Month: May 2024

Action stations term 2

For action stations, I have been learning dance.

The first week we learned a Hip-Hop dance to 7 Rings by Ariana  Grande. I found this difficult Because when we learnt the tutorial they mirrored the video for us so it was the correct way but in the real music video it wasn’t mirrored  and we had to copy it but still try do it the same way as the mirrored video.

I enjoyed it because it was good to be challenged .

The second dance we learned was a folk dance called heel and toe Polka. What I found was difficult was learning how to swap arms well linking with different buddies.

Homopolar Motor

This experiment is super easy and lets you see the magic of magnetic force in action .

 

You will need,

  • One Battery
  • 5_10 cm of copper wire
  • 4 Neodymium Magnets

Instructions

  1. On a flat surface stack the magnets on top of each other.
  2.  Place the battery Positive side up on top of the magnets.
  3.  Grab your copper  wire and twist it around the battery.
  4. Next grab the end of your wire and place it on the little circle on top of the battery .

 

Hopefully you will see good results.

This project is easy to follow . it uses simple steps , so its perfect for kids.

All ways ask a adult before doing this.

Gravity Ramp

On Tuesday we worked with Eugene for our new science topic this term. We made ramps out of card board and tested them with toy cars.

 

We had to measure the height and length of our ramp. My ramp height was 26 cm high and the length was 31cm.

 

I predicted  that my ramp would make my car travel 80 cm.My car actually traveled 1 meter and 27 cm.

 

My car traveled along the ground because  as it goes down it has a kinetic (active) energy and the ground has more mass than the car