History of Science Elementary Teaching Resource Short funny educational parody play script about scientific discoveries for performance by kids.    The Back to the Past Guide to Great Scientific Discoveries   School Plays artdramascripts.com Buy online from our List of Plays Terms & Conditions   short one-act play one scenery simple props educational content about scientific discoveries scientists Sir Isaac Newton Benjamin Franklin Wilhelm Röntgen the Wright Brothers John Logie Baird       Topics: Science, History of Science, Newton, Franklin, Wright, Baird Age group: 9-11   (Key Stage 2   Year 5-6) Genre: Educational / Parody Duration: 22 minutes Cast: 21-23 Author: Robert Reed   Informative and funny play. For anyone who wants to prove that learning about Science can be fun.   Synopsis   In this parody of the successful 1980s movie, Marty McFry and Doc Peppermint Brown take the audience back to the past to witness some great scientific breakthroughs. The scientists they visit include: Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Wilhelm Röntgen, the Wright Brothers and John Logie Baird. The script includes an option to link part of the assembly to a Year 6 Design and Technology topic.   Play Excerpt NARRATOR: Previous designs for manned flight had involved a lot of flapping. (Two strangely dressed people holding wings enter stage, warm-up like athletes, flap furiously and jump from chair, one after the other and walk off sadly.) It didn’t really work.