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Lifting With A Pulley

First my class saw Ruby using scales with a metal lathe plate hanging on the bottom of the scales then her face turned red.

Suddenly Mrs Bryant said, “You can put it down now”.

Then Ruby had a turn with the pulley. Mrs Bryant asked, “Is that easier?” Ruby replied, “Yes”.

Suddenly Mrs Bryant told me to have a go.                   David

Pulleys make it easier to lift things into the air. They are useful for lifting weights and heavy things. Today in class we were lifting a metal lathe plate with scales and a rope with a pulley to see which one was harder to lift. We found that it was harder with the scales. To get the lathe plate the same height as it was with the scales you need to pull the rope two times higher. Lawson

Lifting with the pulley is a lot easier than lifting with the scales. Because the scales just tell you the weight and the pulley is helping you to lift what ever you’re lifting. When you’re lifting the pulley lift it two times higher than the weight moves.                                                                Aria

Pulleys make it easier to pull things up. You have to pull it two times higher. Jonty

Fighting Gravity

Hoiho class watched as Josh jumped off a school chair. He said it was easy. When he tried  jumping back on the chair from the ground he said it was harder because he was fighting  gravity. 

The  Moon is going around the earth because of the gravity coming from the earth pulling the moon towards the centre of the earth. To show you some girls and some boys showed what it looks like  by making the moon and the earth. 

There is less gravity on the moon than on earth because the moon has less mass. We got eight people to be the earth and then four people to be the moon. 

We put the pin on the ground then we put a piece of wood on top of the pin. The pin held the piece of wood up. 

Kimberly stood on the piece of wood. Her weight made the pin go into the wood.

Finn and Jonty

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