COUNTRY SCHOOL, COUNTRY KIDS

COUNTRY SCHOOL, COUNTRY KIDS
We are an amazing bunch of Year 1 and 2 learners in Room One at Tokomaru School. We'd love to hear from you so please leave a comment about our learning.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Build a Bridge...

A challenge was set: build a bridge in a team that can support the weight of a 2L bottle of glue using only the provided materials.  "Easy!" shouted Room 2.  

Materials given to each group:
- 30 hotdog sticks
- 2 chopsticks
- 4 pipe cleaners
- roll of tape
- 2 pairs of scissors
- 2 polystyrene cups
- 1 pencil and piece of paper

And go!
Nevaeh, Scarlett and Molly plan their bridge...
Wiremu and Conner get straight into it...
Bob and Ben figure out their strategy.

We did it!  Check out our bridges:
Madisyn, Nicole, Isabel and Reia.
Hayden, Conner, Ronon and Wiremu.
Matthew, Roland, Ayjae and Layton.
Molly, Scarlett and Nevaeh.

Can you set us another building challenge?
What would you do differently if you had the same materials?

2 comments:

  1. We do Lego building competitions in our house. With various challenges eg: must have stairs and be 2 storey, must be dropped from the shoulder height of the builder - and not bust, must be named explaining its design.......etc

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  2. well done class they look great. I wonder how the bridges would have held up if the bottle was places further to one side would the bridge have stayed flat, lifted at one end of broken.

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