Summer Term 1 Report

We have been super busy this term diving deep into the invisible and mysterious force - magnetism!

To start with we experimented to show the force field around a magnet, used a compass to demonstrate the earth's magnetic field, created a magnet race game and even learnt how the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) work! The iron filings were a big hit.

We also kicked off the Invent It! Tangram puzzle challenge this term. I could tell from how quiet everyone one was that this was a real hit and really engaged everyones brain ready for the rest of the class.

We then coded our microbits using conditional logic (If statement) to sense the Earth's magentic field and report the magentic bearing on the screen. We tested them out in the hall for a treasure hunt, which demonstrated nicely the significance of accuracy, errors and calibration - we all ended up in different places!

Electromagentism was the last topic and we had some great fun with this making an electromagnet and creating a sensor that turned magnetic field strength into a sound. This enabled us to follow a wire carrying an electrical current around the class room.