{"id":306773,"date":"2024-07-18T22:41:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=306773"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:44:30","slug":"experience-a-summer-of-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/ie\/kids-club\/cool-kids\/general-kids-club\/experience-a-summer-of-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience a Summer of Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known. And this summer holidays, the National Trust are inviting visitors to his childhood home in Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire to try out exciting experiments inspired by the great thinker himself! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Unlock your curiosity \u2014 just like Isaac!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Visitors will be treated to a brand-new trail<\/strong> of interactive, family-friendly experiments<\/strong>, all modelled after Isaac\u2019s own discoveries. There\u2019s a pendulum<\/strong>, a telescope<\/strong>, Newton\u2019s Cradles<\/strong> (a swinging, metal device that showcases the power of momentum), and awesome air-powered rockets<\/strong>! Plus, there are tons of other hands-on experiments<\/strong> in Woolsthorpe Manor\u2019s amazing Science Centre<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excitingly, many of the experiments can also be recreated at home<\/strong>, all using inexpensive items you might have lying around your house.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Astronaut Tim Peake visited Woolsthorpe Manor to lauch the Summer of Discovery programme and help a group of Year 5s launch their very own paper rockets.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Who exactly was Sir Isaac Newton?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sir Isaac Newton<\/a> lived from 1642 to 1727. Some of his greatest achievements included: the invention of calculus<\/strong> (a form of maths used to this day in physics, engineering, medicine and more), the study of optics<\/strong> (how we see things and how light behaves), and the discovery of gravity<\/strong> (an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other). Without him, the world \u2014 and our understanding of it \u2014 would be very <\/em>different<\/strong>!   <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t