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Racetrack to Road

Racetrack to Road

How can we increase the speed of a car? Pupils consider the forces acting on a car and investigate how they can reduce them to enhance the performance of the car. Working scientifically, they develop skills in recording and interpreting data.

Curriculum topics:  recording and interpreting data; making predictions; forces.
Cross Curricular: maths

Great Skills Improver

Great Skills Improver

Can machines think? 
Pupils develop their teamwork and thinking skills through a science embedded task around the work of leading scientist Alan Turing and explore the question, ‘Can machines think?’ 

Curriculum topics: personal capabilities, computing 

Cross-curricular links: computing, maths, PSHE. 

Great Question Ponder 2025

Great Question Ponder 2025

For all ages

Encourage talk and higher order thinking by pondering big questions about sustainability that are integral to each 2025 Great Guided Enquiry.