Scientist

Choose any 2 of the following activities from each section (4 in total) and demonstrate the experiment to Akela, explaining any conclusions you have made. You may conduct other experiments agreed with Akela.

The physical world

Make a simple switch from household items and demonstrate how it can be used to control a light bulb and battery.
Demonstrate that electrical currents produce magnetic, chemical and heating effects, and explain how it happens.
Show that hot air rises.
Make an artificial rainbow by splitting up a beam of white light.
Make a pin-hole camera and understand principles of operation eg size of hole
Make a simple compass and show the effects of magnetic and magnetic materials upon it.
Make a simple periscope and explain how light is reflected from the object into your eye.

The living world

Make some yoghurt and find out what type of bacteria are involved in the process and the role of the bacteria.
Grow a plant and investigate what happens when light and water are excluded from it.
Use a net and jar to find out how many different creatures live in the water at the edge of a pond.
Set up a wormery or ant colony and record activity over a few weeks.
Grow a bean. When the root and shoot are visible, investigate what happens when is seed is turned upside down and left to continue growing.
Collect seeds from various plants and discover how these are protected and dispersed.

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