Purple Pack Scientist Badge

They took part in a number of activities which included:

• Creating a wormery
• Grew (or failed to grow) cress from seed
• Checked how exercise altered the pulse rate
• Saw how an electric switch worked
• Constructed a tower using marshmallows and spaghetti
• Found out the difference in spinning a raw egg and a hard-boiled one
• Made butter
• Saw how vinegar reacted with coins, steel wool and bicarb
• Made a hot air balloon
• Created a submarine sauce sachet
• Made a cloud in a bottle
• Pulled a hard-boiled egg into a milk bottle

It was a busy but productive two weeks.  All those who attended gained the badge.

For more photos from the activity, view our Facebook Album.