After play Mr Esler came to Room 5 .I got to play with lots of stuff. It was fun too. I got to try magnets and there was lots of equipment.

Sam W

After play Mr Esler came into Room 5. The best part that I loved was the gravity part because he told us how much gravity we need. The magnet one was cool too. I liked trying to pick up the fish. I liked doing the iron sand magnet activity because I made a sand house out of it.

Cole R

Here are some interesting facts Mr Esler talked about.

Without gravity the world would explode.

• That plants and spiders in space don’t know where to grow or in what direction to spin their webs.
• That everything that drops falls directly to the centre of gravity which is in the centre of the earth.
• That the furtherst people have ever dug down into the earth  is 3000m because it gets to hot and there is no air.
• Mr Esler showed us the shape of cars today can turn corners because of their shape, more easily than the vintage car.

Challenge

We tested our centre of gravity by putting kneeling on the ground. putting our elbows together and placing a cotton reel at the end of our fingers on the ground; and then placing our hands behind our back.  We then we tried to lean over and rest our forehead on the cotton reel without falling over. Try this at home.

We slso explored pivots and where the work happens in a variety of gadgets and utensils.

Lastly we explored a veriety  of activities to try with magnets.