The Science Show consisted of a number of "Stations" that the pupils and their teachers could visit. Most stations had an interactive element which made it thoroughly engaging for all the children.

Circuits

In the circuit station we built and explained circuits. We made all the circuits ourselves. We had three different types of circuits: a simple circuit, parallel circuits and a series circuit. We let the children turn on and off the circuits and explained how they work. We also played a game with insulators and conductors and taught them about them. We also made our own switch with pins and a paperclip. We showed the children how a switch works.

By Aoife, Ava.F, Ava Mc, Elizabeth, Maeve and Róisín

The Static Electricity Station

Our station was about static electricity.We showed the children how static is made and they used balloons to pick up light items such as rice crispies and paper.We kept count and saw who got the most rice krispies. We also showed them that lightning happens because of static electricity. We were able to explain to the older children that static electricity occurs due to the transfer of electrons from their hair to the balloon making the balloon negatively charged.

We were also showing balloons repelling and explained that opposites attract and similarly charged items repel.

By The static electricity group,Sarah,Carrie,Áine,Mia and Ellie

                                                    Electromagnets

In our station we studied and created an electromagnet. An electromagnets can be created by wrapping a wire around an iron nail and running current through the wire.

The electric field in the wire coil creates a magnetic field around the nail. 

In some cases the nail will remain magnetised even when removed from within the wire coil.

We created the electromagnet and we picked up 5 paper clips.  The rest of the classes really enjoyed learning about it.

 Safety around Electricity

We had another station on safety around electricity.We Did a powerpoint on safety around electricity. We taught all the classes how to stay safe around electricity. We learnt that the mains (AC) has 220 volts  and a D battery (DC) has 1.5 volts. We really enjoyed the science fair and show and tell

By: Joe and Shane.

The Inventor's Lab

The Inventor's Lab had four inventions. 

The first invention was a car with lights. We made it from cardboard and added two circuits inside to power the light bulbs. 

Secondly, we made a wind turbine from lollipop sticks, masking tape, bluetack, a battery, a bottle cap and a motor. It was very successful

Thirdly, we made a car from lollipop sticks, masking tape, bottle caps, straws and a skewer. After that, we added a motor and a battery to make the car move by itself. 

We had lots of fun showing the younger children our inventions.

By: Cormac, Liam, JJ, Corey, Olivia and Jennifer.

Lemon Battery Station

At our station, we showed all the children from all of the classes how to light an LED using only lemons, nails and copper coins. 

We demonstrated how the circuit worked and how the electricity was made, and let the students construct the circuit to light the LED. We also did a quick quiz at the end of every presentation, asking the children to answer some lemon-related questions.

By Méabh, Melisa, Ciara & Aimee

Makey-Makey

The makey-makey is an invention kit designed to connect everyday objects to computer keys. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, the toy is controlled by opening and closing circuits to send the computer either a keyboard stroke or mouse click signal.

In our group we played a piano using bananas connected to the makey-makey using alligator clips. We also made a game called ‘Catch the Fish’ on scratch which was also controlled using the bananas.

By: Eoghan, Eli, Sam, Matthew

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