During British Science week in March 2024, Dr Diane Turner (Dr Di), took the meteorite collection to Elsworth Primary School in Cambridgeshire.
The session began with Diane getting the children to pretend they were planets in the solar system and demonstrating how the planets moved around the sun. The children then sat down to handle the meteorites, they were enthralled, gently touching them and passing them on. Diane told them that they could indeed one day become astronauts and travel to space and they were delighted.
They asked incredible questions such as ‘is this rock melted cheese?’ and ‘is the moon sparkly?’ They adored touching all the moon rocks and meteorites commenting on the feel of each one. We received lovely feedback from the pre-school that the session inspired their play for the rest of the day.
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