- built with Knex
- took a quiz
For the quiz there is not much to explain so let me just get to the Knex building. For the first time we built with Knex, the girls and the boys were separated, we were to only build whatever came to our minds. And that was because we only had about fifteen minutes after the quiz. But later during the next class, Ms. D properly explained the whole project. We were separated into two groups, then we were given the task to came up with a team name. After that was done, we got our own box full of Knex parts.
When that was out of the way, Ms. D explained to us how we were going to build small simple machines to earn points.
The first step was to pick a simple machine off of a list she had given us. Next we were to build that simple machine with Knex parts the way a card showed us. when we finish building the simple machine we need to go to Ms. D and show her the machine. She needs to confirm that the machine is built correctly, and that it works. Then she will ask us a scientific question about that simple machine, If we answer correctly, we gain the number of points the simple machine is worth. We need to build a lot of small simple machines to get enough points to start building the bug multi simple machine knex construction. When the large knex construction is complete it should look something like this:
This is a project that the eighth graders did last year. They also had two teams and built the machine successfully. These are some pictures I found on their blog post.
If you want to read the post about knex last year, here is the link to last years seventh grade blog:
But on friday, Ms. D left for the CEESA Robotics competition so we had a substitute, Mr. Tim.
The next scibe is... Drum roll... David!!
