Making a Cog

We looked at the way a bike moves using the pedals. Then we made our own cogs.
How do you get one cog to move another?

We are trying to use friction to slow ourselves down on the slide. Do you know how we did it?

Rocket gets ready for "Wheels Day"

Wheels Day - slideshow maker with music

Rocket had fun at Ben's house trying to work out which wheels would be suitable for him to bring to school on "Wheels Day." What do you think he should have brought to school? Why?

Zac came to school in a Rally Car!

Zac in our class won a More FM radio competition to get a ride to school in a rally car. He said it was really fun. We talked about what makes the rally car go fast. Do you know what might make it go fast?

Moving Right Along

Moving Right Along - flash slideshow

This week we brainstormed, drew examples of different types of vehicles and thought about what we would like to find out next.
Here are some of the questions we thought of?
I wonder why there is two planes on the outside and a cockpit in the middle?
I wonder how the car stops?
I wonder how a car moves?
How do those rockets work?
Why does a tractor have such big wheels?
What pulls a train?
Why do tyres have rubber?
How does a propeller move a boat?
Why does a propeller go sideways, straight down and on angles?
Why does this spin?