Pupils from Dollar Academy become Doctors for the day

Pupils from Dollar Academy were joined by Nurse Treat It Better and Dr Watson when ‘Body Builders’, a fast paced interactive show about the human body, visited the school on Friday 10th February. Body Builders has been created by Generation Science, a touring programme of science shows and workshops for schools, delivered by the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Pupils were taken on a whirlwind tour of how the main organs function within the human body. They also learnt about the importance of healthy eating as a key to maintaining a well-functioning body.

David Knapman, Rector said: “We were delighted to have Generation Science at Dollar academy today.  This was an excellent way to help our pupils with their understanding of how we can influence our health by paying attention to what we eat and taking good care of our bodies.” 

Joan Davidson, Generation Science Manager said:  “This year, Generation Science celebrates its 21st year of, successfully touring science shows all over Scotland, engaging more than a million pupils through bringing science to life, and educating and exciting pupils by the true wonder and meaning of science. Our workshops and shows cover six different strands of the curriculum for excellence and are designed to make learning and teaching science not just simple or fun, but truly inspirational.”

Body Builders is one of 16 amazing shows and workshops provided by Generation Science which are designed to make science fun, exciting and easy to understand and to help teachers cover the school science curriculum. The Generation Science tour reaches over 55,000 primary school children and over 600 schools in 31 Local Authority areas annually, it is the largest school science touring programme in the UK and has activities for all ages, from infant classes right up to upper primary.