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It was just an ordinary day at the Missing Materials Bureau. Detective T Copper was just closing up shop when a call came through to him…"Some of our materials have gone missing". Who could have perpetrated this evil crime? What's so special about the properties of those materials? And why are there puddles on the carpet? Based on Attainment Target 3 of the National Curriculum for Science, The Big Drip is a quickfire, fast-talking musical comedy. Philip Marlowe meets Guys and Dolls in this light-hearted Film Noir pastiche |
| In the Key Stage 1 version the children are shown that there are many different materials and that you can tell them apart by their properties. They see that there is a link between their properties and their uses They discover that by mixing materials you can create a new material and that water can be in the form of a solid, a liquid or a gas. |
| In the Key Stage 2 version we build on this, and demonstrate the density of particles in a solid, a liquid and a gas. The children are introduced to the idea of a mixture and a compound with reference to the baking of a cake, and the separation of a mixture is demonstrated using dissolution and filtration. Universal Indicator is used to test the pH value of a liquid and the idea of acidity ancd alkalinity is introduced. |
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Teachers'
Notes, which give a more in-depth rundown of
The Big Drip's science content are provided with each booking. Please
click for notes:
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Requirements:
We will need an area 15' x 15' and 8' in height.
And one 13amp plug socket. We need forty-five minutes before and thirty
minutes after each show to set-up and dismantle the scenery and equipment.
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Running
time: Approximately
fifty-five minutes for Keystage 1 and one hour for Keystage 2. In
addition the actors will take questions at the end of the show.
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Midlands-based
this Spring Term 2010
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