We started with the excitement of burning about 25 model
tudor houses, made from cardboard boxes as part of a history topic, in a
re-enactment of the great fire of
London
in the school field.
The children then made a big ‘electrical’ circuit by holding
hands in a class circle and lighting a cosmic ball, demonstrating complete
circuits and the effect of a switch. This was followed by each child making
simple electrical circuits with bulbs, different numbers of batteries in series
and small motors. We then set up a working seascape and lighthouse model and
talked about how lighthouses work. Finally the children learnt about what gives
out light and what simply reflects it (like the moon) and the workshop finished
with a question and answer session which ranged from discussion of power to
whether our sun would turn into a wormhole.
We started with the excitement of burning about 25 model
tudor houses, made from cardboard boxes as part of a history topic, in a
re-enactment of the great fire of 
The children then made a big ‘electrical’ circuit by holding
hands in a class circle and lighting a cosmic ball, demonstrating complete
circuits and the effect of a switch. This was followed by each child making
simple electrical circuits with bulbs, different numbers of batteries in series
and small motors. We then set up a working seascape and lighthouse model and
talked about how lighthouses work. Finally the children learnt about what gives
out light and what simply reflects it (like the moon) and the workshop finished
with a question and answer session which ranged from discussion of power to
whether our sun would turn into a wormhole.
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