Children's Express reviewers report from Cinemagic, the World Screen Festival for Young People in Belfast.
| A lot better than learning it in school, and definitely more fun. |
A practical approach to science, peppered with fun, cartoons, explosions and laughter, went down a treat with Children's Express reporters. Two short films, Falling Cats and Manhole Cover First In Space provided memorable scientific explanations about gravity and space travel.
"It was amazing and much more factual than you would have thought. It was factual but funny and very interactive. The animation was great, breathtaking and inspirational," said Benen, 11. Conor, 12 agreed, "it was funny and educational at the same time. I learned about Newton's third law: "every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
His favourite cartoon explained how cats are more likely to break a bone if it falls from seven stories high rather than 32 stories up.
"As the cat falls it will relax more, so by the time it falls 32 floors it will be less rigid. If it fell seven floors it would not have time to relax and it would end up breaking its bones," Conor said.
Accompanying the films, an adult showed the audience (which sadly only consisted of four CE reporters) how to conduct scientific experiments using every day objects.
"He got a coffee can, put oil in it and then shook it up, and then they sparked it and then the top of the lid blew off and went up in flames," said Lucas, 11. "A lot better than learning it in school, and definitely more fun," he added. "It told me interesting stuff that I did not know about and it was presented in an exciting way. A film canister was filled with water, mixed with a headache tablet that made the lid pop off and fly up into the air," Myles, 12 said.
This show comes highly recommended, particularly for the under thirteen age group.
About the team
This review was produced by By Lucas Dillon 11, Conor Magowan Greene, 11 Myles McCormick, 11 and Benen Dillon, 11. It was published on the Cinemagic website.
