Friday, June 06, 2014

Investigating Levers

We were investigating how levers work. We began by finding out what happens when a lever has a little force compared to having a large force. Our prediction was right. The stronger the force on the lever the further the tinfoil ball went.

Our next investigation was to find out if it makes a difference where the lever is placed on the fulcrum. We played, observed and debated this. We ended up agreeing the longer the lever with the load the further the ball traveled.

We finished with a competition of trying to work out the right force to score a goal in the cup. There were quite a few goals scored but only one caught on film.   


Fulcrums And Levers from tracey hill on Vimeo.

6 comments:

  1. Wow kids! That looks like fun! Well done Neesha and her buddy for scoring a goal! Victory!!!! :-)

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  2. Love the facial expressions and reactions when fired. Looks like great fun. From Logans Mum

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  3. GREAT WORK ROOM 8!!! I hope more than one person got it in. It was FABULOUS.

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  4. Shannyn (Rubys Mum)Wednesday, July 02, 2014

    We love watching this video! Looks like so much fun and we especially laughed when the balls when flying across the room despite the careful aiming!

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  5. That is awesome, Room 8. What a lot of fun you have learning!

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