Dear Bloggers,

Year 2 made a car and a launcher in class.  They predicted which launcher would work better and tested this by measuring how far the car was propelled.  The following challenge was to design and make their own cars and launchers to move the car the furthest.  The winners explained what aspects of their design allowed them to be successful and why?

 

The year threes were also challenged.  They had to design and make a catapult that would propel a small object the greatest distance.  In previous lessons the Year 3s had investigated what effect varying the length of the load arm has on the effort required to move the lever and the distance that an object can be catapulted.  This lesson was their chance to apply and extend their new found knowledge.

Thanks for calling by

Mrs Garlick