Today was an exciting day for the students in 6A and 6C. They had the opportunity to recreate and test their best helicopter design in our 2014 Helicopter Finals!
The students have worked hard over the past two weeks to methodically change variables one at a time from an original helicopter design. Their goal: to make a model that falls slowly when released from a height of two metres. After using balloons, plastic bags, elastics, tissue paper, and lots of tape, some students were able to increase the time it took their model to fall by as much as two seconds! All the while, they practiced following the scientific method by making realistic predictions, recording specific observations, performing multiple trials to increase reliability, and learning how to replicate an experiment.
The boys and girls in grade six also had time to reflect on what they learned throughout the project when answering follow-up questions today after the experiment.
I look forward to seeing 6B's final designs next week!
The students have worked hard over the past two weeks to methodically change variables one at a time from an original helicopter design. Their goal: to make a model that falls slowly when released from a height of two metres. After using balloons, plastic bags, elastics, tissue paper, and lots of tape, some students were able to increase the time it took their model to fall by as much as two seconds! All the while, they practiced following the scientific method by making realistic predictions, recording specific observations, performing multiple trials to increase reliability, and learning how to replicate an experiment.
The boys and girls in grade six also had time to reflect on what they learned throughout the project when answering follow-up questions today after the experiment.
I look forward to seeing 6B's final designs next week!
| Check out some of the models in action! |