This week in pūtaiao (science) we have been learning about forces.
'Forces are in play all around us. Things hanging, sitting, balancing, moving and
spinning are all using some kind of force'
We looked at :
Pushing
Pulling
Gravity
Friction
We had a tug of war to think about pulling and having balanced force
We made balancing clowns to find the centre of gravity and balancing points
We then looked at friction and used a friction bottle and force measure to test how many Newtons it took to pull a bottle with different levels of friction.
We think like scientists by gathering and interpreting data. We record our findings so we can discuss them.
Finally we conducted an investigation into gravity and friction and designed an experiment to show the effect of forces on movement.
Thank you House of Science Waikato for another fantastic kit!!
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