kids school science project thing

stevodude · 7th August 2010, 5:13 PM

is family classed as a hobby? or a full time job lol...

anyway, just like to share a school project I did with my 6yr old for next week.

specs were:
Land Yacht
has to be powered by wind
has to include 4 different materials
needs to hold a 50gram weight.

so we build a little land yacht with tie-wire(frame_, wooden Bobbie things(wheels), tyre tube(tyres doh! ), plastic drinking straws (mast) , shopping bag (sails), plastic packaging (for carier), I had some tyre valves in, plastic garden irigation pipe/tube (for wheel bearings).

end result:

Put it on the road and it disappeared into the distance hahaha.

My daughter and I had fun making it, and I got her to use most of the tools to make it (I ended up doing most of the work) , but she enjoyed used the soldering iron (to solder the wire together), Stanley knife to cut up the sail, wire cutters... for cutting wire. etc.

Cheers, I'll keep you posted if she gets 'the distance' next week lol.

catcha's on the flip , and if you have kids, it's worth the time to do stuff with em ...

scon · 16th August 2010, 12:31 PM

Awesome, I used to love doing these sort of projects as a kid with my dad. We made a rocket once. It nearly killed someone, but god damn it was fun!

kombiman · 16th August 2010, 12:47 PM

Perfect example of the phrase 'Spend time not money' then both of you are richer for the experience!

stevodude · 17th August 2010, 9:02 PM

Well, it was a tie for distance with another vehicle, that was made with skate board wheels, and was pretty big. she said 'dad made it' lol...

either way my daughter enjoyed the science day. cheers, stevo.

son of eevil · 24th September 2010, 11:35 PM

Wow that's awesome! I remember doing projects with my parents when I was in primary school. My favorite was when Natural Disasters rolled around! All this kids chose volcano's (suprise suprise) I went with Tsunami's got a sheet of A1 in blue curled half of it over my mum painted breakng water on top and I cut out rectangles and car shaped thing from old cereal boxes we glued them on drew a road down fled sand to make a beach and stuck all the infrmation on the back of the tsunami. I got an A+ on that one! I was 11 at the time.

Thanks for posting this. It's made me think back to when I was young Doug these with my parents (mainly my mum). Can't wait till I get to do these things with my children (if I have them).

excrament · 20th October 2010, 5:03 PM

i did a project for my daughter hmm think was grade 10
had to build a trebuchet i kinda got into it the dam thing worked well the teacher must have liked it because we did not get it back

then my boy who's in grade 5 i think we had to make a model of the universe so i got into that as well and i was keen to get a 100% score on that he he
it took me about a week to get it all right but i made sure i got that one back

7th August 2010, 5:13 PM	#1
stevodude Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mackay Posts: 795	kids school science project thing is family classed as a hobby? or a full time job lol... anyway, just like to share a school project I did with my 6yr old for next week. specs were: Land Yacht has to be powered by wind has to include 4 different materials needs to hold a 50gram weight. so we build a little land yacht with tie-wire(frame_, wooden Bobbie things(wheels), tyre tube(tyres doh! ), plastic drinking straws (mast) , shopping bag (sails), plastic packaging (for carier), I had some tyre valves in, plastic garden irigation pipe/tube (for wheel bearings). end result: Put it on the road and it disappeared into the distance hahaha. My daughter and I had fun making it, and I got her to use most of the tools to make it (I ended up doing most of the work) , but she enjoyed used the soldering iron (to solder the wire together), Stanley knife to cut up the sail, wire cutters... for cutting wire. etc. Cheers, I'll keep you posted if she gets 'the distance' next week lol. catcha's on the flip , and if you have kids, it's worth the time to do stuff with em ... __________________ --- * My Windows Mobile application list has been deleted by bogpond* ---

16th August 2010, 12:31 PM	#2
scon Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 4,540	Awesome, I used to love doing these sort of projects as a kid with my dad. We made a rocket once. It nearly killed someone, but god damn it was fun! __________________ Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See" - 1990 Food Blog: Wok the Fuck?!

17th August 2010, 9:02 PM	#4
stevodude Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mackay Posts: 795	Well, it was a tie for distance with another vehicle, that was made with skate board wheels, and was pretty big. she said 'dad made it' lol... either way my daughter enjoyed the science day. cheers, stevo. __________________ --- * My Windows Mobile application list has been deleted by bogpond* ---

24th September 2010, 11:35 PM	#5
son of eevil Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,708	Wow that's awesome! I remember doing projects with my parents when I was in primary school. My favorite was when Natural Disasters rolled around! All this kids chose volcano's (suprise suprise) I went with Tsunami's got a sheet of A1 in blue curled half of it over my mum painted breakng water on top and I cut out rectangles and car shaped thing from old cereal boxes we glued them on drew a road down fled sand to make a beach and stuck all the infrmation on the back of the tsunami. I got an A+ on that one! I was 11 at the time. Thanks for posting this. It's made me think back to when I was young Doug these with my parents (mainly my mum). Can't wait till I get to do these things with my children (if I have them). __________________ i5 2500K \| Asus P8Z68-V LX \| 2x4Gb Gskill Ripjaws 1600Mhz \| Radeon 6850 \| OCZ Agility 3 60Gb \| 64bit Windows 7

20th October 2010, 5:03 PM	#6
excrament Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 146	i did a project for my daughter hmm think was grade 10 had to build a trebuchet i kinda got into it the dam thing worked well the teacher must have liked it because we did not get it back then my boy who's in grade 5 i think we had to make a model of the universe so i got into that as well and i was keen to get a 100% score on that he he it took me about a week to get it all right but i made sure i got that one back