Forces and Motion day
On Wednesday the 19 of august karoro school did a forces in motion day.
This is where we were put into groups with a range of year groups
scattered in them. The year rolled older people in the school had to be
good role models for the younger students because there was usually
only one teacher in the class. The classes were easier for the older classes .
The first class I went to was with Mrs Robbins in room 7 learning about
static electricity. To get the balloon charged we either used our hair by
rubbing it on our head or by using a wollen rag and rubbing it on the balloon.
I learnt alot about different things we could use to move with static electricity.
I didn't know that you could move water (slow running tap water) with a
charged balloon . Or pencils!
The second group I went to was in the library with Mrs Mears and Mrs
barber. They are from shanty town and came in for the day to teach us
with their workshop. The first thing we did was a competition to see who
could make the fastest moving simple machine . We used a box, tarpaulin,
rope and stilts. We used the rope to pull the person in the box. We won
with the fastest time to get to the finish line. We also did one more task
where there was a ramp with a smooth surface like tarpaulin. We how fast
it would go and what object would go faster compared to another object.
For the last workshop I went to room 6 to make Worllie gigs. They were
already cut out so all we had to do was decorate them and cut them if we
wanted to. I help little kids with decorating there and cutting.
The day was really fun and I hope that we do more days like this in the
future because I had lots of fun. I also learn alot about Forces and
motion.
