In this activity children will use knowledge about pushes and pulls to suggest how the capsule was moved up and down the mine shaft.
Description
Thirty-three miners were trapped underground when part of the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed on 5 August 2010. After more than two months trapped underground, the miners were brought to the surface one at a time in a specially designed capsule. The rescue capsule was painted red, white and blue - the colours on the Chilean flag.
Children will use knowledge about pushes and pulls to suggest how the capsule was moved up and down the mine shaft.
Learning Objective:
- to recognise that pushes and pulls can make things speed up, slow down or change direction
Children will learn:
- to respond to suggestions about how to find things out and with help make their own suggestions about how to answer questions
These resources were initially developed in partnership with the Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University.