TeChNoLoGy

TeChNoLoGy

On Thursday the 24th room 21 went to technology with Mr Rankin, but first of all we had bible. Once the bible session was over we lined up on the deck and Mr Wright lead us to the Technology room and left us in the hands of Mr Rankin.
Once everybody had entered the room and had got a chair, Mr Rankin asked everybody if they knew the parts of a boat.
Everybody replied "Yes." Really? "What is the bottom of the boat called?" Asked Mr Rankin and in reply, only one or two hands went up into the air. PATHETIC!
"How about the front and back of the boat?" He asked again. This time, four or five hands went up and Mr Rankin picked one person.
After a few more questions, Mr Rankin told everybody to gather around the Uber-stix table and he showed us the Uber-stix website: http://www.uberstix.com/
Then we were told what we were making that day: Boats, and not just one type of boat either,There was the Steam boat, the Freestyle boat and the propellor boat.
The Freestyle boat was made of Uber-stix, Bottles, Tape, Foam, Ice-block sticks and anything you would use, while the Propellor boat were made out of lego and an electric propellor, but like all things that seem easy there is a catch... lego boats would have to carry a hammer, the steam boat was much more complex, you would make your boat out of bulsar wood, tape and and lots more, a candle would power the boat.
Finally we were allowed to choose our desired type of boat. Five people went tot he Steam boats and another five went to the Propellor but the most popular was the Freestyle boats.
The Uber-stix people and Propellor people were allowed to start at once but the Steam boat people had to wait for Mr Rankin to explain what to do.
Out side was the Testing Lane, which was have full of water and you could put your boat in and if it capsized or sank you would know what to improve.
About half way Mr Rankin put the fan outside, This blew the Uber-stix boats across the lane.
Room 21 had a great time making boats at technology!