A challenging Epro 8 Challenge

 Hi bloggers, this week in Te Ngahere for maths we did a Epro 8 challenge. The challenge was about two different types of energy and making catapults. The two types of energy are called kinetic energy and potential energy. Potential energy is when something is still and kinetic energy is when it takes the potential energy and makes it move.  We had four tasks to do, my group and I found it easy to do the first task because the criteria said to build a device that can launch a ping pong ball at least three meters before touching the ground. My group and I found it challenging to do the second task because we had to modify our device. Only the judge can touch our device with their pinky finger and then launch the ping pong ball at least three meters in the air before touching the ground. The next time we do this I think our group could read the criteria more carefully.

Have you ever done a challenge that was complicated???

A Challenging Reading Test That Made Me Think

 Hi bloggers, for the first day and week in Te Ngahere of term two we had a reading test. The reading test was about seeing how well we can follow instructions. We had 4 minutes to do the test. The first instruction was to read everything carefully before doing anything. I followed that instruction but I looked around and the whole class was putting their name in the top left hand corner so I did that to. I guess I was not trusting my instincts. Once I did that I went through the whole list of directions and done them one by one. There were 23 directions and I got to the 20th direction and the timer went off. It was very confusing because I was doing my things and I looked around and everyone was doing something different. It was very funny to because the teacher had told us not to talk but some of the directions were telling us to yell our name, I am the master of following directions and I am almost finish. When I read the last instruction it told us to only do the first two instructions and draw on the back of the paper. When the teacher read that to us we all went ugh it was really funny. Now that we done that test I will try to read everything carefully.

Have you ever done a reading test that confused you???