We made the finishing touches to our savannah linkage and lever mechanisms today. We decorated our savannah backdrop and attached our savannah animals to our levers, before testing out how well they worked. Here we are in action!
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Year 3 have been busy visiting the Natural History Museum! After taking the tube to South Kensington, we began by sketching the plesiosaur that Mary Anning discovered before visiting a very exciting volcanoes and earthquakes show. After lunch, we took a trip on an escalator through a giant metallic globe before experiencing what it might feel like to be in a mild earthquake in the simulation room. We returned back to school exhausted but very happy! We continued making our linkage and lever mechanisms today. We used split pins to both join our levers together and securely attach them to our back boards. We also drew, cut out and began decorating the animals to go on the top of our mechanisms. Tomorrow, we will staple them to our levers and create our savannah backdrops. In Science this week, we researched what soil is made up of and how it is made. In our soil samples, our scientists discovered decaying plants, insects, small rocks and stones, and twigs. We also discovered that soil is formed over time when large rocks are weather down into small particles. In Year 3, we have been having great fun starting to make our linkage and lever mechanisms with DT specialist, Tony. Today, we used a hole punch to create holes in our levers. We then used a drill to make holes in our boards, ready to connect our mechanism together tomorrow. Here we are in action! Year 3 have been busy preparing to welcome our specialist DT teacher, Tony. This term, we are drawing inspiration from our Literacy book, One Day on our Blue Planet ... in the Savannah to design and make a mechanism using linkages and levers. Here are some photos showing us researching how linkages and levers work, and designing our own. |
