Intermediate English-Shintaro Ikeda

Balloon Car Challenge Kira Kira Flyers   This team’s balloon is powered by air coming out of a balloon attached to the front of the car. The materials that they use to make this balloon car are four plastic bottle caps, two toothpicks, two balloons, three rubber bands, a thick straw, and two clothespins. I explain how to make this balloon car. First, we make holes in the plastic bottle caps large enough hold a toothpick. Second, we glue the two plastic bottle caps and a two toothpick. Therefore, we make another one of the same. Third, we attach a balloon to a straw using a rubber band and make another one of the same. Finally, we put them on top of the two things made of toothpicks and plastic bottle cap and glue them together. After listening to this presentation, I think there are two problems in this balloon car design. First, it is place balloons in front of the car. The reason I think it is problem is that if there is a in front of the car, it would get in th

Kira Kira Fliers The team’s track refers to places in Kumamoto Prefectures. For example, Sea’s pyramid, the caldera of Mount Aso, Green land and Tsujun bridge. The materials that they use to make this track are construction paper, tape, glue, scissors, plastic bottles, hoses, tissue boxes, cutters, and cardboard.      The first section referred to sea’s pyramid is made by rolling paper into a corn and the path that a marble passes is made using paper and hose.      The second section referred to Tsujun bridge is made with tissue boxes.The team makes this part tilt slightly because a marble becomes to run smoothly.      The third section referred to the caldera of Mount Aso is made with plastic bottles.      The fourth section referred to the roller coaster in Green land is made with hoses. They make a shape that use a hose to go between two rails in the fourth part. I think this team’s track design is very unique and this track is well designed. I think the third sectio