In week 3 of the Blix program, the theme of circular motion and gears was central. Students learned how motion can be transferred, slowed down, accelerated, or reversed using gears, axles, and connections .
We started with a short discovery: What happens when two gears touch each other?
The students observed, asked questions and shared hypotheses.
After that they started building independently and in pairs.
While building, the children learned:
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how a small gear can set a larger gear in motion
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that the direction of motion changes when gears are positioned differently
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how collaboration helps solve technical challenges
The classroom quickly turned into a design space full of curiosity .
One held the model, the other turned, tested and adjusted.
When something didn’t work, we didn’t stop it — we improved it .
"Look! If I make this gear bigger, it'll go slower!"
A student explains it as if he invented it himself — and that's exactly the point.
The activity stimulated:
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problem-solving thinking
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understanding through doing
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communication & collaboration
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perseverance
The lesson concluded with a short demonstration: each group showed how their mechanism worked and what they had discovered along the way. The pride in the class was palpable.
At Blix we believe that technology becomes understandable and accessible
when students build, test, improve and try again themselves.
This is how self-confidence , insight and, above all, the joy of learning grow.