Inspire your kids through Science!
May 13, 2016
SFS had the pleasure of catching Carl Ahlers, aka Professor Bunsen, in full flight at Essendon Primary School recently. So many fab experiments drawn together to illustrate just how the world works. The Year 3/4 students loved it. The teachers loved it and I learned alot!
Organising teacher Kiran Money (pictured above with the Professor and her class) said it was the best day she'd had this year!
See Professor Bunsen's show detail here. For Secondary and Primary students.
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