This year one of my volunteer areas is helping Xander’s 5th grade class in science. Sometimes this is preparation work and sometimes it is in class room help. I’ve been doing it for about a week and have been enjoying it a lot. The kids seem to be having fun.
This week Xander’s teacher asked me to prep and experiment for testing how leverage works. I am posting this here because it loosely involves woodworking – ok it’s only Popsicle sticks but still…
Below is the prototype of what I needed to make. It’s a Popsicle stick with 2 cross members (1 cm in length) and gradient marks 1 cm apart from the lowest cross member. This will allow them to adjust the fulcrum point on the Popsicle stick.
Here are some shots at different stages. I used a 2 part glue. It’s messy and I really don’t like to use it (you have to wear gloves and it smells) but it’s instant so I could get it done all in 1 day. I had to glue up about 100 of these.
