Thinking Thursday 23rd October 2014
We are learning about 'Body Fuel' and how it gives us energy. . OnThursday we had Christoph and Alessandra visit Rooms 2 and 4 to teach us how machines use energy.We learnt that energy is not 'made', it is changed from one form to another. A steam energy uses the heat from coal to heat water, which turns to steam and makes the pistons in the engine turn around. This makes the engine go! |
| This is Christoph setting up the steam engine. |
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| When we turned the handle on this machine, the energy we used made the light glow. |
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| Whenthe handle on this machine was turned it also made a light glow. |
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| The steam engine got a bit smoky and had to be taken outside to cool down. |
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| We are making our own windmills. We will use the wind's energy to make them spin. |
Watch the Steam Energy video.
Click the following link http://youtu.be/zqkmkfiLi-s
This looks cool. Hope you didn't have a fire in your class.( lucky you are all firewise.) I would be really interested to know what our bodies use for fuel or energy and how does it change in our bodies!!! Do you guys know!! I hope I don't make steam!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! We use food for our energy so we need to eat a variety of healthy foods, and only a little bit of treats. We digest the food and the good bits go into our bloodstream. We are going to learn a lot more in the next few weeks so we will keep you posted.
DeleteWow - what an amazing learning experience for you all. I bet you learnt a lot from this. Well done Room 4!
ReplyDeletethanks a lot for saying that mr rush
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