This week LS1, LS2 and rm 5 had the opportunity to go and have a visit at MOTAT, MOTAT stands for Museum Of Transport And Technology. We went there to invest more of our topic we are learning for Cybersmart. We had three hosts, they were Emma, Kenza and D ( aka Damen ). Emma and Kenza were doing activities with us based on technology and transport. We were going to be doing a lot of collaboration in our activities.
Making Electric cars
LS1 year 6 started with Kenza first. We had a challenge to try make a electric car with a small motor, battery pack and a propeller. We worked in pairs. My partner was Angelica. We first started off with our wheels. We connected our wheels on with a skewer and piece of tape. Me and Angelica were under a lot of pressure because we only had 30 minutes. We spent most of the time creating the wheels and trying to start our motor and connect the propeller. We had some help from Kenza. We used some cardboard to make the body of the car. We first made the base. We connected the bottom of the car with the wheels. Unfortunately we never had enough time to finish our cars because we had to move on to the next activity with Emma.
Making a flashlight
We then moved to Emma. With Emma we made motor powered flashlights with LED ( Light emitting diode). We worked as a trio. I worked with Angelica and Hosea. We had to connect the LED to the motor and make sure it was working. After that we had got our blocks and gear we needed. We had to try make the flashlight work without using so much energy. We first made the foundation than we made our body. We used cogs, stoppers and axels. These were kind of like Lego. Our idea was to make a cranker to turn the cog on motor easily. Unfortanately we never finished but we were happy with what we almost made.
Next we had a tour around MOTAT. LS1 split up into groups. I had went with Mokai's groups ( Te Raumati's mum who volunteered). We visited the MOTAT village first, it showed artifacts from the 19th - 20th century. We also visited the Innavators, which showed new made technology that will help with the future. We also visited the car exhibit showing race cars from the 1700 - 1900. We had also visited the telephone exhibit, it showed how people communicated back in the day. We had an awesome time. I'd like to thank Mokai for coming to supervise us for the day.
Ki Ora Fau.I love the way you have put what you did at MOTAT and that you have shown me what Motat look like just by the photos.
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