Pulley System Narrative

Learner: William, Rudi and Toni    Learning Coach: Mr Hattie            Date: 13 October 2016

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - iExperience

Learning Observed

Term 4 started off with a ‘Bang’ as we had our trip to MOTAT - Museum of Transport and Technology. For the trip our iExperience have been based around simple machines and Da Vinci. William, Rudi and Toni chose to do the Pulley System iExperience. Their task was to create a pulley system out of the material provided for them. They watched a video about the way pulley’s work and then they applied the knowledge in a practice way. There was a lot of discussion around their initial ideas. They tried to just hold each of the pulleys that they made and Rudi asked “Can we get some cardboard boxes?” This allowed them to have more pulleys and a stronger base. Toni and William went on sticking pulleys at the top of the box and the bottom of the box. This gave them a 3 pulley system.  This will allow the pulley  to use more force. This was great to hear as they were Connecting the knowledge they gained from the video to the practical task. William, Rudi and Toni showed the Vision Principles of Curious and Collaboration.

Evidence of learning

The during and after of the pulley system. The end rope was tied down which allows an equal amount of force as the pulling side.

Next Learning Steps

William, Rudi and Toni’s next steps are: Explore the science behind force of a pulley system. Make this pulley system have multiple actions. Write a reflection about their learning on Da Vinci.