An exciting, hands-on, audience participation show, guaranteed to be inspiring and engaging as it introduces the five senses in a novel way. Everyone gets to take part (including the teachers) in a series of simple scientific experiments and challenges; each designed to address common misconceptions or to make us think about our senses in a different way. Be prepared for some bright, loud, tasty, smelly and messy mayhem as we see, hear, taste, smell and feel our way to a better understanding of our senses, how they work and how to fool them.  

Following a brief introduction to the electrical equipment, pupils will work in pairs to build an electrical circuit. This circuit will then be used to carry out an investigation into conductors and insulators. Results of the investigation will be recorded by each pupil in terms of the object tested and the materials they are made of. The workshop will conclude with a group discussion of the results of the investigation and why conductors and insulators are important.

Pupils will work in teams of 4 to carry out a series of table-top, hands-on investigations. Each investigation will be introduced with a laminated instruction card stating the learning outcome for the activity and what the pupils need to do. The pupils will be encouraged to discuss what they have discovered with their team mates. The workshop is concluded with a group discussion about what the pupils learned during the workshop.

Active-learning without a doubt! Pupils will watch a short live science demonstration illustrating the scientific principles of gravity and forces, which will be discussed in relation to juggling.  Then pupils will work individually and in pairs to learn the basics of juggling using juggling bags.

This is an introductory workshop...continued practice will be required!

Following a presenter-led indoor introduction to the workshop, pupils will move outside to work in small teams to record the weather in their team’s weather log. To do this they will visit 8 weather stations in turn. At each station they will find a laminated instruction card and the equipment necessary to measure one aspect of the weather. The workshop will conclude indoors with a review of the pupils’ results and a discussion about what they learned.

This workshop will take place outside in all weathers

as long as it is safe to do so.  

Pupils AND teachers must provide suitable clothing

for themselves, K’NEXT Generation does NOT provide clothing.