Hello, Can you believe that it is nearly the end of the school year? Me, neither! In Science we have finished our Wheels and Levers unit - which you saw pictures of in my last post. We have also completed the Building devices unit which many of you saw the various project during our student -led conferences in March. The students had a great time with their toy prototypes, and a few groups finished all four tasks of combining the marble track and vehicle and having the vehicle move the 2m before stopping. These projects were awesome! All of the students gained a vast amount of knowledge about constructing a mechanical device for a designated purpose using materials and design suggestions provided.They were also able to explore and evaluate variations to the design of a mechanical device demonstrating that control is an important element in the design and construction of that device. We are currently working in the plant unit, and will be continuing with this until the e