On Thursday we had great fun finding out about Magnets. We were checking to see if all metals were magnetic.

We found out:

“Not all metals are magnetic.”

“Only metals with iron are magnetic.”

“Everything that is magnetic is metal.”

“It doesn’t matter what colour the metal is, it is magnetic because of what it’s made of. ”

In Science Club today everyone had to build a bridge to hold up to 1400g in weight. We were pleasantly surprised at how effective their designs were! We had many bridges that held the target weight.

The most popular design was flat with concertina paper inside to add strength.

Some combined tubes and folded paper, others tried to use triangular prisms.
We learned that the strongest shape when building is a triangle .