25/08/2026
🔬 National Science Week at NMPS! 🚀🥚
What an exciting National Science Week we had at NMPS! It was a fun-filled week of hands-on science, with students designing, creating, experimenting and testing their ideas.
Years 1 & 2 were treated to a fantastic visit from the fabulous Mr Lucas Black from Scitech, who amazed and entertained the children with some very cool science experiments and demonstrations. Students then became scientists themselves, creating their own parachutes and testing them by flying them from the mezzanine floor in the Science Room!
Years 3 & 4 took on the Egg Drop Challenge! 🥚 Students designed and built their own parachutes and protective containers before putting them to the ultimate test – dropping their precious eggs from the mezzanine floor! The challenge was to use their scientific thinking and creativity to give their egg the best chance of surviving the fall.
Years 5 & 6 tackled the Mars Mission Challenge! 🚀 Using recycled materials, teams had to design and build a spacecraft that could:
1. Land with its solar panel facing upwards
2. Safely carry a 500 g payload
3. Record the lowest possible G-force on impact
To make the challenge even more exciting, students used Micro:bits that they had coded to send and receive G-force data from their spacecraft during landing.
It was wonderful to see so much excitement, teamwork, problem-solving and creativity throughout the week. Most importantly, Science Week was all about DOING science – experimenting, testing, improving and having plenty of fun along the way!
A fantastic week of science at NMPS! 🔬🪂🚀