Every parent knows what it is like, having a child come home with a project requirement that not only keeps you busy for hours, but also gets the parents to learn as much as the child does.
My 12 year old daughter was asked to make and show the workings of the Jaws of life used in rescuing people form wrecked cars that don't allow them to escape due to the steel being stuck or damaged.
Check out below what we had to model this after:
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So this is what we got to once we had failed on our first attempt....and she did quite well in her marks.
And a video
What you think? We're quite proud of it :)