Primary Six are now back refreshed and raring to go after the Easter holidays. Last week we held our own K'nex Engineering Challenge. The task put to the teams this week was to create a vehicle that could be used around the Olympic Site for London 2012. In order to be successful the vehicle had to have at least three wheels, have space for a driver, passengers and luggage. To test it's strength it also had to be able to carry a 500g weight.
Pupils had to work together to draw plans, considering all the elements of the design. Half the class built their models while the other half judged their success. It was a closely run competition, with the majority of models completing the task successfully. But in the end it had to come down to one winner, which we can see below!
This model was selected because of the team's excellent communication skills, their problem solving when things didn't work and their model's ability not hold not only 500g but 2kg! Well done guys, looking forward to seeing how you do in the next challenge!
Some future engineers in the making. WELL DONE.
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Well done P6 and Mr Gallacher, your blog is excellent. We really like it! We especially like the video of gymnastics with Mr Macdonald, he also our PE teacher.
ReplyDeleteThank you for checking our blog. We are going to try and put a video on ours too! We hope your having a good term.
From P 1, 2, 3 and Miss Shearer
i loved making the k,nex windmill.i was partenered up with chris mackay and we came a close second to andrew wylie and connan rendal who won the whole of the highlands and islands. they have one a day trip to the dinamic earth cetre inedinburugh .
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