Marshmallow catapult

This is my marshmallow catapult that I designed. The spoon is the lever. That line in front of the spoon is a rubber band holding it. You put a marshmallow on the spoon pull the top of the spoon down. The rubber band will stretch right down and you let go. The marshmallow will go flying. The structure is also super strong. But when we were building it we had to make 2 modifications 1 was changing the spoon to were it is before I had the end of the skewer sticking into the front of the base and going straight to the end of the structure were that rubber band is resting. The second modification was joining those 2 skewers in the base together because before they were separated. One thing I learned from this was that your design might not look as good as it actually does and that it might not work but you just have try it out.
 

Bug Hotel

Bug Hotel

WALT: We are leaning to identify different materials and equipment needed to build a bug hotel.

Materials and Equipment List: 

• Saw
• Drill
• Screws
• Wood
• Hammer 
• Tea tree sticks 
• Metal hooks
• String 

Building My Bug Hotel

We gathered wood from around our house. We found Tea Tree, Japanese Cedar and Macrocarpa which is wood that we have collected from my Nana and Poppa’s farm.

In the top box we have hung herbs using metal hooks and string. We also put an air plant in because it doesn’t need soil to grow,  it only needs water to grow.

In the next box we have a birds nest out of our garden. Don’t worry there were no birds in it when we found it. There is also a Flax flower, Palm tree stick, Magnolia bud, and an off-cut of wood.

And finally the last two boxes have bamboo, shells, flowers, Tea Tree and Pine cones.

I enjoyed building the hotel the most.

I found it challenging trying to find things to put in the hotel.

What is your favourite thing in the hotel and why?