Rangatahi Electricity Speakers

On the last day of October (Thursday 31st October 2013) we had two speakers come in to talk to us about electricity. They were from Wellington Electricity and explained everything/most things about electricity that they knew. They gave us a demonstration about how electricity takes the most direct route to the ground. They also gave us a talk about car vs pole (car crashes into a power pole) and how the wires overhead could come down and when the car driver comes out of the car they could be shocked

Rangatahi Technology Challenges

Rangatahi Technology Challenges

In Week 2 of Term 4 we have been doing some technology challenges. They range from making a skateboard ramp (marble run made with newspaper) to making a net out of newspaper to catch a baby (and hold one of their team-mates), along with making a device to get a balloon from 3 metres away with limited supplies. We also created a bag to carry a 1.25KG weight fifty meters without dropping it in the fastest way possible. These have been very fun challenges which is great for team building and designing. Most of these challenges have been tricky in a lot of ways and some people couldn't finish them as they were also competitive.