St Stephen & All Martyrs School in Bolton were winners of the Rolls Royce Science Prize in 2007 for their project 'Following in the Footsteps of Darwin'. In order to respond to a lack of interest in science within the school and having heard about the Science Prize, an active governor came up with the idea of recreating some of the experiments that Darwin performed involving flora and fauna. Using a patch of land behind their school pupils collected samples of soil, leaves and insects and compared them to those found on the same site 100 years ago. By using outside help from institutions such as Bolton University, the entire school engaged with the project and learnt about Darwin and scientific processes such as classification of plants. In this programme we see how the introduction of the project and learning about Darwin as a scientist has resulted in an increased desire among pupils to learn about science - something which is hoped they will take with them into secondary schools.

Video Series: KS2 Science
Release Date 2008