2016年6月29日 星期三

June 2, 2016 with class 503

        Today, Andy and I prepared for the Science Week together.  First, we stuck a poster to the blackboard.  Second, we put bottles on the table.  I didn’t know what we would do.  And then, Andy put a water tank on the table.  Third, we put targets made of paper on the table.  Finally, we were ready.


        I asked Andy why we needed to collect a lot of plastic bottles.  Andy gave me one of the bottles, but he didn’t tell me the reason until he finished everything. He used a pair of scissors to cut  a bottle in half.  He saved the upper part of the bottle and cut a balloon.  He attached the part of the balloon to the bottle.  He pulled back the balloon.  Suddenly, he released the balloon and a strong wind rushed out of the bottle.  It worked like an air gun.  I was surprised.  Andy taught me how it worked and then I made an air gun.  I used the gun to shoot the targets.  I was very happy that I hit a lot of targets. 

June 1, 2016 with class 503

        From the twenty-third to twenty-seventh of May, students majoring in science held an event, called “Science Week.”  In this week, I participated in some scientific experiments and games, listened to a speech and looked at a show of dominoes. 
        On Tuesday and Wednesday, Wendy was in charge of a game.  In this game, we made a little boat with some small plastic bottles, tapes, rubber bands and straws.  We used Newton’s third law and some physics knowledge about potential energy switching to kinetic energy to make a current.   Then, the current pushed the boat.  I competed with other participants to see who could push the boat the farthest by answering Wendy’s questions about science.  This game inspired me a lot and improved my logic.



        The closing ceremony was on the last day of the week.  Wendy and her classmates set up a domino set.  They used some physics laws to let one wooden block knock down another one.  Then, the first domino knocked down the following one, which in turn caused another one down, all the way to the last domino.  I was amazed by the “Domino Effect.”  When all the dominoes were knocked over, I saw the word “PASSION” spelled out.   You could see how much work had been put into this project. Actually, they had been setting up the dominoes all the morning.  The reason why they used the word “PASSION” is because students majoring in sciences hope to encourage each other to have a passion for science and the unknown world.