Today we took part in a walk for water. All of the boys and girls took turns carrying a basket of water bottles around the yard. They were heavy and it was tiring but it reminds us all of the people in the world who have to do this every day. We learned how some people do a 6km walk twice a day. We are very lucky to have access to water in Ireland.
Today we finished our last stem challenge, to make a kite. We decorated them with our own designs. Our teacher made the frames and helped us to assemble them. It wasnt as windy as we would have liked but we had lots of fun anyway!!
Want to know how to make your own bucket towers? The boys and girls wrote their own procedures today and included a helpful diagram too! Here is an example of their work..
Today we finished our class novel 'James and the Giant Peach'. We wrote book reviews on it and picked our favourite part. But there were so many to choose from. Why not ask us about them?
We celebrate mothers day on Sunday. We are thankful for our mums (and dads) for everything they do for us. Today we made flowers and cards for our mums, grandmothers or godmothers. It was lots of fun!
Here we see some of the children during the design process. They came across some problems during their work and discussed ways to fix the problem. Didn't they do well!!!
Today we made bucket towers using straws, tape, string and plastic cups. We LOVE being engineers in our class. We did ALL of this without any help from teacher. We are getting really good at engineering!!
Check out our very first attempt at engineering. We made beam bridges using lollipop sticks and tape. We all had the exact same resources and could not get any more. We are practicing for being real engineers when we will have to stick to a budget to buy our materials. Here are some pictures of our work.
We used spaghetti and tape to make our towers. Our teacher said they had to be free standing. We looked at the very famous Eiffel tower for inspiration. Take a look at the winning team! We are learning about the use of triangles in engineering and we learned how triangles are a strong shape!
We celebrated engineers week in Room 9 last week. It was really fun but it's hard getting an idea from your head and creating it with your hands. We made bridges, towers and boats. Here is our winning boat. Teacher said it had to float and must also hold weight!
