Day 14-18 4th - 8th September 2011

Students decided to take over the reign of blogging from the teacher and write the reflections week wise. Here it is from Aashna, Aadarsh, Adit  and Aaryam-

Today  we presented our research on different types of simple machines and shared information gathered with each other. we continued presenting our research findings on the second day too. After the presentations, we collated the information gathered in a collation sheet. 

Most exciting was the visit to the Design and Technology lab of the senior school. We were divide into two groups. James and Pranjal Sir showed us power point presentation on four different types of motion and simple machines. They are linear, reciprocatory, rotary and oscillatory. We were then given a piece of wood and we had to put a nail into the wood with a hammer and then take it out with the pliers. We also had to make a hole with the drill machine. We were also shown some machines and learnt how they worked. Praveen Sir demonstrated their working. We learnt that when using the machines, you have to wear a coat/apron and safety goggles to protect our eyes. The visit was very exciting and interesting. We can't wait to do DT in Grade 6!

We saw a power point presentation on Simple Machines and work and did our assessment. We learnt the scientific meaning of work. It means to move an object over a distance using some force. 

We started the third line of inquiry by learning about energy through an activity, reading through the fact sheet and discussion. We learnt about different sources, forms and types  of energy after which we chose to research on either a sources, form or type of energy and present the information through a poster/collage.