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Cartoon Science
The laws of cartoon science state that nothing falls faster than an anvil! Is this true? How does gravity really affect things with different weights?
Join your favourite cartoon characters on a journey to discover the difference between cartoon science and real science.
What are forces and how do they work? Can objects change shape and then return to their original shape? Find out what happens to things when they combust or explode! The show features animated clips, audience interaction and lots of demonstrations of 'real-world' science.
"..the cartoons made the experiments more exciting, showing us that even cartoons can turn into science to be investigated..." Year 6 student
Curriculum Links
Key stage 2
- Science is about thinking creatively to try to explain how living and non-living things work, and to establish links between causes and effects
- It is important to test ideas using evidence from observation and measurement
- Consider what sources of information, including first-hand experience and a range of other sources, they will use to answer questions
- Use observations, measurements or other data to draw conclusions
- Compare everyday materials and objects on the basis of their material properties, including hardness, strength and flexibility
- Describe changes that occur when materials are heated or cooled
- Reversible changes
- Objects are pulled downwards because of the gravitational attraction between them and the Earth
- Friction, including air resistance, as a force that slows moving objects and may prevent objects from starting to move
- A range of domestic and environmental contexts that are familiar and of interest to them
Learning objectives
Key stage 2
After watching the show Key stage 2 pupils should:
- Recognise that science establishes rules and models which describe the world and enable us to predict future behaviour
- Develop investigative skills in observation and making hypotheses
- Know that forces make objects change their speed, direction or shape
- Know that gravity is a force which attracts objects to the ground
- Realise that objects of different masses fall at the same rate
- Draw a fire triangle highlighting the requirements for combustion
- Describe simple physical properties of some solid materials
Duration
45 or 60 minute versions available
Suggested audiences
- 7-11 year olds
- Family or mixed age groups
- Festivals and events
We will need the venue to provide
- Power sockets
- Data Projector
- Projector Screen
- Two long tables
- Speakers or PA
- Room that can be darkened
