Natural Disasters

To complete their Natural Disasters topic, P6CM investigated earthquakes looking at their causes and impact. They discovered that engineers are now designing buildings that can withstand an earthquake.  The pupils then worked in small teams to see if they could design their own structure. There was lots of collaboration, discussion and evaluation going on as many different designs were tried. Finally, their structures were tested on jelly to see if they would collapse. There are definitely some future engineers in this class as some very solid structures were created. The children also learnt how to react in class if an earthquake strikes, by participating in an earthquake drill. Well done P6CM.