Tallest Structure Challenge

On Friday room O and room L were put into teams to make the tallest structure. In just 20 nerve breaking minutes we had to make the tallest structure using only a limited amount of materials like: 20 pieces of news paper, one roll of tape and one pair scissors. In each team they sorted out jobs for each other like a person to cut the sellotape, one person rolling up news paper and the others would be planning and putting it together. If a team was having trouble the teacher was there to help you. If your group wasn’t working as a team it wasn’t a really good one. Some teams didn’t work so their structure didn’t really work. But at the end of the day it was really fun.

 

                       

                 

                            

By Bronwyn and Amanda

Liquefaction Experiment

This was a cool experiment we carried out at lunch time.  Interested in the liquefaction we had seen occurring after the Christchurch earthquake we tried to simulate it using a model. Some of us had some good explanations of how it worked – the soil compresses and compresses until it is completely saturated with water and as you can’t compress water the soil turns to mush.

It was quite exciting watching the solid soil (compacted sand) suddenly turn to mush and the buildings and vehicles start to sink. 

Rugby World Cup

Here we are visiting the Webb Ellis Cup right here in Feilding. Some weren’t that interested and others quietly stood back and admired it. Quite interesting.  

Self Portrait Drawings

Can you guess who is who? Some of them have a remarkable likeness…