Folk Art

Folk Art

To make our Folk Art, we had to start off with a blank slate! We started by drawing hills on the paper. Next we drew the houses, clouds, and the trees. We were supposed to draw fifteen or more sections on the hills. Next, we had to draw different shapes like circles, hearts, triangles, etc inside the sections. Our next job was to color in the shapes with wax crayons. We had to color very dark. Then we used watercolor paint and painted over the areas that were still white. Some kids even chose to leave some spots white.

The effect of the painting and crayons was awesome! The paintings turned out great and they were very colorful and vibrant!  

Room 15 has beautiful art!

Written by the students in Rm 15

Simple Machines

Today we tested out our "Simple Machines". We all made cars using household materials. We measured the distance that the cars travelled. The furthest distance was over 6 metres!!
In our Simple Machines unit, we learned about 6 simple machines. We learned about the wheel and axle, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, levers, and the wedge.
In our experiment, we used an inclined plane to help our cars go further! All of our cars used a wheel and axle. Some of the wheels were made from cans, CD's, cardboard, roller blade wheels, sealer caps and lids, lego wheels, and some other great ideas!
We thought that this project was interesting and fun, and awesome! It was also cool to see how each car was different and how each car moved further down the floor than others.