Month: October 2017

Spinning Into Space

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It was the first day of Heathcote School and kids were rushing to see the new playground equipment they installed over the Summer. They also installed a new ā€œSpinnerā€, the kids call it.

It turned out that kids were falling off of the spinner and getting sent to the nurseā€™s office. This was dangerous when kids were not supervised by adults.

The school decided to ban the spinner for a few weeks. This annoyed a lot of the kids but some thought it was good. Carlie, one of the students says ā€œWhen the spinner was banned, I thought it was for the safety of the kidsā€. Lilly, another student, says that she thought that it was for safety and she predicted that the spinner was coming back. Lilly was correct. After a few weeks, the school put the spinner back.

Now, there is a monitor for the spinner and a limited amount of people allowed on. This is better than the way they did it before the school banned the spinner because it is safer, and as fun as the one before.

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Rockin’ Rockets

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An engineer builds things, cooperates with his/her teammates, and improves things as the process of what they are building goes on. This is what the class of 5 – C at Heathcote Elementary School were going to do. They were going to make rocketsā€¦

The groups had the following things to do: Making an inspiration board (a board that contained quotes, images, ideas, e.t.c.), making a rocket design using Google Drawing, building the rocket, launching the rocket, and finally, creating a Google Slide Show about this process. These things had to be done in a limited amount of time.

All of the groups used tape to decorate the rocket and stick parts together. The groups had the choice of making the rocket body thick or thin. The groups had to think about aerodynamics, weight, the body, the nose cone, and the fins. All the groups hot glued the fins on and all the groups tapedĀ  on the rocket body and the nose cone. Paper was used for the rocket body and the nose cone, and styrofoam and cardboard were what the groups used for the fins.

This was a great experience for the kids to see what engineers work with and how they work. The groups had some arguments here and there but they learned lessons, had fun, and used their brains!

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