Crest - Tasks 2 and 3

This weeks tasks were "Sky High", building a paper plane using specific resources, and "Marble Roll" creating a device to help a marble travel 3m to hit a target.

We expanded on our design discussions from last week, thinking about strong structures and the bracing that helps create these.  Our winning plane flew 10.8m and one of the marble roles hit the target earning 5 points, one hit the centre space earning two points and we all found areas to improve on for next time.

BP Technology CREST

Today, a number of students from Kahurangi and Haepapa began the work required for their next CREST award - the BP Technology CREST.  This award is offered by Te Aparangi - the Royal Society, who have a passion for students to learn about the physical, biological and social sciences.  We will be exploring elements of structural technology and engineering, tackling a diverse range of problem-solving challenges. 

Today's problems were to create a hurdle and a 'papminton' set using only newspaper, sellotape and a small amount of string.  As with the first attempt at all these challenges, there were some successes as well as some areas highlighted for development. 

The teams had to get used to working with new students and there was a lot of discussion around good teamwork - this will be a focus in the coming weeks.