RDS. Our story.
In school we worked on many experiments in order to test the best constructions. We were given stations which included.
We wrote down the graphs about how many blocks could go on one arch, then two arches, then three arches to see which is the strongest support.
The next one was an "eggs -periment" where we put 21 books on top of 4 eggs before the eggs were crushed.
We made a 'form' for an arch out of lollipop sticks to keep the arch in place. We then made square clay blocks and named them 1, 2,3, ect., and the key stone was the middle one which supports the whole arch.
We then made a bridge out of knex. We had to try this one twice as the first time it didn't work out because we had assembled it with wheels at the base which should have been blocks. The second time we improved our construction and it was much stronger.
The Lego arches gave us a few problems as we didn't know how to balance the clay blocks on the bridge and the lego kept slipping on the table.
Our quiz came together very well in the end. It was a quiz where you had to match the pictures and the names of different famous structures from around the world.
On the RDS day we had to get up very early, find our section in the RDS and put up our display. Everyone split into groups of 4/5 people and each group had a time to be at our display where we had to answer questions about our project. We invited people to do the quiz and learn all about arches. When we weren't at our stand we were exploring the RDS and went to see robot shows and other stands from other primary and secondary schools. Around 1pm the judges came to our stand and asked us lots of questions about our project. Later the judge came back and had some really nice comments about our project and gave us a trophy.
The last treat of the day was that Paddy's dad gave us a tour of the RDS stadium and building which was amazing.
Report by Leah, Ciara, Holly & Victoria.
In school we worked on many experiments in order to test the best constructions. We were given stations which included.
- The Form
- The Quiz
- The Connects
- The 21 Books.
We wrote down the graphs about how many blocks could go on one arch, then two arches, then three arches to see which is the strongest support.
The next one was an "eggs -periment" where we put 21 books on top of 4 eggs before the eggs were crushed.
We made a 'form' for an arch out of lollipop sticks to keep the arch in place. We then made square clay blocks and named them 1, 2,3, ect., and the key stone was the middle one which supports the whole arch.
We then made a bridge out of knex. We had to try this one twice as the first time it didn't work out because we had assembled it with wheels at the base which should have been blocks. The second time we improved our construction and it was much stronger.
The Lego arches gave us a few problems as we didn't know how to balance the clay blocks on the bridge and the lego kept slipping on the table.
Our quiz came together very well in the end. It was a quiz where you had to match the pictures and the names of different famous structures from around the world.
On the RDS day we had to get up very early, find our section in the RDS and put up our display. Everyone split into groups of 4/5 people and each group had a time to be at our display where we had to answer questions about our project. We invited people to do the quiz and learn all about arches. When we weren't at our stand we were exploring the RDS and went to see robot shows and other stands from other primary and secondary schools. Around 1pm the judges came to our stand and asked us lots of questions about our project. Later the judge came back and had some really nice comments about our project and gave us a trophy.
The last treat of the day was that Paddy's dad gave us a tour of the RDS stadium and building which was amazing.
Report by Leah, Ciara, Holly & Victoria.