Flight and measurement

This week as part of our science focus on Forces & Motion, Ti Kouka have been investigating what makes paper planes and helicopters fly. We have been using words like air resistance, gravity, propellors and thinking like scientists by predicting, testing, observing and recording.

We tested out different paper plane designs and then measured how far they travelled. We used our paces to measure and then had a go at using metre rules after finding out we need our measurements to be fair.

We investigated what would help our helicopters stay in the air longer. We tried different sizes and we noticed whether they spun clockwise or anti-clockwise.

Awesome work scientists!

Ramps and cars exploring friction and measurement

For maths today we were exploring how far our cars would travel after rolling down a ramp. 

 We then measured if they rolled further on the carpet or on the smooth surface of the wetroom floor.

Tyler's car was the best car. Her car went the longest distance. I won one time but my car wasn't the best. Tyler was pretty good. It was a challenge. The car stopped because the ground was bumpy and that force is called friction. The car went the longest distance and the fastest on the smooth ground in the wetroom. The bumpy ground was the slowest.
By Leo