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A post-war comedy-drama on Magnets and Materials

 

The year is 1946 in the sleepy village of Upper Copperbottom: The Reverend Bunting is due to judge the marrow competition when his housekeeper, Mrs Dingleberry, notices that the vicarage boiler is on the blink.  Could there be a fault with the bimetallic strip in the thermostat?  Or are there any other materials involved?  Furthermore, why is there a magnet in the scullery and why is Miss Baldock in the belfry?  

It transpires that if the boiler isn't quickly fixed there is a serious threat of explosion!  In a chase against time the vicar and his assorted houseguests rally round in an attempt to save the day.

However, it would appear that one of them is a saboteur....

 

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Key Stage 1

• The children are encouraged to recognise a variety of different materials and to sort them into groups of natural and man-made
• Simple properties (appearance, hardness, magnetic or non-magnetic) are demonstrated with the emphasis on magnetic and thermal (expansion) properties
• The reasons for choosing certain materials for specific uses are illustrated  

Key Stage 2

• As KS1 but in greater detail...
• Thermal expansion is treated further with a use and demonstration of the bimetallic strip
• Expansion is explained in terms of molecules and how heat travels from hot to cold is demonstrated
• The magnetic properties of a current-carrying wire are illustrated with a simple demonstration of the electromagnet

 

    
 

"We have had Kinetic on a number of occasions and this was the best yet!"

I J Merryweather, 
Mount Pleasant CE Junior School