KS2 Science Activities
Action for Sustainability
New for 2013
Carry out a Sustainability Review to assess just how environmentally sound our building is. Explore renewable energy technologies through hands-on experimentation. Assess the impact of these technologies on the local landscape. Take a pledge to make your own lifestyle more sustainable.
Availability: All year
Maximum group size: 90 children
Price: £75 per group of up to 25 children, £100 per group of 26-33 (or one class, whichever number is larger), £150 per group of 36-50, £200 per group of 51-90
Time needed: an absolute minimum of 3 1/2 hours is needed on site for this activity.
Rocks and Soils
Take a GPS-led walk visiting different rocks and, using hands-on activities, learn about Shropshire's geological history. Get your hands dirty doing a soil investigation.
Curriculum Links: Science 1 & 3, PE 11, History 1
Availability: March to November.
Maximum group size: 70
Price: see the standard price structure below.
Home Sweet Home
Become an estate agent for the day and examine trends in the mini-beast housing market.
Either match larger animals with their ideal homes, making judgements based upon their needs, or investigate where invertebrates like to live in the pond.
Curriculum Links: Science 1 & 2
Availability: March to November.
Maximum group size: 35 if you choose the pond dipping option, 70 if you choose the meadow.
Price: £100 for groups of up to 35, £200 for groups of 36 to 70.
Dinner Time
Whether prey, predator or producer, our Food Chain games provide fun for all participants.
Discover a new underwater world while pond dipping, or use forensic evidence to find out what owls eat!
Curriculum Links: Science 1 & 2
Availability: March to November.
Maximum group size: 35 if you choose the pond dipping option, 70 if you choose to examine owl pellets.
Price: £100 for groups of up to 35, £200 for groups of 36 to 70.
Pond vs Meadow
Compare and contrast invertebrates found in pond and meadow habitats, while investigating either classification or adaptation.
Curriculum Links: Science 1 & 2
Availability: March to November.
Maximum group size: 54.
Cost: £100 for groups of up to 35, £200 for groups of 36 to 54.
Secret Hills Exhibition
Take a fascinating journey through Shropshire's past: meet a mammoth, explore an Iron Age roundhouse and take off with our film panorama that drifts across the local landscape like a hot air balloon. Focus tasks will also challenge the children during their time in the exhibition.
Free to any school booking a led activity, otherwise £2.75 per child aged 5 or over; 1 adult to every 10 children free of charge, additional adults £3.25.
Prices
The standard price structure for the led activities is:
- 25 children or fewer – £75
- 26 to 35 children (or one class, whichever number is larger) – £100
- 36 to 50 children – £150
- 51 to 70 children – £200
Further information and booking
You can download a leaflet from this page containing the information held herein. For further details of individual activities, to discuss your individual requirements and/or to make a booking, please call, fax or email Laura or Stephanie. Contact details can be found on this page.