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This resource pack is your ‘one-stop-shop’ for supporting
you during British Science Week, but it can be used at any
time. Feel free to adapt or extend the activities to suit your
students’ needs and the curriculum you are delivering.
Eurotunnel
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the project took five years to complete relating to rock layering, tunnels and
opening of the Channel Tunnel, which and involved over 13,000 engineers, signals, and time and speed. Beyond
links Folkestone in Kent with Coquelles, technicians and workers. However, these topics, the Eurotunnel story
Pas-de-Calais in France. its journey started over 100 years involves archaeology, nature and
before that; the first design for a logistics.
In celebration of this special anniversary cross-Channel tunnel was produced in
milestone, Eurotunnel has partnered 1802 and the first attempt at a tunnel We hope that you will enjoy this pack
with the British Science Association on excavation was in 1880. and that it will inspire you and your
British Science Week, to explore the students to find out more about the
theme of ‘journeys’. In 2019, we want to share the making and everyday working of this
knowledge and excitement of this wonder of the modern world. You can
At 37.9km (23.5miles), the Tunnel ambitious engineering project with a download our infographic poster, which
still holds the record for the world’s new generation. The British Science is jam-packed with fascinating facts,
longest under-sea tunnel. The Week activity packs feature activities here: eurotunnel.com/build
Contents
ASSEMBLY IDEAS 3
The theme for this
year’s British Science
Week is ‘journeys’, JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
encouraging young Headline figures 4
people to think about Tracks and tunnels game 5
the different scientific Resilient rovers 6
journeys that happen Make it fly 7
everyday and how they Sneeze zone 10
can discover science Perfume making 11
through their own lives
and experiences. It is
also a chance for young ELECTRIC JOURNEYS
people to consider how Electric art 12
journeys can help us Make a neuron, make memories 13
experience more of the Matilda’s floating feat 14
world around us.
JOURNEYS THROUGH NATURE
What do bees do? 16
Journey stick 17
Pollution solution 18
Plastic – journey to the ocean 19
Nature walk diary 20
POSTER COMPETITION 22
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Assembly ideas
Why not start You could reflect on important Here are some other
scientific journeys undertaken in ideas to include during
British Science Week the last century, with a special focus your assembly:
off with a bang, by on people from your area. Note, a
holding an assembly to journey does not necessarily need
to be a physical journey; think also
Tell your students about the plan for
British Science Week and give them
get your students excited about journeys of knowledge. a challenge related to the theme.
about the week ahead?
Tell the British Science Get the students thinking about how
journeys affect objects, animals or
Launch the poster competition
(see page 22 of this pack).
Association about your nature in their everyday lives, e.g.
assembly ideas by how objects are made and where
tweeting or sharing they end up; the life cycle of animals;
the water cycle.
images with the hashtag:
Profile a prominent explorer and
#BSW19 a journey they made that had a
significant contribution to our
understanding of our planet or even
the solar system.
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Headline figures
About this activity
Instructions:
There are big numbers in the
Create an infographic to communicate understand. Use local and personal
building and running of the
the Eurotunnel stats in a visual and examples that mean something to you.
Eurotunnel, some of them record
engaging way. For example, how many times bigger
breaking.
than your school is that? How many
Choose a fascinating fact from this times further than your journey to
Big numbers can be tricky to
page. Think of an equivalent number, school is that? How many times bigger
picture. Can you transform some of
size, weight, distance or length of time than your favourite sports pitch is it?
these facts into infographics using
which makes it easier for people to
familiar examples to help visualise
them?
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Tracks and tunnels game
About this activity Instructions: 5 Use the information on the
In this activity, you will design and 1 Engineering is all about solving previous page to add successes and
make your own board game. While problems in a creative way. challenges to each of the tunnel and
making and playing the game, you The building and running of track squares.
will discover and share some of the the Channel Tunnel are great
challenges faced and achievements examples of this. Research at 6 Make or collect a set of player pieces
made during the building and running eurotunnel.com/uk/build for your game.
of the Channel Tunnel. You could and make a list of some of the
organise a games night during British successes and challenges faced. 7 Test your game out with your friends
Science Week to try out your game. to make sure it works. Why not host
2 Draw a grid 10 squares a board games night at your school
by 10 squares to make for family and friends?
Time your game board. Number the
squares from one to 100 snaking
1 hour across the board from the top Next steps:
left corner.
Discover more about the building
Kit list 3 Randomly select eight squares on of the Channel Tunnel here:
the board and add a ‘tunnel’ to a eurotunnel.com/uk/build
Large sheet of paper or card to
higher numbered square.
make your game board
This activity can be put towards a
Small objects for playing 4 Now select 8 more squares and add CREST SuperStar Award and there
pieces a red signal and a ’track’ to a lower are plenty more online activities
A dice numbered square. you could try for free. For more
Colouring pens or pencils to information, follow this link:
decorate your game crestawards.org/crest-superstar
Internet access to research the
Channel Tunnel and/or use the
printed fact sheets on previous
page
Watch out!
Come up with some fair play rules
for your game to avoid arguments!
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Resilient rovers
About this activity A flat tyre is always unwelcome, but 3 After 20 minutes, it’s feedback
You will create a design for a space even more if you are in the middle of time. Discuss each other’s creations
rover that would be able to zoom roving around the Moon! iRings are as a class. Provide kind, specific
around the Moon! This activity will specially developed rugged rover wheels and helpful feedback on how each
put your knowledge to the test and made of an outer layer that looks like other’s creations might be refined.
.
improve your ability to work as a team chain mail, which can be filled with
whatever material might be available 4 Once everyone’s designs have
A rover is a space-exploration vehicle (for instance, lunar soil and rocks). Their been evaluated, you now have the
designed to move across the surface sturdy, flexible design allows a rover to chance to improve on it based on the
of a planet or other celestial body. drive over rocks, lumps and bumps that suggestions given.
Their wheels are very important and are typical of the extreme terrain found
you will need to think carefully about on the Moon. 5 When time is up, look at the final
this when designing your rovers. creations. Discuss what you’ve
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Make it fly
About this activity Instructions: Next steps:
A paper aeroplane, glider or helicopter 1 Use the templates on the next page to Real aircraft behave in very similar
falls to the ground much more slowly build your aeroplane, helicopter and ways to your gliders and paper
and gracefully than a scrunched-up glider. planes – but they also have powerful
piece of paper. This is because of the engines that keep pushing them
forces generated by air pressing on and 2 Once you have created your aircraft through the air, and this is how they
moving over the surface of the paper. you should practice flying them. stay up. Real helicopter blades are
You will discover this by creating your Once you are ready for the official pushed around by powerful engines
own paper aeroplane and helicopter, test, you should time how long each too. Why not take the investigation
sending them on a journey and seeing aircraft stays in the air using the further and learn more about
how they fly! stopwatch. You should also see how aeroplane and helicopter engines?
far they can travel.
The best designs often come from
Time 3 If there are lots of you taking nature; look at the world around you
30 minutes part, you should see overall if the and see if you can spot examples of
aeroplane, helicopter or glider stay similar designs in nature.
up longer.
Kit list Visit the Science Museum Group’s
4 Which design travels fastest and why learning resources website to discover
A stopwatch for the test do you think this is? more activities, videos and games:
learning-resources.sciencemuseum.
5 Why do these designs behave differently org.uk
For the aeroplane: to a scrunched-up piece of paper?
An A4 sheet of paper This activity can be put towards a
6 How do your paper planes compare CREST SuperStar Award and there
For the glider: with the shapes of real planes you’ve are plenty more online activities
seen? you could try for free. For more
A drinking straw
information, follow this link:
Sticky tape 7 Which way does the helicopter spin? crestawards.org/crest-superstar
Two strips of paper Can you make it spin the other way?
(one twice as long as the other)
8 What do you notice if you make the
front of the plane heavier?
For the helicopter:
A helicopter template 9 Make your own plane design and see
Safety scissors if you can make it travel further than
A paper clip the others.
Watch out!
Always be careful when
using scissors.
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ACTIVITY SHEET
Make it fly
Aeroplane
1 2 3
Take the A4 sheet of paper. Fold it in Fold the two top corners in to Now fold the edges in again so they
half, as shown, then unfold it. make a point. meet in the middle from the tip.
4 5 6
Fold the plane in half again. Now fold the diagonal edge down Test out your paper plane!
to meet the straight edge on each
side, making the wings. Your plane is
complete.
7 Helicopter 8 Glider
Use the template on the next page Curl the strips of paper into loops and
and the above diagram to help you tape them to each end of a straw to
make a paper helicopter. make a glider.
Drop it to see it spin.
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ACTIVITY SHEET
Make it fly
Helicopter template
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Sneeze zone
About this activity Instructions:
Achoo! How far can a sneeze 1 Stick the pieces of flip chart paper 4 Repeat step 3 but this time put a
travel and how can we prevent together so that you have a large gloved hand in front of the “nose”.
others from getting ill? Through sheet 4 metres long and 1 metre Count how many people were
this fun activity you can learn more wide and stick this to the floor with affected. Draw a blue circle around
about the spread of microbes and tape. Place a tape measure along the water marks (if any) and wipe
their potential to infect people. You one side of the sheet and secure away the water droplets.
will get to measure the distance with tape. This is the
and impact of a sneeze by using sneeze zone. 5 Repeat a final time but put a tissue
water in a spray bottle. in front of the “nose” when you
2 Everyone should draw a round face “sneeze”. Draw a black circle around
or a stick person on a sugar paper the water marks (if any). Wipe away
Time square. This represents a person. the water droplets.
30 minutes You will need between 10 and 30 of
these. Place the “people” anywhere 6 Compare the results. What might
in the sneeze zone. the problems be with just using
Kit list 3 Stand at one end of the sneeze
your hand to protect others from
sneezes? What are the best ways to
10 sheets of flip chart (A1) zone and use the “nose” (water stop sneezes spreading?
paper stuck together to make sprayer) to sneeze twice (spray the
the sneeze zone water). Measure how far the water Next steps:
An empty and clean spray droplets travelled using the ruler on
bottle the sneeze zone start mat. Count Discover more about the spread
how many people on the mat were of disease, as well as DNA, genes
Sticky tape
affected by the sneeze. Check each and genomes and all aspects
Gloves piece of sugar paper for any water of their impact on society here:
Sugar paper cut into squares marks. If there are any marks, draw a yourgenome.org.
(7cm x 7cm) red circle around them.
Tape measure (approx. 4 This activity can be put towards a
metres long) CREST SuperStar Award and there
are plenty more online activities
Three different coloured pens
(red, blue and black) you could try for free. For more
information, follow this link:
Tissues crestawards.org/crest-superstar
Water
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JOURNEYS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
Perfume making
About this activity Instructions:
Throughout history, people have 1 Each person/group should add 60 Over the two hundred years which
found ways to make perfumes. drops of almond oil into their bottle. followed, physicians and scientists such
Perfume making was particularly as al-Kindi, al-Razi and al-Zahrawi
popular in the golden age of 2 Then add ‘5 drops of vanilla extract perfected the alembic still. As well as
Muslim civilisation. In this activity, per bottle. extracting essences for perfume, they
you will make a perfume from used it to distill alcohol as a hospital
essential oils adapted from a recipe 3 Pass round each of the other oil disinfectant, extract essences for new
from over a thousand years ago. bottles – jasmine, orange, thyme medicines and separate lamp oil from
and sandalwood – and put 1 drop of crude black oil.
The essential oils are mixed each oil into each bottle.
together with almond oil/olive oil, Al-Kindi even wrote a book on the
which acts as a ‘carrier’ to move the 4 Put the lid on each bottle and shake chemistry of perfumes. It contained 107
fragrance to the skin. The perfume the perfume vigorously. different recipes for scents using many
can also be mixed with water and essential plant oils which can still be
sprayed as an air freshener using a 5 Anyone who wants to can dab the extracted through distillation today.
spray bottle. perfume onto their skin.
Watch out!
Make sure no one has any
allergies e.g. to the almond oil
Avoid contact between any
essential oils and eyes. Rinse
thoroughly if accidental contact
occurs
Wash hands after this
activity
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ELECTRIC JOURNEYS
Electric art
About this activity Instructions: Next steps:
Did you know that you can use 1 Mix the dough ingredients in a pan. For more fun activities go to
salt water or dough to make a Ask an adult to help you heat the whizzpopbang.com
light bulb shine? It sounds crazy, mixture gently.
but it’s true! This is because salt This activity can be put towards a
is a good conductor of electricity; 2 Keep stirring until the mixture gets CREST SuperStar Award and there
i.e. it helps the electricity journey thicker and then forms one big lump are plenty more online activities
through the water or dough. of dough. you could try for free. For more
Pure water contains very few ions, information, follow this link:
so it does not conduct electricity, 3 Leave the lump to cool a bit, then crestawards.org/crest-superstar
but when salt is dissolved start kneading it on a non-stick
in water, the salty water does surface. When the dough is nice and
conduct electricity because the salt smooth, it’s ready to use.
contains ions. These ions are what
carry electricity on their journey. 4 The dough conducts electricity, so
you can use it to replace the wires
Try this electric art activity to light in simple circuits. Do some research Some jokes from Whizz Pop Bang’s
up an LED, or buzzzzz a buzzer! on how to make a working circuit, Shocking Science issue:
and then experiment to see what
you can create. Remember that you Q: What did the electrical engineer
Time will need an adult helper whenever ask her husband?
1.5 hours you are working with batteries. A: Watts for tea?
Always disconnect when you have
Kit list finished as the circuit can get hot
and cause fires.
Q: What do electrical engineers eat?
A: Shock-a-lot cake!
Salt dough:
160g flour
165ml water
3 tbsp salt
2 tbsp cream of tartar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Equipment:
Tablespoons
Measuring jug
Scales Watch out!
Pan Adult supervision required when
using the hob.
Wooden spoon
Supervised access to a hob Never touch an electrical item
with wet hands.
Cookie cutters (optional)
Foil – at least 20cm long & Electricity can cause fire.
3cm wide Separate the batteries and
disconnect them from the foil as
Zinc/carbon or zinc/chloride soon as you finish the experiment.
batteries
LEDs or buzzers
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ELECTRIC JOURNEYS
Make a neuron,
make memories
About this activity Instructions:
Our brains control everything 1 Take a pipe cleaner and make it into
we think, feel, say and do. Inside a circle. Twist the ends of the pipe
our brains we have around 80 cleaner around to secure it. This is
billion cells called neurons. Luckily, the cell body and the control centre
neurons are tiny, so we can fit them of the cell. It tells the rest of the
all in — about 30,000 neurons neuron how to work.
could fit on a pinhead!
2 The small branches that come out
A neuron connects to lots of other of the cell body and receive signals
neurons; every second, millions of are called dendrites. Wind more pipe
electrical signals journey through cleaners around the cell body and
your brain, passing from neuron spread them out from one side of
to neuron, a bit like a tiny game of the cell body to make the dendrites.
pass the parcel.
3 Bend another long pipe cleaner 5 The way your neurons link up in
When you learn something new, around the cell body and then your brain is important for forming
neurons make new connections. around itself to make a long tail on memories. Write your earliest or
When you remember something, your cell. This is called the axon, it favourite memories onto a piece of
a signal passes through these carries electrical signals to the end paper and stick it on to your neuron.
connections. of the cell.
6 Join up your neurons with others
In this activity, make your own 4 Twist more pipe cleaners around in your class to form a big network.
neuron out of pipe cleaners and the end of the pipe cleaner axon. Add these onto a pin board wall.
learn about some of the amazing These are the branches that pass
parts of these cells. connections onto the next neuron.
Next steps:
Time Alzheimer’s Research UK would
1 hour love to see a photo of your neuron
network, so please send them in to
Kit list engage@alzheimersresearchuk.org
Watch out!
Be careful when using scissors Axon
and pipe cleaners, they
can be sharp!
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ELECTRIC JOURNEYS
Matilda’s
floating feat
About this activity Instructions: Next steps:
Have you read Matilda by Roald 1 Use tissue paper and a pen to trace Why not use the same process to lift
Dahl? In the story Matilda is a little over the newt shown on the next feathers and polystyrene balls?
genius who comes up with tricks to page. Do this twice, then cut them out.
teach her ogre of a headteacher a Use this trick to tell Matilda’s story
lesson. When Miss Trunchbull wrongly 2 Blow up the balloon and rub it with to your family and friends. Show the
accuses Matilda of putting a newt in the jumper or fake fur for at least 20 journey that she goes on with her
the water jug, Matilda feels a strange seconds. powers.
sense of power. She uses that power
to tip the glass without touching it, 3 Hold the balloon near your hair. If This activity can be put towards a
spilling the water over her horrible you feel or see your hair moving CREST SuperStar Award and there
headteacher! This activity is taken towards it, then the balloon is ready. are plenty more online activities
from a new book called Matilda’s How you could try for free. For more
To Be A Genius and will show you how 4 Hold the balloon above the newts. information, follow this link:
to complete a similar feat… Command: ‘Lift up! Lift up!’ and crestawards.org/crest-superstar
amaze your audience as the newts
Time float up without you touching them!
45 minutes
Matilda’s
Kit list phenomenal fact:
Tissue paper While performing this trick, you
A pen discovered static electricity – a
stationary electric charge produced
Round-ended scissors
by friction (when two objects rub
A balloon together). An electric current is a flow
A wool jumper or fake fur of something called electrons. When
Feathers and small you rubbed the balloon, electrons
polystyrene balls (optional) jumped from the material onto the
balloon. These electrons produced the
force that pulled on the paper newts,
lifting them up.
Watch out!
Always be careful when
using scissors.
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ACTIVITY SHEET
Matilda’s
floating feat
Watch out!
Always be careful when
using scissors.
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JOURNEYS THROUGH NATURE
What do bees do?
About this activity Advance activity for
Bees journey to flowers collecting teachers:
nectar, and as they do so, they
transfer some of the pollen from one You will need to use the kit list to create
flower to another. This is one of the different outfits for children. On the day
ways that plants reproduce, and it is you will need to dress students up as
called insect pollination. In this activity, flowers (holding a petal, sepal or acting
you and your class will role-play the as the stigma), stamen (holding pollen
process of insect pollination. grains) or bees (wearing antennae
headbands). Every flower needs a
stigma and there should be enough
Time bees to go around.
1 hour
Next steps:
Visit collins.co.uk/SnapScience for
more information and fun activities.
Watch out!
If you help your teacher make the
props be careful with scissors.
Watch your step when you
are moving around
during the role play.
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Journey stick
About this activity Instructions:
When Australian Aboriginals went 1 Think about how others might be 5 Can others tell where you have
on long journeys they tied objects to able to guess where you have been. been? Does the stick help you to
a stick. They would start at one end For example, if you passed an old remember your journey?
of the stick and work along it as they oak tree, you might want to collect a
travelled. The objects would help them leaf or an acorn. 6 Talk about your journey to your
to remember events and experiences friends.
on their journey, and to tell others 2 If you saw a robin, you might tie
of their adventures. Go on your own some red wool on your stick. 7 What other journeys can you make?
journey and make a journey stick with
a friend. Where you will go? 3 How could you show it was sunny 8 How are your sticks different for
when you started your journey? each journey?
What might you find or experience and
how will you attach the items to the 4 Look very carefully as you travel. 9 Can you make a simple map of
stick? Share your journey stick with other Remember to start at one end of your journey?
people to tell them about your journey. the stick and work across to the
other end. 10 Can you find out more about how
the Aboriginal people used their
Kit list
journey sticks?
Watch out!
Remember to wash your hands
after the event. No fingers in
mouths!
Make sure to listen to advice from
adults about avoiding poisonous
or prickly plants.
Avoid going too close to water.
Don’t attach any animals or insects
to the stick!
All journeys should be
supervised by an
adult
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JOURNEYS THROUGH NATURE
Pollution solution
About this activity Advance activity for 5 Which container has the ‘pollution’
When we look around, we do not teachers: and which one does not? Is the more
usually see the ‘air’ so it is easy to polluted container the busy road or
assume that our air is clean. In reality, Make 2 types of sample in large the park? Why do you think this?
the air and the pollution in it are made containers e.g. litre bottles: Was your hypothesis correct?
up of mostly invisible gases. Many (A) neutral (just water) and
pollution particles are so small that we (B) polluted (Add around 1-2 6 What do you think are the biggest
cannot see them. This means that it is teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda causes of pollution in the UK?
hard to know if the air we breathe is per 500ml of water).
clean or polluted. This experiment will 7 Can you think of any solutions to air
help you discover how we can test for Label the container of plain water pollution? Try designing a vehicle
air pollution. (A) ‘Park’ and the water mixed with that creates no pollution.
bicarbonate of soda (B) as ‘Busy road’.
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Plastic - journey
to the ocean
About this activity Instructions:
There is a lot of plastic in landfill sites 1 Place/insert the filter paper into 8 Take it in turns to give the fleece
which often ends up journeying to the funnel. a good rub and squash under the
the ocean. It is estimated that a plastic water. Then lift the fleece out of the
bottle may take up to 450 years to rot 2 Half fill a bowl with warm tap water. bowl and squeeze the water from
away. Plastic also causes problems for it back into the bowl. Get as much
wildlife; some animals become tangled 3 Hold the funnel over a bowl to catch water out of the fleece as you can.
in it and some mistake it for food. the water. Use the jug to help transfer
This can be fatal to animals and, even the water from the bowl and through 9 Look at what is left behind in
when it isn’t, scientists are worried the filter paper in the funnel. the water.
that plastic is ending up in the food
chain as it can break down into small 4 Remove the filter paper from the 10 Line the funnel with a clean piece
particles called micro-fibres. funnel. Use the magnifying glass of filter paper. Hold the funnel over
and/or digital microscope to look a bowl to catch the water and use
This investigation tests the prediction that closely at the filter paper. the jug to help transfer the water
micro-fibres of plastic get into the water from the bowl and through the filter
.
when synthetic clothes are washed 5 This is a control. Why do you think paper in the funnel.
you need to do this? Can you see
anything on the filter paper? 11 Remove the filter paper from the
Time funnel. Use the magnifying glass
45 minutes 6 Half fill the bowl again with and/or digital microscope to look
warm water. closely at the filter paper.
Kit list 7 Dunk in the fleece so it is 12 Compare what you see on this filter
A synthetic fleece completely wet. paper to what is on the control paper.
Two bowls
Warm or cold water
A funnel Next steps:
A jug You’ve looked at the negatives of
Two sheets of filter paper recycling plastics in fleece. Why
A magnifying glass and/or not have a discussion around the
microscope benefits?
Mop or cloths to wipe up any Create a presentation about how
spills on the floor we can reduce plastic waste and
research how some people/
companies are doing this.
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Nature walk diary
About this activity Instructions: Next steps:
In this activity, you will have the 1 Plan your walk. You could use a map Check out the poetry resources in
opportunity to explore, observe and of a local park or forest to plot your Discovery Education Espresso for
document the natural world using route. What do you expect to see ideas and inspiration for how to turn
all your senses, and then use your while you are there? What time of your scientific observations into a
findings to write poems. You will go for year is it? beautiful list poem, haiku or other
a walk in a park, wood or open field poem of your choice.
and document your observations, by 2 Tip: take a camera to photograph
noting the sights, smells and sounds species. Then you can identify the Why not go on an imaginary
you encounter on your journey. plants and animals when you get journey? Imagine what your nature
back to home or school. walk would have been like if you had
completed it in another country – or
Time 3 Go on your walk. Record what you on another continent!
see, smell and hear. Collect a variety
1 hour of leaves from the ground (but don’t What would your walk have been
pick any off trees or plants). like in a desert? Or at the North or
South Pole?
Kit list 4 Listen closely to the sounds you
can hear. What birds or insects can Create a new version of your poem
Nature walk evidence sheet
you detect? Can you hear the wind in which you adapt the descriptions
Clipboard moving through the trees? What to match the weather and animals in
Pens does the ground sound like as you another place.
A bag for leaves walk over it?
Resources to accompany your nature
Camera (optional)
5 Make sure you check under rocks walk can be found on Discovery
and logs to inspect micro-habitats Education Espresso, find out more
beneath. at discoveryeducation.co.uk
6 Once you’re back at home or at school, This activity can be put towards a
use the words you have written down CREST SuperStar Award and there
to write your own poem. are plenty more online activities
you could try for free. For more
7 Use nouns and descriptive words information, follow this link:
and try to think about similes to crestawards.org/crest-superstar
Watch out! describe your observations.
All living things, including plants,
should be looked after carefully AUSTRALIA
you.
Adults should supervise activities
outdoors.
Wash hands after
working outside.
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ACTIVITY SHEET
Nature walk diary
Name Date
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Poster competition
About this activity Instructions:
Get creative and enter the British Research your poster Send us your poster
Science Association’s annual poster
competition. You can make your Investigate and imagine all the amazing Posters will be judged on creativity,
poster about whatever type of journey journeys that take place around the how well it fits the theme and how well
you like and enter our UK-wide world. Here are some topic ideas to get the poster has been made or drawn.
competition with the chance to win you started: Once the poster is complete, write your
an array of prizes. Many activities children’s information on the back, fill
found in this pack could be entered What sort of journeys have you in the online registration form, and then
into the poster competition, simply made? E.g. holidays. post your entry to us at:
look for the paintbrush symbol. Or you British Science Week Poster Competition,
can use them to serve as a source of Research famous journeys; e.g. Amy British Science Association,
inspiration to get you started. Johnson’s flight alone from Britain to 165 Queens Gate,
Australia or Charles Darwin’s journey London, SW7 5HD
on the HMS Beagle.
Time
1 hour Think about journeys that might Next steps:
be made in the future or travels
through time. Celebrate!
Kit list For more details, along with the full set
Paper (A4 or A3) Other than travel, what other of rules and tips for educators, check
Creative materials, e.g. journeys can you think of? E.g. life out our website
pens, pencils, scissors, glue, cycles of animals or plants, the water britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-
watercolours, paint, colouring cycle, or the life cycles of materials activities/poster-competition
crayons, pipe cleaners, felt, such as plastics.
thread, wool, foil, clay, string,
beads, stamps, foam, pompoms
Make your poster
N.B. try to avoid using straws or Once you’ve done your research, it’s time
glitter - these plastics often end up to get creative! Your poster must be:
journeying to the sea and harming
ecosystems 2D (flat) – if you make a model, you
need to just send us a photo of it on
A4 or A3 paper
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