Thursday, May 26, 2011

Beam bridge

The beam bridge is very is easy and simple to make.
The weight from cars is held up from beams under the bridge.
The longer the bridge the weaker the beam bridge is.
It is made of wood, metal and stone.
Canada's beam bridge was completed in 1994. It was designed to last a 100.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

strength

Our big idea this term is strength.
my strengths are;


  • sports

  • running

  • maths

  • Cross country

Maths

W.A.L.T solve addition problems by going back through the tens.
54-7=48 (54-4=50--3=47)
65-8=57 (65-5=60-3=57)
72-9=63 (72-2=70-7=63)
83-8=75
132-7=125
211-8=203
393-6=387

I solved these problems by going to the tidy tens.