Building Bridges (The spaghetti challenge)

This week our Stem challenge was to build a bridge out of spaghetti and cellotape (other brands are available). It had to be over 10 cm off the ground. It had to be freestanding. We had to make the bridges wide enough to sit the weights on it. Some We also had the equipment we had and weren't allowed any extras.

Our bridges needed to be strong enough to hold weight. Some of us used support beams in the middle to allow heavier objects to be placed on them. Others created A frames, while others used triangluar supports to stop them collapsing.

Remembrance Day Wreaths

P6/5 made wreaths for Remembrance Day.  Some of us will be bringing them home. 

The Super Six's STEM

The Super Six's STEM

Last week we learned lots of different things in our STEM lesson. We learned about temperature, insulation and also how to put information into line graphs.

The first thing we did was split into small groups of 3/4/5. Next, we boiled the kettle to 100 degree celsius (Boiling point). Mr Clark then carefully added the water into each of our containers. Some of the containers were covered in different materials like

• Fabric
• bubble wrap
• polystyrene

We also had a glass and a very big plastic container. We then put the thermometer in the hot water and measured the temperature every minute for 10 minutes, taking it out carefully try not to touch the sides. The first time we had no cover. The second, we covered to stop heat escaping out the top. We noticed the boards heated up and condensation formed on the bottom of the board as the steam condensed.

OUR RESULTS

The water in every container decreased in temperature. Our biggest tub decreased the quickest. While the ones that were wrapped up and covered held their heat better.