Lenses and sunbeams

During a recent sunny day some of our after school care children put the sun to good use by using its beams to burn their name into a piece of wood with the help of a magnifying glass.

Following a short introduction on lenses, sunbeams and the dangers of heating the children concentrated really hard to finish their project by pick-up time. Some children took a maginfying glass home with them to show their parents their newly learnt skill and practice some more over the weekend!