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On Friday, we built a powered car to let the kids get a sense of how different gears and wheels will have an impact on how fast the car can go.  We have some kids like Leo that is really young who will have some problem finding the pieces and building it, but it is a good process of learning by asking questions and talking to strangers.  We also have kids like Will that is a vet in building Lego.  They are willing to help those who is in trouble.  They make the class going much smoother than only me and Roy being the helper.  In the end they raced their car and learned how different combinations of gears and tires will affect the speed of a car.  It was a really good first day of class.

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PBP Phase 1 Week 6: Dragster

Today we built the dragster and brushed up on the same principles of inertia that we learned last week. The kids really liked the dragster however they had a bit of a difficult time building it. Next week we’re building the Fishing Rod. If the students want to study ahead please have them learn about gears and pulleys. Please get the students to clean up a bit better. 

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PBP Phase 1 Week 5: Flywheeler

Today we built the Flywheeler and learned a little bit about inertia. The kids were confused about the model since the goal of the models wasn’t about speed but about energy storage and distance. The topic for next week is the Dragster and please ask the students to clean up a bit better.

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PBP Phase 1 Week 4: Sweeper

Today we built the sweeper and learned about gear combinations. The students compared it more to a weed whacker than a sweeper and liked playing around with it. The topic for next week is the Flywheel car. Please ask the kids to clean up and organise their kits a bit better as many pieces were found on the ground. 

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ECA Phase I Week 4 201901: Sweeper

Did you watch how the sweeper do some cleaning? It is really a good example of gear combination. This class is to help us to understand what is:

  1. Driving Gear
  2. Driven Gear

How do the different sized gears affect the sweeper’s performance?

The class was run smoothly. Wesley made a good construction. The sweeper uses 2 same sized gears. Students found sweeping work performs different if the different gear combination is employed.

I really suggested our students to try the bigger driving gear + the smaller driven gear, it shows a powerful work.

Good luck!

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PBP Phase 1 Week 3: Power Hammer

Today we built the Power hammer and learned precisely why it is called that, We also learned a bit about friction in joints. The kids really liked this project (for obvious reasons) and a few of the students did exceptionally. The topic for this friday is the Sweeper. Hopefully the kids will be able to learn to clean up a bit better.

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ECA Phase I Week 3 201901: Hammer

We learn friction via experimenting on Hammer-Hit-Needle. This is an excellent experiment to watch different gears with axles have different friction.

Feeling the friction by pulling the axle out of the gear, ranking them by the force we used; then use the experiment Hammer-Hit-Needle to verify if what we felt is exactly same or not.

The class goes smoothly and kids cooperate with each other. Team spirit is always the key to win!

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ECA Phase I Week 2 201901: Balance

Students are expecting to build a beam balance, to understand what is arm length, fulcrum, weight, and know how to keep the balance by not only adding/taking weight, but also adjusting the arm length (the distance between the point where the weight is hung).

Students’ construction part is running pretty well. The experiment is lead by Sophia and Raymond, they explained the whole process of the experiment. That is how Play2Learn Education encourage kids play together.

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PBP Phase 1 Week2: Beam Balance

Today we built the beam balance and used it to understand the principles of torque. The students were a bit confused at first however they seemed to have fun playing with it. The topic for friday is the Power Hammer, please ask the children to clean up afterwards. 

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ECA Phase I Week 1 201901: Power Car

We started Play2Learn Education Winter session 2019 on Jan 9th, 2019. Before the class, the teacher received the Thank you Card from ECA staff, for our continued support to build a knowledgeable, fun to learn program in ECA in the past 3 years. We felt proud of the achievement for the past years, and yes, we do continue our excellent service to kids around and welcome all of you guys join us!

The topic for today is about power. We build power car with the motor and the battery. The power generated in the battery go through the motor and gear combination transport to the motion. We use this model to understand the different mode of the power. We also figure out how many factors affecting the car’s speed, for example, the gear combination, the size of wheels, the friction in the structure, the battery itself.

Students felt excited when facing the model in the first time. The inspiring time makes those kids think more about how to make the car running faster.

We will meet again in the next week. Let’s talk about scientific measurement in the next time!

Thanks

P.

Play2Learn Education