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We love Science at Corbridge First, especially when it comes to hands on learning. 
Have a little look at the things we have been learning about.
Today we had a very unexpected surprise- two frozen eggs discovered in The Hub!
 
The children decided it was very important to free whatever was inside the eggs as ‘the baby creatures will be so cold, we need to warm them up.’
 
We spent a few minutes thinking about how we could do this. our initial idea of smashing them on the table was quickly discarded as we were worried about hurting whatever was inside. 

We had 2 great suggestions, “use warm water to melt the ice” and “wrap them in a blanket to warm them up.”
 
Since we had 2 eggs, we decided we could investigate both ways. Sorting ourselves quickly into teams, we sprang in to action to collect the things we needed for our rescue mission. Trays, cups, warm water, felt, tissue paper, scissors and sellotape were efficiently used to put our ideas to the test. 

The warm water quickly melted the ice and revealed a baby triceratops. This led the other group to hug their wrapped egg in close to speed up the warming and melting process. When they “couldn’t feel” their ice egg getting smaller, they decided to cut it free to check. 
The felt was wet which they decided must mean that it had melted a bit, but still their egg was still frozen solid. The group decided to change tactic and use the warm water too as it had proven so successful on the first egg. Demonstrating great team work, they quickly freed the second baby triceratops, wrapping it up in tissue paper to “warm it up nicely.”
Reception started off STEM fortnight with an exciting surprise visitor. Hannah has a career as a geologist and was kind enough to bring in some of her special fossils to share with us. We loved wondering what had made such interesting fossils millions of years ago, although the half- hidden tooth was a particular favourite. 

We then used salt dough to make our own fossils which we will paint when they have dried out.
 
Thank you so much for volunteering to be a STEM Ambassador Hannah and share with us your expertise.
As part of their Materials unit, Year 2 sorted various items by their properties. 
Exploring habitats in our local area and the wider world.