British Science Week 2025

Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 8:55am

For British Science Week in Year 6 we completed an investigation into the filtration of microplastics in our water.

We used beakers, jugs, measuring scales, sand, water, fabric, paper and paper towels to mimic how different materials can filter particals from water (the sand was our microplastic).

We had a great time making our predictions before carrying the experiment out and found, very quickly, that what we expected, didn't always happen! 

We were extremely surprised to find that our usual writing paper didn't allow for any filtration at all! Its much stronger than it looks!