There’s still time to sign up for the BBC’s Terrific Scientific (external link). Aimed at 9 – 11 year olds, there is free support and resources, lesson plans, classroom investigations and an online map to share your results with other schools around the UK. Terrific Scientific will run until summer 2018 with a fresh series of investigations, fantastic resources and Live Lessons for the next academic year. 5,000 primary schools have registered already. They’ve enjoyed it so far:
“lovely resources”
“We were really inspired and think that science is fun”
“It makes science really exciting for everyone”
“fantastic time taking part”
“Can’t wait for the next one”
“our class absolutely LOVED this experiment”
Some of you may already be taking part: if so, do let Terrific Scientific have your data from the Time investigation as soon as possible (it closes on 21 April) so that it will be displayed on our interactive map (external link).
If you haven’t signed up yet, you can still register and join in. The next Terrific Scientific investigation – Trees (Living things and their habitats) – starts after the Easter break (on Monday 24 April) and runs until 4 June. The primary school scientists will be taking part in a UK wide survey of trees in school grounds, looking at the species, size and carbon value of each tree and how important they are to their world.
Want to get involved? Register here (external link) if your school has not already registered. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes.