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Liaison between the Chemistry at KEQMS department and primary
schools in Lytham has been taking place for the last four
years.
The National Curriculum for Science includes, at KS2 a
number of elements that are best taught through 'hands on'
practical work. Our partner schools are not equipped with
the laboratory facilities necessary to deliver this aspect
of science in an interactive manner. The schools are keen
to take part in the liaison because it specifically addresses
the KS2 Science Curriculum.
Small groups of students from each primary school spend
an afternoon in the KEQMS laboratories where they engage
in practical activities; extracting salt from rock salt,
using the ICT facility to find out uses of salt and performing
a number of experiments with acids, rocks, milk and yeast
all of which help them to distinguish between reversible
and irreversible reactions.
The visiting students take home a sample of the salt they
have extracted, a colour photograph showing them working
in the laboratory, a workbook of questions based on the
practical work and a memorable experience! We provide each
primary school with a CD ROM about the activity, which includes
a selection of photographs of the students working in the
laboratory, which they can put onto their school network.
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