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Science Assembly KS2Primary School Resource KS2 Elementary School Play The Back to the Past Guide |
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Topics: |
Science, History of Science, Newton, Franklin, Wright, Baird |
Age group: | 9-11 (Key Stage 2 Year 5-6) |
Genre: | Educational / Parody |
Duration: | 22 minutes |
Cast: | 21-23 |
Author: |
Robert Reed |
Informative and funny play.
For anyone who wants to prove that learning about Science can be fun.
Synopsis
In this parody of the successful 1980s movie, Marty McFry and Doc Peppermint Brown take the audience back to the past to witness some great scientific breakthroughs. The scientists they visit include: Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Wilhelm Röntgen, the Wright Brothers and John Logie Baird.
The script includes an option to link part of the assembly to a Year 6 Design and Technology topic.
Play Excerpt
NARRATOR: Previous designs for manned flight had involved a lot of flapping. (Two strangely dressed people holding wings enter stage, warm-up like athletes, flap furiously and jump from chair, one after the other and walk off sadly.) It didn’t really work.
Other featured school plays:
The Back to the Past Guide to Scientific Discoveries
Bollywood High School: 'Please Keep Off the Grass!'
Saint George, Alfred the Talking Camel and the Dragon
Saint Patrick and the Emeral Isle
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