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Fun Activities for Kids | Fun & Learning - The RSPB
Catch up with the RSPB’s own nature detectives on the case as they look to save some very special places. Birds & wildlife ... Games and activities There are loads of ways you can enjoy nature! Use these pages to find fun activities, games to play and stuff to make.
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Every Monday this Summer term, Mrs Steele will post a new science activity.
Read below for the latest one.
Have fun! Mrs Steele 🙂
Don't forget to share photos and results on BGfL so we can see what you've been up to.

Click on a title to access previous weeks' science activities:
Week 10: Skill Focus - Making improvements
Week 9: Skill Focus - Predicting
Week 8: Skill Focus - Analysing
Week 7: Skill Focus - Fair Test
Week 6: Skill Focus - Observation
Week 5: Enquiry Type - Research
​Week 4: Enquiry Type - Observation over time
​Week 3: Enquiry Type - Identifying and classifying
Week 2: Enquiry Type - Fair test
​Week 1: Enquiry Type - Pattern seeking
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Scroll down to see some children's attempts at these activities:
Week 7: Skill Focus - Fair test
Aamna, Year 5 writes:
𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.
𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚢𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜:
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𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝.
𝙼𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜:
𝚂𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛: 𝟾 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜




𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝: 𝟷𝟷 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜


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𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝: 𝟿 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜
𝙵𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝: 𝟹𝟺 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜
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𝚃𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚡: 𝟺𝟽 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜
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P𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛: 𝟼𝟷 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜



Week 5: Enquiry Type - Research
Science - Week 5
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by Isabel, Year 5:
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The different foods I tested were:
Tinned Pear
Strawberry Yoghurt 
Tortilla chips
Baked beans ​
fat
​0.5g
​1.4g
​9.3g
​0.2g

sugar
​​9g
​17g
​no sugar mentioned
​5g

carbohydrates
​8.5g
​18.9g
​24g
​12.5g

fibre
​1.4 g
0
​2.6g
​3.7g

per 100 g
per pot
per 100 g
per 100 g​

Week 2: Enquiry Type - Fair test
Science - Week 2
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by Isabel, Year 5:
My first hypothesis:
The length of the wings will affect how close the spinner goes to the target.
First Attempt - The short winged spinner hit the target. The wings of this spinner were 7.8 cm.
Second Attempt - This spinner had longer wings and it rotated better but it was about 14 cm off the target. The wings of this spinner were 12 cm.
My second hypothesis:
The weigh at the bottom of the spinner will affect how close the spinner goes to the target.
First Attempt - This spinner has blue tac at the bottom. It is the short winged spinner. It landed 4.5 cm away from the target.
Second Attempt - This spinner also has blue tac at the bottom. It is the long winged spinner. It landed 17.5cm away from the target.
My Method:
I stood on a chair with my arm outstretched above the target.
The Conclusion:
In my experiment the short winged spinner with a paper clip on the bottom worked the best.
My report
By Aamna Zafar Y5
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My hypothesis: I thought that it would almost hit every time no matter what you did to it.
My method: I stood above the target and dropped the spinner straight down. Then I changed one thing and recorded my results on a piece of paper.
My results:
Spinner with blue tack - From standing: MISS
Spinner with blue tack - From standing ON SOFA: ALMOST HIT
Spinner with blue tack - From standing WITH SHORTER LEGS: ALMOST HIT
Spinner with MORE BLUE TACK - From standing: HIT
Spinner with PAPERCLIP - From standing: REALLY MISSED
Spinner with blue tack - From standing - SHORTER ROTAS: ALMOST HIT
I recorded what I did differently in capital letters.
Conclusion
I found that when the spinner had a lot of blue tack, it fell onto the target. This shows that the best spinner is the one with the most weight.

Week 1: Enquiry Type - Pattern Seeking
Science Homework
By Habiba, Year 3
First I measured my dad and he was 67 cm, I measured him with measuring tape.
Next I measured myself and I was 51 cm. I also measured myself, my mom and my sister with measuring tape.
After that I measured my sister and she was 49 cm.
​Then I measured my mom and she was 68 cm.
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My report
By Aamna Zafar Y5
My question: Is there a link between the length of your outstretched arms and your height?
My hypothesis: Before I did the experiment, I thought that the length of my outstretched arms and my height would be the same.
My method: I got the tape measure and asked my mum to measure the length of my outstretched arms and wrote it down. She then measured my height and wrote it down. I did this with lots of members of my household.
My result: I found that the length of your outstretched arms is close to the same length.
My hypothesis was nearly correct.
Science - Week 1 by Isabel, Year 5:
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Mrs Steele recommends:
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If your parents have Facebook, they can search for Science Sparks who have a 'tray a day' activity which looks really good.
Remember that if you do some science, you can take photos and upload them to BGfL.
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