MOTAT

Today the Year 6's went to Motat to help us with our Innovative Warriors unit on Flight.  We started by walking around and having free time looking at the historical village.  We then went on a tram to the hangar with all the planes.  We had a session with Melissa who taught us a lot about flight, and we did some experiments with her.  After lunch we had an hour to walk around and look through the museum and explore the planes.

Please look out for more follow up work coming soon!

Kruz: I learnt that planes need thrust to go forward, and lift and weight to help you fly.
Ayush: my favourite part was going to the old village and I learnt that Isaac Newton was a scientist.
Sanford: When I was in the old school one of the old rules was about not using Maori.  I enjoyed walking through the village.
Unique: I liked the plane that was also a boat and could land in water.
Charlotte: my favourite part was when we learnt how planes fly and I learnt that a crop duster plane replaced a tiger moth and was built in 1950.
Heremia: I learnt that there is a fighter plane that is painted black on the bottom to camouflage it in the night sky and green so when its on the ground planes in the air can't see it.
Precious: I saw the pumps in the boiler room that used to push the water around Auckland.
Brianna: I learnt about Keith Parker and my favourite part was doing all the experiments with Melissa.
Sela: I learnt that Isaac Newton said that every force has an equal and opposite reaction.  If you have lift you also have drag and it's equal.
Afizah: I learnt how water pumps and other machinery worked in the olden days.
Ella: I learnt that some planes can land in water and my favourite part was learning about how planes worked.
Tiana: I learnt that in the olden days people used to bathe in little grey tubs and my favourite part was looking at the olden days stuff - from like the 1800s.
Neha: I learnt that the solent plane was half plane and half boat.  My favourite part was walking around the village.
Merekara:  My favourite part was doing the experiments in the classroom.
Raukawa:  I liked doing the experiments in the classroom.  When I did the propeller I hit myself in the nose.  I liked learning about the planes at the museum and how they got the planes into the building.
Natalie:  I learnt about the 4 forces - lift is up, weight weighs down, thrust sends you forward and drag holds you back.  They have to be equal so the plane can fly.
Victoria: I really enjoyed learning about the planes and looking for the clues.  There was one called the mosquito.
Jodeci: I learnt that they used a coding machine for talking to each other when they were in the planes.
Christian: In the big plane that is a night fighter they are not allowed lights so the enemy can't see their position.
Tina: My favourite part was going on the tram between the 2 museums.
Connor: I learnt that some of the planes in the museum are really fast WW1 planes, and my favourite part was looking around at the planes.
Paris: My favourite part was learning about the planes and I liked the big one that could land in water.
Meleana:  My favourite part was going on the tram and what I learnt was about how planes fly and the forces that keep them in the air.  The plane that could land on water was called the solent.