Mad Science at Stanfield

This term our Junior Mad Scientists have had lots of fun investigating physics, chemistry and biology topics.

The pupils explored the senses and in particular how the others can affect our sense of taste.  We carried out blind taste tests, learned about nutrition and then created our own Jelly Tot sweets.

Another session was centred around light and observing the light spectrum through various lenses.  The children used torches and lasers to observe light beams.  It was a challenge to work out some of the optical illusions but we had lots of fun making our own periscopes.

In our chemical reactions session we investigated how heat can change materials.  We heated sugar and made our own candy floss – delicious!  We also created fireworks by burning magnesium, sodium and copper.  Our scientists got very messy making their own slime!

The session on electricity was very exciting.  We used balloons to create static electricity and used a Van de Graaf generator to observe our hair standing on end!  It was quite daunting to hold onto the generator and know the current of electricity was flowing through your body, but our brave scientists all enjoyed the challenge!