Automata

This week we had to do automata things.  I did mine with Max and Oskar,  first we had to plan what we were going to make, we started with something funny that little kids would recognise.  We decided to do a meme on the top of our automata and did chungus (a bunny rabbit)  this would give the kids a laugh because we were making our automata go up and down giving the people watching it get the feeling that it was hopping around.   

After that we had to form the automata we used a skinny box to start with and then cut some cardboard out so we could make the cam.  The cam is the bit that does all the work we did an egg cam so when you spin it around it makes the bit on top go up and down.  When me and Oskar were going to do the automata we changed the picture to Patrick from Spongebob, because we didn't like the bunny rabbit.  Then after that we started the finishing touches and finished the automata.

LTP

 In learning through play this week I did cardboard nation.  Cardboard nation is where you play with cardboard, rubber bands and other things, this week we attempted to build a house.  First we found a massive piece of cardboard, then I gathered lots of cardboard pipes for support beams.  We had found some plastic pieces that could go at the bottom of the pipes to make them stand, we put a support beam in the middle so it was stable.  After that me and Reef made headbands like the ones on naruto.

After laying the support beams down I found some wooden knife like pieces.  I gave one of the knife pieces to Max and one to Reef, after that we started building a window.  We had to get the craft knife so we could cut out a window.  After that we started to build a door it was very hard, first Reef tried but failed because his one was to skinny.  After that max builded the door and made it a double door.  we had to finish early because of something.

LTP

In learning through play this week, I did junky monkey.  In junky monkey you play with toys and recreate them with your imagination well not really but you get the point.  There's hammers, screwdrivers and many more other tools.  If you want you can put your creation in the still working on box, if you're planning to add more to it.  There is dolls, hard toys, soft toys and even electric toys you can take apart the toys and replace them with different things for instance, you take a turtle head off and replace it with a doll head.

This time, me and my friends decided that we would get the electric toys and make a shocking device. We found a 16 volt and a 10 volt.  After a little bit of play the teacher told us off because there was a sharp bit on the 16 volt.  We instead opened a battery up to see what was inside after a little while the battery started to heat up so we threw it in the bin.  After that we opened another but this time we got to see what was inside some of the acid went into Stormurs eye and it got all over our hands. Well that was this weeks Learning Through Play. We learned what was inside of a battery and that you have to be careful because there is acid inside!