Science+Alive

On Monday the 14th of June 2010 Rooms 16 and 14 did Science Alive. They came down from Christchurch. Our inquiry is ‘Sharing the Planet’. Our central idea is ‘Machines that people create and develop have an impact on the environment’.

We learnt all about simple machines. Some were levers, pulleys, and a lot more. We had cards in front of us and we had a challenge that we had to try and complete. One of the cards said you had to make a mixer to help mix the biggest cookie dough in the world. The easiest simple machine to make was gears. Another card said: pull a truck out of water, what would be the easiest machine? The people solving this problem used a pulley. Everyone got in to buddies and tried to complete their task using lego type stuff. Some people’s work was amazing, they had really thought about it. The challenges were very tricky; the teacher couldn’t believe how resilient we were. We even had a pulley and a gear game brought in. Everyone loved the visit and we all came out with smiling faces.

Written by Molly from Paper Plus ~ Room 16 (Borough Bulletin Article) Please click on the youblisher book to go to a full sized copy. Click on the top right hand corners to turn the pages.

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