Bridge Testing

Today for inquiry we were testing our speghetti bridges and my group started off first. We put the bridge on a stable platform and had eight bricks to weigh down the bridge to make it snap, the aim of this activity was to see how many brick's it would take to hold and the type of bridge, for example there was a beam bridge, truss bridge, or some other bridges. Our speghetti bridge held three bricks and broke on the fourth one and the span of the bridge was 26cm, the next group had a span of 28cm and held only one brick, the next group had a span of 26.5cm and set a new record with five bricks. The next group held one brick and the span of their bridge was 42cm, the next group had the biggest bridge because their spam was 50cm and held two bricks. The group after that one had a small bridge with 16cm of spam and held three bricks so that was pretty cool to watch, there were heaps of of other groups that did testing on their bridges but the bridge that was most successful was Lyric, Tiava, Mataio, and Julians bridge because their one held all eight bricks and didn't move once, there structure was really good and really strong because they built a Truss bridge, and a Truss bridge has triangles for in its design. Triangles are the strongest shape and that is why their bridge could hold all eight bricks.

VR Research

Today was a specail day for LS2, we were visited by Yvonne and her research team from the Augmented human lab at Auckland University because we got to use VR (Virtual Reality). Yvonne and her research team came to run some tests on us and because it was to use VR (Virtual Reality) for future learning. The tools we used to help us today were VR cardboard and magic window. with these tools we did some pretty fun activities with them.

Cinema attendance DLO

This week for inquiry we made a DLO about Attendance at the Cinemas,then we explained our argument alongside the data we had gathered from the line graph in the DLO above.Writing these arguments out showed me that people 15 to 24 years of age are increasing every year by the attendance at the Cinemas because people between or aged 15 to 24 years old are most likely to have no job and because they may have no kids.

Reflex Experiment

This week for Inquiry we made a graph of Three Reflex tests to see how good our Reflexs are.The first Test was a Visual Test, you had to catch the ruler when your partner dropped it without any warnings, The Second Test is an Auditory Test, you have to close your eyes and wait for your partner to say go, The Third Test is a Tactile Test, you have to close your eyes and wait four your partner to tap you on the shoulder before you catch the Ruler.I predicted that I was good at Test 2 because Test 2 was the Auditory test,and because as soon as my partner says go I knew to close my hand straight away.My partner Christopher was good at Test 3 and 2,and my other partner Lyric was good at Test 2.

Learning The Human Skeleton

Today we have been learning about the Human Skeleton.We read the labels of the bones then played a game where you had to Place the bones in the right place.One of the bones I learnt today was an ulna, 

Its the thinner and longer part of the two parts in your forearm.

MRS GREN

This week for Inquiry we were learning about MRS GREN. The Acronym MRS GREN helps us remember the 7 life Process's.For this activity we made a slideshow explaining what MRS GREN Stands for and what each letter of the words mean.

Lung Capicity

      

To compare the lung capacity of students in LS2 we used one breath to blow up a balloon,then we measured the circumference of the balloon in cm .Then we could graph the results to compare them.

People with large lung capacity can send oxygen through their body faster.
The Lungs are the only organs in the human body to float on water.
Human Lungs aren't the same size,To accommodate the heart,the right lung is lager then the left lung.