Tremendous Task Master

On the third day of school for term three Te Ngahere did a Taskmaster challenge. For this challenge we had to get into a group of three. Each group had to get some scrap paper. Before we started, we had some time to work on some strategies we thought would help us win the challenge. The challenge we did was a paper airplane challenge. In the practise round we made a practise paper airplane. In my group was Tiana, Azure and I, we were doing great in the practise round. When it got to the competition round we had a couple of minutes to make our good airplane. The trick was that we had to throw the airplane from behind our backs. We started with a boys group who won because their paper airplane got the furthest, when it was our turn to throw we had so much faith that we were going to win but Tiana (who threw it) had so much anxiety running through her body that it didn’t go as planned. Something I enjoyed about this was collaborating with my friends who I don’t really work with in class. Something that was tricky about this was throwing it behind our backs (because in my group while we were practising we all practised throwing behind our backs.) I really enjoyed this activity and can’t wait to do more like this. Have you done a challenge like this before? I hope you enjoyed.

Ka kite!

Marble Run 2.o

Kia ora, In Te Ngahere last term we attempted the marble ramp challenge once again. This time we only improved and adjusted our previous ramp. Tiana, Gail and I tested our ramp with a smaller size marble. Now the difference between these marbles is that the larger marble rolls further and the smaller marble stops before the larger marble.

While testing with a smaller marble we noticed that it stopped before 110cm so we then decided that we will add an adjustment underneath of the box that held the tube. This made the marble closer to where we wanted it to go and it was a huge improvement. After that we then fixed our instructions because they were not clear. Our instructions said push and flick but we noticed everyone doesn't push, flick, kick etc with the same force so we changed it.

Our new results were 21 and our old total was 8 so I am very happy with our new and improved ramp. Something I learnt from this is to experience and not to be afraid to change something about our ramp. Something I enjoyed was running another groups ramp, and see the improvements they made. Have you made a marble ramp?
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Marble Run

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to make a marble run. The purpose of this activity was to try and use the scientific method. Our ramp was basic. Our marble ramp had a cardboard box supporting a tube that our marble goes down.

Something I enjoyed about this was making our ramp because it was pretty easy. Something that we could have done better was, tested it with different people and see if we could have done better with our ramp or changed any variables. Our instructions were not the best. We had written tap but others tapped things harder than us and we could see that on the marble run day. I really enjoyed this activity.

Have you done anything like this before?
Ka kite!