Inspiring SciencePrimary School
Initiative
Inspiring Science
• In 2008, Science in Society hosted 15 "inspiring science" shows at
the Magee, Jordanstown and Coleraine campuses for primary
school children, aged 9-11 in Northern Ireland.
• 4848 pupils from 106 schools attended the events.
• The aim of the inspiring science initiative was to promote science to
P6 and P7 primary school children in a fun and interesting way and to
run a “inspiring science” young scientist of the year 2008
competition.
•The "Young Scientist" competition involved children carrying out a
piece of hypothesis driven research (of their own choice) and reporting
on it.
“The 'Magical Science & Engineering Show' is not a show for the
timid as it involves erupting volcanoes, vats of giant bubbles,
buckets of oozy slime, magical colour changes and disappearing
acts, but most of all lots of whizz bang explosions!!
Sue McGrath - a scientist turned magician-of-sorts - delivers a
wacky, energetic and dramatic performance which not only
delivers real experiential learning opportunities based on the
world around us, but also touches on the serious message of the
repercussions of human activity on the global environment.
The show aims to stimulate curiosity and imagination within your pupils
so they ultimately leave the show wanting to embark on their
own science journey of discovery!”
Electricity, Gravity, Energy and Forces, Molecules, Reactions, Compounds, Acids/Alkali, Friction, Sound, Recycling
Detailed Map
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Student Evaluations
“It was very
important to
learn… I loved
it!!!”
“It was absolutely
“100%”
amazing”
Thank you for the fun
stuff we learnt about
science, it was SO
COOL!!
“It was the best
science show
EVER!”
“It was the
best show
I’ve ever
seen”
5*
“Thank – you
very much…
after I watched
the show I now
know science
isn’t boring”
“It was
amazing… I
now want to
be a scientist
when I’m
older”
“I thought it was
Brilliant,
Excellent, very,
very Good “
“It was
fantastic and I
learned a lot of
things.”
“I would
love to see
it again”
“It was weird
wacky and
wonderful”
“It was very good
and I hope you
can inspire more
schools and it
couldn’t have
been any better…
Thank you!”
Teacher Evaluations
Thank you!
A great show!!
Great use of
every day items
found easily for
us to use at
school & home
Fabulous
Well timed
Safety conscious
All schools had at least 1
participant. You can see
the students’ really
enjoyed themselves
Excellent idea for
a show – Sue
kept the kids
spell-bound &
interested
Thank you
Scientist Sue
was brilliant a great rapport
with pupils –
Super
V. enjoyable
Excellent delivery:
Kept children's
attention
Super fun for
Kids
Thank you
We loved the
show…
Thank you
Excellent!
Fun filled Science!!
The scientific
concepts content
chosen were an
excellent choice
The children
realised that
science is
both exciting
& interesting
I feel that the benefit
of the show was that
children became
enthused by science
and this was certainly
achieved!
Well done