Wheels Everywhere
2/1/2019
In our Wheel Study this week we focused on what objects have wheels. We started an ongoing list of "Things That Have Wheels and Axles." We looked at what powers wheels and sorted our wheel cards based on what makes them go: gas/engines, pedals, or pushing. Our Wheel show-and-tell was a big hit and allowed us to see even more examples of wheels. For our show-and-tell we had a climbing pulley, a gyro toy, a remote control car, a wheel gear, and a variety of toy vehicles with wheels. This week we also looked at things that have wheels but are not vehicles. We explored gears in music boxes, wind up toys, clocks, and each made our own pinwheels. On Friday after reading "If I Built a Car" by Chris van Dunsen, we made blueprints of the type of cars we would like to design. We designed monster trucks, shark cars, unicorn cars, spike cars, and more. I then brought out pinewood racing blocks for making cars. Our Explorers worked hard sanding down the blocks to get them ready for painting on Monday. Hopefully we will be able to bring our designs to life! We took a romp through the snow to our back field to explore a large flat bed trailer and it's wheels. This was a wonderful way to see and touch real vehicle wheels, to find all the parts of wheels, and investigate with our whole bodies.
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