Life Education Bus Visits Our School

On the 23rd and the 24th of July Room 1 went to the Life Education bus to look at some of our body parts. We learnt that your body has 656 muscles and that the heart can beat over 100,000 times a day. By Dylan

New Invention From Old

For technology we had to design a new invention from an old one. We used the BAR Thinkers key and had to make it bigger, add some thing and remove some part of it. Ruby and Jasmine designed a new straw.They found out the first straws were used in the 1888. They invented a new straw that is nine straws long. The purpose for it is so that they don't have to walk to get a drink. It is bigger as in large, they added more straws and removed the bendy bits.Guess what it works!!

Click on the title to find out more about the invention of straws.

We Celebrated Our Learning With A Feast

On the last day of term we celebrated our learning with a feast. We dressed as people from Ancient times and ate bread, olives, grapes, figs, dried apricots, apples and dates. We had blackcurrant juice to drink but in ancient times they had wine.

Scott Macdonald Talks To Us About Engineering

Scott showed us some experiments. This one was putting mentos in a bottle of coke. He punctured a hole in the top of the cap and shook the bottle. It fizzed out like a fountain. He also gave Noah some coke and a mentos. We couldn't wait to see if he let off gases but no such luck.

He also showed us an egg experiment where we put a hard boiled on top of a glass flask and tried to put it in. It didn't fit but when Scott lit a match and put it in the flask the boiled egg was sucked in. This showed the force of air pressure because the warm air cooled down and the egg was sucked in.
In this photo he is showing us bio fuel from vegetable oil.
Scott told us that engineers are inventors. He is a mechanical engineer and makes valve and pipes work. He also works with sewage treatment.

He showed us funny video clips and engineering jobs gone wrong. Click on the title of this post and watch the you tube link of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsing!