The Grade 5 and 6 students have spent the last few weeks thinking about the forces acting on a falling object and what can be done to mitigate them. Their task was to create some sort of safety capsule to protect their group's tomato from a 4 metre drop onto concrete. They were only allowed to use materials that would otherwise be going into a landfill or mixed recycling bin. There were a variety of designs, some bigger than others. There was a 30x30x30cm size restriction in place and a limit of one parachute if they chose to use one. All students did a fantastic drop with 25 out of 25 tomatoes surviving the fall. A few of the tomatoes did experience some trauma, as evidenced by their slightly split skin but overall a fantastic job! (And the slow-cooked bolognese sauce that Miss Augello made that weekend was just heaven!)
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