Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Stem Fun!

Over the past few weeks we've been having an awesome time working through some STEM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics) problems.  We have looked at buildings and how they are structured to be strong.  We also looked at Newton's Laws and how they apply to force and motion. 

We had to plan in teams, design our structures, adapt them if they didn't work, test them then reflect on our designs.

We created ... towers, catapults, zip lines using balloon propulsion and houses.

Below are some photos. 








Science - Turning Salt Water into Fresh Water

You can see the condensation forming under the plastic wrap.  We investigated how to turn salt water into fresh water as part of our Drains ...