2S get into the ‘Swing Of Things’

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jennifer Garlick

Dear Bloggers,

2S were given the challenge to design and make a swing that: was stable, had a safe balanced seat for one and the period of the swing, that is the time taken for it to swing backwards and forwards once, was as long a possible. We used stop watches to time the duration of 10 complete backwards and forwards motions and compared results.

Students discovered that the swings with the longest strings or side arms took the greatest time to swing backwards and forwards.

Thanks for calling by.

Mrs Garlick

The Well Balanced Year 2

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Jennifer Garlick

Dear Bloggers,

Year 2 designed and made a seasaw and investigated ‘balance’ and levers. What creates balance?? Equal weight on both sides you say – yes as long a both weights are the same distance from the pivot point. Year 2 investigated how to have a ‘balanced seasaw’ when people were different weights and when there were odd numbers of children who wanted to play. Ask them how they achieved the ‘perfect balance’. See the great photos.