Thursday 5 February 2015

Fasteners and Materials

Today in science we talked about fasteners and materials. We talked about how different materials are held together by different fasteners.


After that we decided to put some classroom fasteners to the test. We used sticky tack, pencil clips, glue and tape. We worked in small groups and tried out our different fasteners. After that we had a classroom discussion on the different types of fasteners used. We discussed when you would use certain fasteners (glue for long term hold and paper clips for short term holding of materials). The students found that glue was hard to work with (it made our hands sticky, didn't hold that well, and you needed to use lots of it). The sticky tack was easy to use but might not last as long as the glue.

Here are a few of the students creations:




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