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Who wants to be a superhero?

Just what exactly do scientists and engineers do? xsuperstars_med

How do planes fly? How can we see through the dust in space? How do engineers make playgrounds safer to play in? How are they saving the planet?

Meet six real-life young scientists and engineers working in Wales. Each one has made a sixty-second video about their job and what they enjoy most about it. These are interspersed with discussion from a live presenter and interactive demonstrations involving volunteers from the audience.

This is a careers driven show aiming to introduce Key Stage Two pupils to the wide range of careers available in science and engineering, and to show them that scientists and engineers are people just like them!

The show also covers gravity, forces, energy, light, space, the environment and materials

Curriculum Links: Key stage 2

Ideas and Evidence in Science

• Thinking creatively

• Testing ideas using evidence from observation and measurement

Forces and Motion

• Gravity, friction, air resistance and equal and opposite reaction

• Materials and their properties

Light and Sound

• Light travels from a source

• Light cannot pass through some materials

Duration

50 or 60 minute versions available

Requirements

• Power sockets

• Projector Screen

• Two long tables

• Room that can be darkened