Exploring The World Of Science

Kia ora bloggers last week in Te Ngahere we went to Bay Of Islands College (BOIC) because there was a science roadshow happening there. We had to go and sit down in the hall and wait for the first show to happen. Then we saw two scientists that were going to talk to us and show us about the different types of gases. After that we had to go into groups of three of any kind and go explore the amazing science experiments. There was a really interesting science project it had a chair on one side and a skeleton on the other side. There was this window that separated them both and the skeleton reflected on the chair. My favorite experiment was were you had a torch and a white board and you were covered by a blanket. You used the torch to write on the white board it was really awesome.

Have you been to a science roadshow before? 

Bye!

Exploring The Room of Marble Ramps

Kia ora bloggers last week in Te Ngahere we did a challenge called The Great Marble Challenge.

We did this challenge because the science fair is coming up and we were learning this to learn

the steps of the scientific method. The people I chose to do this challenge with was Jorjah &

Kahsius. The materials my group and I used was cardboard, building blocks and tape. The steps

for the scientific method is: Step 1. Ask a question, Step 2. observe and gather data, Step 3. Make

a hypothesis (guess), Step 4. Test your hypothesis, Step 5. Analyze your results, Step 6. Modify your

hypothesis if needed, Step 7. Present a conclusion & Step 8. Retest.  I really enjoyed this challenge because it was a fun challenge to do and my group and I worked well together. Here are a few things

I learnt, if your marble ramp is steep than it will go further than you want it to go. I also learnt that

when your ramp is a little bit off the ground than it will have a higher chance of getting points and

you will be on the leaderboard. The day we were testing all the ramps my group and I tested Shay,

Brooklyn, Angus & Alexander’s ramp. The people who tested our ramp were Savitri, Jade O and Ashlyn.

Would you like to do a challenge like this? 

Bye!

Here is our ramp

An Amazing Scientific Method

Kia ora bloggers,

Last week and this week we made a DLO about the steps of a Scientific Method. We were learning this because we made an infographic of the steps of the scientific method and because the science fair is coming up. From what I have learnt I will ask more questions and test before I do something if I’m not sure. What I think I did well was that the DLO I made was very good for my standard. What I think I could do better is try and make my DLO more tempting to read and look more appealing to the eye. What I learnt from this experiment is that hypothesis is like a guess or prediction, modify means change something, observe means gather information.  

Have you learnt the scientific method before?

Bye, Bye!

 

Stunning Mosaic Art

Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to make a piece of art but we were doing it digitally. We had to use this tool on our chromebook to make whatever animal or plant of your choice, even an anime character. The line we used is called polyline, the polyline helps you to make a shape and try make what you have chosen to do. The art we were doing was mosaic art. We were doing this because we are going to be putting QR codes around our school to explain what animals and trees we have in our Ngahere and why we need them. I really liked doing mosaic art because I haven’t done this before, you learn new things from it and it is very fun. What I think I did well was really trying to make the animal stand out and look like it. The animal I did for my choice was a giraffe and for my QR code I did a Nikau Palm because that’s what I was explaining about on my Ngahere investigation. The thing that I found hard was trying to make the shape and not making it turn into a line because if you do a shape to small it will just make a line and that really annoyed me. I wouldn’t change anything about my art because I really liked the way it turned out. This is one of the animals I did! I hope you like my mosaic art. 

Have you made a piece of mosaic art before?

Bye!

My Best Piece Of Writing Ever

Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to write a narrative

and want to make people read our writing. We were learning how to enhance our writing

to create a powerful and emotional response to our readers. We watched a short film about

this little boy who lost his wing and these evil mean birds always picked on him. I tried to use

vivid adjectives in my writing and some other writing language features. I used the class

tuhituhi slide presentation that the teachers made to help me to add more detail and description

to my writing so I can try to get a picture In my readers minds. I found it hard trying to add a lot

of description, trying rewrite the story and try to get a picture in my readers minds. The easy thing

for me was when I went to my first writing conference group I got feedback so it helped me make

my writing better and improve on my first piece of writing. In my first writing conference the group

I was conferencing with I was a rubric 4 then we had another writing conference on Tuesday this

week and now I am a high 4 and low 5 I am so happy. 

Have you been in a writing conference before?

Here is the link to the video we watched.

An Amazing Time at Project Island Song

Kia ora bloggers this week on Tuesday the first of June the year 6’s, Whaea Becks, Gina and I went to a program that is called Project Island Song. We had to get to school at about 8:20 am and be down at the wharf by 8:30am. When we arrived at the wharf we met up with some of the members of Project Island Song. Some of the year 6’s had a job, there was about four jobs and they were called construction, health and safety, planting and biosecurity. Construction is were you carry the parts of the rat traps because we are going to build them so we will need it, health and safety is were you had to say everyone's name out loud to make sure that they are here, bring a first aid kit in case someone gets hurt and squeeze hand sanitizer on their hands before they get on and off the boat. The planting job means you have to carry the plants onto the boat and off and bring the spades and gloves. Last but not least biosecurity is when they hold down a shoe brush so you can brush your shoes a little bit and they tap your bag to make sure that you don’t have any pests or Weed seeds in your bag. We were learning how to protect our native wildlife and learning how to keep pests away, we were also learning the Maori and english name for the trees. We were learning this so we can learn and help our wildlife, learn about trees and the cycle of the their ecosystem. Another reason why we were learning this is because so we know how important our native animals are, how helpful and what the project Island song crew members do for us and the animals. In the future I will go and visit Project Island Song again to see how big the tree has grown that my group and I planted and see how the Project Island Song Program is going. I learnt a lot of new things but I will only tell you some. Pied Shag can dive up to 20m, the way to remember which is which between a Manuka and Kanuka is that Manuka trees are darker than a Kanuka , the bark is rough also the M in Manuka stands for mean and it has flowers on it Kanuka doesn’t. Kanuka trees have a lighter color than Manuka and the K in Kanuka stands for kind, also the Kanuka is taller than the Manuka and if you feel their branches you can tell which is which. On our way back to school we saw a common and bottlenose dolphin, it was so fun

Have you been to the Project Island Song before?