Passion Time Progress!!

Marthajoy and Emma are really enjoying Passion Time! 

One of the girls is doing woodwork and is holding a prototype of a bedside table she is going to make this term! The other girl is learning to knit. She is holding a pompom she created that she will sew onto a knitted head band.

They are motivated and enthusiastic and learning some fantastic real world skills as well as goal setting and reflecting on what they are doing.

What learning...!

Radial Symmetry

 

 

 

 

 

STEAM Challenge

Our challenge is to create a symmetrical picture using radial symmetry and our creativity using paper and dividing our square into fractions.

However, the challenge is slightly more challenging! We need to use 3 different origami folds which can be used as they are, or, modified to create a different shape.

Here we are engaged in the process! Final creations coming soon...

 

      
 
     


     

     

Our Popcorn Containers!

Check out the variety of containers! Some of us were very close so we will decide on the winner tomorrow...

A cylinder, just shy of a few pieces...

The popcorn falls a wee bit short of the top..

About half the popcorn fits in to this container

Really interesting shaped container. Just a little large...

This container is a bit skinny! They realised they would need to increase the base size

A cone shape! Not quite big enough...

Very close to the top - Finalists!

Another container in the top 4! Extra frill on design...

Pleased to be in the top 4!

Lid on the design and finalists! They were going to change their dimensions but changed their mind at the last minute!

Volume Investigation 2 (too)

We were given a task in pairs to design a container that held exactly 293 pieces of popcorn for a new movie theatre opening in town. The only constraints were that the popcorn had to be as close to the top of the container as possible without spilling over. There were different shaped containers and a variety! All we had was 10 pieces of popcorn to help us estimate what 293 might look like. There was lots of discussion and problem solving and different ways that pairs came up with the sizes for their containers.

We are having a competition tomorrow to find out the winner as 4 pairs were very close!

 

 

Volume Investigation

We have been investigating volume in maths which brings in so many other maths skills! We discovered several formulas that worked, for working out the volumes of different sized boxes during the investigation. Some of us are creating different sized boxes to work out the maximum possible volume, others are creating boxes to hold a certain number of 'branbix' and others working out volumes involving decimals...

Bird Nest Stem Challenge - Reflection

Today we tested out our nests with 3 boiled eggs. Each team had to hold their nest on each side without supporting the base to see if the nest could hold the eggs. 

Before our design test, we discussed what a successful nest would be from a bird's perspective.

This is what we came up with.

After that, we tested each nest with the 3 eggs. We talked about the strengths and weaknesses of each design. It was really interesting. Alot of people decided that if they were to do things differently, they would make their nests deeper to protect from predators and to keep the chicks warm. The shape of the nest was also important. It was noted that with some of the oblong shaped nests, the mother bird would have to hop from egg to egg to incubate them because they were not clustered together. Great observation!

See our nests below being tested with 3 eggs inside of them.