Matariki Star designs

Here are some of our designs for Matariki stars.

Technology -Machines

In Rūma 2 we have been studying simple machines, and how they work to help us solve problems. We had a go at making lots of simple machines like levers, axels and pulleys.

Then we used the design process to make catapults to solve a problem.  We all had different problems to solve with our catapults.

After we designed and made them, we decided what we needed to change to improve them. We called this debugging or modifying. 

Some of our designs and catapult models.

Computational Thinking. Writing code for our robots.

We have been robots and programmers this week. This is our first try at writing code for our robots to follow.  Everyone understood the task so quickly, and worked together with amazing collaboration skills, showing their school values so well.  We are learning that each symbol represents an action and that you go back to the start when you finish, and repeat.

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