Science and Engineering in our classroom

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 One of the boys in our class has a dad who works for a computing company and a mum who works for a mobile phone company. They came to our class today to tell us about their jobs and to show us how science and engineering help them in their jobs.
First we were shown a very interesting show. There were lots of pictures of computers from years ago to modern computers. We heard a little about how computers work. We were shown a very basic computer (a calculator), a laptop and a desktop computer. We already know a little about computers because we use them in class and some of us use them at home, but it was so great to hear about what computers looked like when our parents and grandparents were small.
Next we heard about mobiles and how they work - when we call a number the messages get beamed from the mobile to a huge tower, and then get beamed to the other phone. We heard a little about being safe around the towers, and never climbing them. We learned where to carry a mobile (not near our hearts) and most importantly we learned never to use our mobiles when driving.

Thank you to the wonderful parents who come to our class to tell us all about some of the very interesting jobs that they do!