There are a number of things I could write about for Six Word Saturday as I have been quite busy lately and lots has been happening. The six words I have settled on are
Lots of fun at Science Alive!
This week is National Science Week here in Australia and there are lots of events that people can get involved in. Last weekend there was a fantastic event at the Adelaide Showgrounds - Science Alive. This event is in its tenth year and was held over two days (8 and 9 August). Brianna and I went last year and really enjoyed it. We thought my niece (8) would like it too so this year we went again along with Teya and Brianna's friend. It was fantastic again. The only complaint I have is that there were so many people there, which is really a good thing. It did make it hard to get to some of the stalls though. There were lines for many but they moved fairly quickly. I feel like we only saw a tiny amount of what was there but we all had a great time. I think we'll be back next year. It's a great event with much to appeal to different ages.
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| There was a mega brain to walk through |
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| as well as a huge inftatable body to walk through. We didn't get to do this - the line was enormous when we were there. |
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| Brianna creating a smoke ring |
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| A smoke ring |
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| One of the favourite activities was to build a tower with straws and masking tape. |
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And the day wouldn't have been complete without a photo with a Dalek (rushed at the end though so not a very good one)
A bonus for me was getting lots of great ideas for teaching. The class I taught yesterday did the straw tower challenge (to build the tallest tower that a cube can be balanced on, using 20 straws and 1/2 metre of masking tape). The highest yesterday was 109cm and all of the students seemed to enjoy it. For some it was a great lesson in persistence as they worked out how to make their tower strong enough for a cube to be balanced on it for 30 seconds. It's definitely an activity I'll be doing again. Though I didn't realise how difficult it would be to find straws that weren't the flexible ones. I eventually found some in the fourth shop I looked in.
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