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Hope Pit Science Senses Trail Use all your senses to discover the real meaning of science at Hope Pit! Search and find as many of Maurice the miner’s fantastic facts at each stop!
Name of stop
Number of fantastic facts found
Workshop and Garages What is the Blacksmith in the workshop? If he is not there what can you see happening on the video?
What noises can you hear and what can you smell in his workshop?
Look at the tools on the bench and explore their properties. Can you circle the correct adjectives (describing words) for each tool? rough
soft
hard
smooth
sharp
strong
spongy
bendy
sharp smooth
soft rough hard
strong bendy spongy
Explore the workshop area. Can you find and draw one thing that needs a push, one thing that needs a pull and one thing that needs a twist? Pull
Push
Twist
Compressor House Find out what pressure is needed to turn the light bulb on, by reading the pressure gauge PSI Find out what job the compressor carries out
Winding Engine House Listen to Eric and answer the following questions. What is Eric’s job at the Winding Engine House?
How many men were taken down the mine together in the cage? 5
12
20
10
Can you find all these things in the Winding Engine House?
pulley
belt
drum
Make sure to look at the Headgear! Can you spot the different parts that make it a winding mechanism?
wheel
Can you find the red scarf?
Inman Shaft Explain one fact that you have learnt from the ‘Water Underground’ or ‘The big Clean Up’ videos?
Circle the words that describe how the videos made you feel? 1,000,000 Gallons of water is pumped out of the mine daily. That is enough water for you to bath for the next 100 years.
interested excited
glad
sad happy
upset
angry
worried
scared
Wow, check this out! When you are walking around Hope Pit, see how different it is to walk on the gravel. Why is it so different? What forces are acting on your feet when you move?
Settling and Water Treatment Ponds Why is the water orange?
Check the information boards!
Find out why there are so many ponds instead of one big pond?
Reed Beds and Bird Hides
Wow, check this out! When you are walking down the hill to the reed beds and hides, see how different it is to walk on the stones. Why is it harder to walk down the hill on loose stones? Why do you not slip when walking down the hill?
Name three animal sounds you can hear from the sound box in the bird hides? 1)
2)
3)
What sounds can you hear around the reed beds?
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Can you draw one of the habitats you have seen?
You will not believe it! What can you see that is improving the environment?
Have a look at the reed beds. Can you find out what job they carry out?