The time had come for the visiting elves to leave and go back to their day job. The Pioneers have enjoyed their daily letters and tasks and had one final job to do. They needed to launch a rocket with moving parts and water power to zoom to the moon. We looked at the sliders and the pivots and discussed mechanisms. We used the pump to push the air into the bottle, half full of water. We discussed liquids and gasses and the materials the rocket was made up of.
In the classroom we used joining techniques to create our own rockets before heading to the field for launch day.
The elves have all gone and been replaced by trolls and a few goats.
We listened to In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg and discussed how this made us feel. The story and the music work very well together.
Happy Learning
