Jim and his Dad made a zip line pulley system on Saturday. Jim was really inspired by the book he has been reading. While his Dad was at work he designed it. Jims design was really well thought out. There was lots of experimenting as to how to make it work. We used soap to lubricate the rope and wound our own rope from wool for the return line. Jim is very proud of his efforts and is super keen to put it on the blog.
Hey Jim
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! I really like how you have created this for the lighthouse keeper. Did you come up with any problems when you were creating?
Mr G
Hi Jim, Miss Muriel here. What a top effort, thank you for sharing your ideas with us all. I liked hearing about your experiments which led you to a successful outcome. Did you do many experiments? what did you discover worked the least?
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Hi Jim, I am so glad you are enjoying the Lighthouse keepers books! I really enjoy them too. Your pulley system looks very useful and just like Mr Grinling's one. Why did you use the soap to lubricate the rope? Did this make it easier for the bucket to go along the pulley system?
ReplyDeleteGreat work Jim. I like your ability to problem solve and to persevere. It would be great to do something like this at school. Keep up the great work.
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Hi Jim, great work, my friend. I bet you had a lot of fun working with your Dad to get it together. What is in the bucket?
ReplyDeleteHi Jim, wow this is a fantastic system you have created. Well done!
ReplyDeleteHave you transferred anything in the bucket yet?
Mrs Horner :)
Kia ora Jim, This is just fantastic! I really like how you have spoken about the challenges to get it working just right! Good on you for persevering. I also like the way you have thought about the way to get the bucket back to the top again. How heavy can you make the content of the bucket before your device no longer works?
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