American cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, designed silly contraptions which used an indirect and overly-complicated chain reaction to perform a very simple task. For our science enquiry, we built some out of everyday objects. We didn't have a task to achieve at the end; we just aimed for a chain of 4 reactions using different forces such as push, accelerate, drop, roll, etc. We managed to catch a few on film working all the way through, and some clips  for the bloopers reel. 

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Team CH have been thinking like investigators and asking questions about the materials in their boxes. 

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Children have thoroughly enjoyed finding out all about the circulatory system and the function of our heart, lungs and blood vessels. We have also been finding out about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
PROBLEM SOLVING - is this terms scientific enquiry focus and Year 6 became detectives trying to get to the bottom of what exactly had happened at the hedgehog crime scence. Applying lots of problem solving skills, asking what if.. questions and using evidence to make predictions and draw conclusions.