Egg Challenge

Wednesday Evening.
Can any team create a 'vehicle' which will prevent an egg from breaking when dropped from a window?













The answer is NO! Looks like we'll be having scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Investigating a Wood

Wednesday
After the 'tree hugging' we investigated the environment of a local wood.

Getting to Know a Tree

Wednesday. Working in pairs, a blindfolded student was led to a tree. They were then taken back to the starting point and had to find their tree. One group did this in the morning, the rest in the afternoon. The activity was an introduction to a woodland investigation. Poems were written after this session.

Pond Dipping

Tuesday Afternoon
After a short classroom session and break we ventured out onto the peat bog.


'Now, be sure to NOT stand right at the edge'

Of course one student didn't quite hear this and fell into a pond.


Clearing the Ice from a Pond.



Dipping.



What Have We Found?

Walk to Malham Village

Tuesday Morning.
Got up at 7:00. Made sandwiches for lunch at 7:45 and then had breakfast from 8:15.
Overnight temperatures were about -4 C and it was quite windy.


Malham Tarn at dawn.



Early risers looking at the view.



Setting off.

We were all well wrapped up to face a sub zero wind.


Looking back at Tarn House across Malham Tarn.

The Tarn sits on a bed of slate, which underlies the limestone. Glaciation has removed the limestone in this area otherwise this water would be underground.


A short stop to examine a Glacial Erratic deposited some 10,000 years ago.



The stream below Malham Tarn.




The stream starts to sink underground.




Stream disappearing into a sink hole.




The valley down to the top of Malham Cove.

The wall was originally built by monks some 800 years ago.

Stop for lunch.



The Limestone Pavement on top of Malham Cove.


The Cove.


Beneath the Cove.


View of the Cove on the last stretch of the walk to Malham Village.