QUASARs visit Primary Schools

Published on 2 June 2014

Alexandra Alexandrova and Prof. Carsten Welsch visited the Chapelford Community Primary School in Warrington on 21^st May to fascinate pupils in year 6 about science. They both talked about their respective way to physics and the reasons why the find science so fascinating. Following that, a Van de Graff generator, plasma ball setup and a thermal camera were used to let the children participate to the fun side of science.

In addition, Alexandra visited Wheatley Hill Primary School in Durham on 22^nd and 23^rd of May where she did science outreach for children in years 4-6. A number of activities involved demonstrations using a thermal camera. The demanding audience was very interested in understanding different phenomena and very excited to learn about how science impacts on everyday objects.