Invention Presentation

Throughout this semester we have been examining how inventions have changed the world we live in. We have looked at inventions over time and visited Ripponlea to examine how life would have been before many of the things we take for granted were even thought of. The children examined the properties of materials, the uses of mechanisms and the impacts inventions have on the community. Finally the children were asked to identify a need and create an invention to fill it. The children presented their inventions. Here are a few photos from the day.

Luna - I have learnt about how not all inventions are useful. I also learnt how things used to be hard and how inventions can make things easier.

 Milly - I liked working in my group when we had challenges we sorted them out. The arm was the hardest part.

Alaura - I liked it because it was fun. I learnt how to make and design stuff.

 Spencer - I found the building really hard. We had to keep taking things off and redoing them because they weren't working.

Sonny - I enjoyed the presentation and watching everyone else because we all had really good inventions.

 Mina - Our invention was a bunny feeder. It is for people who are lazy and don't want to feed their rabbit.

Ed - I enjoyed presenting the Slingshot 2000!

 Ed - I felt like I was really confident to speak.

Bebe - I liked how everyone was watching.

 Auguste - During the inquiry I learnt that inventing is hard even though it looks easy.

 Olivia - I most enjoyed speaking on the stage into the microphone.

 Mohamed - I liked going to Ripponlea to see the old inventions. I used to think it would be quick to make an invention now I don't!

 Angus - Doing the presentation felt freaky.

Dash - I felt like it was just me and my group performing in front of the teacher.

Lila T -  The best part was the building and the challenge was being up on the stage with everyone watching you.

Anya - My favourite part was building our butterfly.

 Luca - It was really hard to make the material go smoothly. We had our best shot at making it work. I like to see the old gadgets at Ripponlea.

Taya - I liked doing all of it but the best was making the invention.

Olive - It was really good that people had eye contact.

Kaden - You had to think where to put this and that if you make the wrong decision it won't work if you make it right it works.

 Saskia - I enjoyed going to Ripponlea and learning about the old things.

Zoe - I enjoyed lots of things but sometimes found the team work hard.