On Monday, some students were trying to make a pulley outside on the yard using skipping ropes and the play structure. During centre time we showed a few students who were interested, a YouTube video on what a pulley is. This sparked an interest in making a pulley in our classroom. We decided to use a table, a rope, large Lego pieces, tape and a bucket.
We quickly learned that Lego was not the best material to use.
"It's not stable" - Justin
"It's not strong enough, the Lego keeps breaking" - Joshua
Our second idea was to use tape along the top.
Our pulley broke very quickly! We needed to collaborate together and come up with a better solution. We decided as a group that we shouldn't use Lego and that we need a stronger material. Blocks was our next choice.
We did it! By using the blocks we created a strong pulley using classroom materials. The students are having a great time seeing how much they can pull using their pulley.
Way to go Red Class!
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