LKS2 – Class 4, 5 & 7 – Science

Today in science, we learnt about a local scientist, Dr Brian Boffey, who invented Jelly tots and helped create space food for the astronauts who first landed on the moon.

We thought about our previous lesson and the new vocabulary we had learnt and what experiment we had conducted. We investigated what buoyancy meant and how it affects objects in water. Children made prediction about which items would sink or float when placed in water. We then tested our theories. Using the information we had gained from this experiment, in groups children used aluminium foil to create a boat. We then took turns experimenting how many coins our boats could hold before they sunk. Children discussed how to place the coins and evaluated as they went along.