School Workshops
CSI: Rollercoaster
How do different forces operate – and what do they actually do?
Introduction
CSI: Rollercoaster sets your students a problem – to identify which of six suspects sabotaged what was to be the most exciting and force-defying rollercoaster in the world: the Newton. And they’ll need to consider all their prior knowledge to explore some forces that are entirely new to them – before finding out about a little-known inventor whose understanding of magnetism is still saving lives today: Alexander Miles.
Exploring: gravity, friction, upthrust, centrifugalism, centripetalism, magnestism.
| Year Groups | KS2-KS3 |
|---|---|
| Curriculum | Science |
| Pupil Numbers | 30 pupils per workshop |
| Duration | 1½ hours – half a day (depending on how many classes) |
| Space | Classroom |
Workshop FAQs
How many pupils can take part?
CSI: Rolercoaster can accommodate up-to 30 pupils per workshop.
What is the format of the day?
Workshops last for 1½ hours – half a day (depending on how many classes)
Are there any technical requirements?
Each working space needs to be equipped with laptop/screen/projector, so pupils can view the supporting PowerPoint throughout.
Where will the workshops take place?
These workshops are designed to take place in the classroom.
Workshop Testimonials
“The staff have fed back to me to say their children thoroughly enjoyed the CSI workshops. They really enjoyed cracking codes and working as a team using their comprehensions skills. They were able to follow the instructions set and look for clues on the front covers of books and from information provided to develop and discuss their ideas using a range of comprehension strategies. We would definitely recommend this workshop to other schools. We all had a great day!”
“I was totally in awe of your ability to engage the students; it has really given me food for thought with respect to how to introduce reading skills across our department (I think I have learned as much as the students!).”
“We will definitely be looking into some more maths workshops for KS1 later in the year and will be recommending this to other schools that we work with!”
“Year 8 had a fantastic time with last week completing a CSI: Periodic Murder Mystery workshop, cracking the case of the poisoned tea! Thank you to Chris at As Creatives for a brilliant day!”
The children learnt how prevalent maths is within the world in which we live, particularly based on things that they do every single day. They realised how all aspects of maths work together during problem-solving to enable them to solve the problems and crack the codes. Even areas of the maths that we have yet to cover, the children were able to use their prior maths learning to help inform their judgements and answers. Delivery was excellent and the children absolutely loved the workshop – thank you.
“As part of our Maths week, all KS2 children in the School had the CSI:Maths workshop. The children were buzzing about it all week and realised that Maths can be fun! I would highly recommend it and would not hesitate to use you again in the future”
“The students thoroughly enjoyed the workshops. The KS2 children in particular loved the idea of being CSI investigators. We had parents feedback to us that their children had spent a long time explaining every little detail of their investigation and how much they had enjoyed it.”
“I can honestly say that all the children enjoyed the maths sessions immensely. They were all engaged and actively involved. Even the reluctant learners got involved and did not realise they were doing maths. I was very impressed with Jackson, he managed to get all the children’s attention and keep the class motivated and enthusiastic without them getting unruly.”
More CSI Workshops
CSI: Reading Skills
Specifically designed to support pupils in making connections between different ways of “reading”.
CSI: Maths
A series of challenging mysteries to engage your students and get them thinking logically.
