As you can see from the photographs, we had a super science experience with the Mayor, Cllr. Mark Warfield. Mark was back to the Brownies by special request from them for him to return after his last visit.
Mark asked us to use a CD, a cork with a hole through and a balloon to make the ‘hovercraft’ travel across the floor. There was lots of opportunity to hypothesise (will a bigger balloon make a difference) to experiment (use a different size of cork) to succeed (hovercraft travelled) and to learn about the Frenchman who invented the method (Benolli – I think!!).
All the Brownies persevered, engaged, questioned, helped each other and were able to describe what they had done to the parents who came along at the end to see them receive their science badge from the Mayor of Lichfield.
A fantastic evening that Lesley, Gwyneth, Julia and I thoroughly enjoyed – as did the Brownie leaders. Girls into science is a national initiative and we have certainly done our bit to further the interest of our adopted group!!