All of our time in our Science exploration centres (see last post) has led us to get to apply our knowledge in a hands on way! If you're a Grade 6 parent, you can skip to below! Grade 5 - Rube Goldberg Machines Grade 5s are making Rube Goldberg machines... these are super complicated chain reaction machines designed to perform a really simple task. Humour and story-telling are integrated into the machine as it runs through a series of steps to, for example, close a door, dribble a basketball, hold and umbrella, turn on a light... and so much more!
Grade 5s are in groups building their own machines out of recycled and found materials in the school. They are applying their knowledge on:
Click through the gallery below to see some of their plans and projects! The best part about these projects is seeing the students TRY! It's the very best way to put their knowledge to the test. Check out these attempts below!
Grade 6 - Electric Creations Grade 6s have been challenged with an open ended project. Their goal was to transform electrical energy into some other form (linking in their Grade 5 knowledge that they would have learned last year in the unit that the Grade 5s are working on above). So... what have they made so far? The most amazing things!
These four groups below have coded video games on Scratch and used Makey-Makey invention kits to create circuits to control their games using humans as buttons.
This group is creating an optical illusion circuit that illustrates how a pumpkin grows. They've used Makey-Makey and Scratch to code and record the different parts of the pumpkin life cycle. They've illustrated the pumpkin stages on paper which turns on motors so that we can see the life cycle in action! Below, these girls tell the story of a tadpole changing to a frog with the help of Makey-Makey circuits and Scratch! This group's Art Bot wiggles and creates art with the help of a circuit! There are still a few projects yet to be finished that aren't posted here.
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florawang
11/2/2018 08:02:45 pm
Thanks for making science so much fun!
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Mme Samuel
11/14/2018 09:31:56 am
Thanks for your kind words! It's easy when these kids are so curious and creative.
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