Our DT project this term has been making a windmill. We've enjoyed exploring our design skills to create our own model windmills.
We discussed making our structures stable, it took at lot of lung power to decided that the cup needed to be a certain way up and we needed to add weight to stop it from moving. We used our cutting skills to make our sails and looking at whether the length of the sails impacted the weight. Combining the structure and the sails became the real challenge. Lots of head scratching and frustration meant a class discussion on how we could improve and adapt our windmills to work. The class worked really hard and rose to the challenge. Comments are closed.
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