Science is probably something that we don't think a lot about when we are called to step into a classroom, but as we found out there some amazing resources available from the Discovery Science and Technology Centre in the form of Science in a Suitcase. What a fantastic idea and some great topics to chose from, among them Mini beasts, Dino Detectives, Criminal Investigations, Kitchen Science to name a few. Emma, our very enthusiastic presenter for the night is the Outreach Education Officer at Discovery, she explained what the Centre has to offer for teachers and students and let us not only explore some of the kits but have a wander around the centre and try the activities.
The suitcases or containers hold everything that a teacher needs to explore one of the topics including physical resources, experiments and activities. On the night we had fun exploring some of those kits - Rockets, Mini beasts, Dino Detectives (just hope the students are better at putting the small dinosaur models together better than we were). Hopefully in the future we may have the opportunity to explore more that Discovery has to offer.
