Walter Ralegh – Prisoner and Scientist

Our session Walter Ralegh – Prisoner and Scientist recreates his distillation experiment focusing on the scientific processes involved.

The pupils will be encouraged to think about various separating techniques and will carry out an experiment linked to these. There will be a reinforcement of scientific language used throughout the QCA “Solutions” topic. (Sc3 Changing materials)

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Tel: 020 3166 6660
Email: educate.tower@armouries.org.uk


  • Sir Walter Ralegh was a prisoner in the Tower of London during Tudor and Stuart times. He was a scientist, explorer and a writer.

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