The Spinning Propeller

29/09/2008 (Monday)

a) Singing and movement
l They took their plastic bags and flew like aeroplanes.
l They sang the song as to reinforce on the second paragraph.
l They were divided into 2 groups. The girls and boys. The girls sang better than the boys while the boys were more active and creative at flying.

b) Propeller Seed
l Yun Zhe and Yun Wen picked some “seeds” that looked like helicopter propeller. As we were unsure of the name, we call it as the “Propeller Seed”.
l We went out to the garden to fall it from a higher point. It looked the the spinning propeller.
l The kids recalled how Doraemon flew with the Propeller on its head.
l They decided to make a “Propeller Hat”. That would be our coming activity.
l In the classroom, the kids elarnt that some seeds are big and could not fly in the wind. Example: durian seeds.

c) Different Ways of Flying.
l The kids shared about their homework. They had to help the tortoise fly from Mountain “A” to Mountain “B”. Finally, we had 22 different methods.
l Yun Zhe: Use the hairdryer to blow the tortoise in a plastic bag. (like a hot air balloon). He also drew a dolphin that can dive fast and swim fast. He also suggested “flying fish”.
l Eugene said the flying aeroplane. He also drew a flying carpet.
l Le Xin drew a bird.
l Jin Nan drew a flying Propeller as the experiment we did in the morning.
l Wen Yue drew a flying hero.
l Other methods included: flying fish, parachute (Justin), balloons (Jin Shan), rocket and wings pasted to the tortoise body.