Marble Rerun

Hi, at the end of term 2 we did a rerun of the Great Marble Challenge. The great marble challenge is when we make a ramp out of whatever we want but a marble has to roll down the ramp and make it 110cms away from the end of your ramp. For our rerun we got to make a new ramp or modify our ramp my group smashed our ramp and made a new one but we still used blocks. We made sure our instructions were clear this time because last time they weren’t so clear and also we made so that our ramp was stable. I think we improved from our last attempt because last time got zero points but this time we got around 20 points. Have you done this before?

Science Fair or Science Struggle

 Hi , for the past three weeks we have been doing science fair. What I learned while we were doing science fair is what a method is and what a method is used for. A method is a step by step plan of what you are going to do. I also learned all about the scientific method, fair testing and variables. What I found difficult was testing people for our science fair because they wouldn’t listen to Me and my group. If I had a chance to do this again what I would do differently is choose more sensible people to test. The main hoe that I had to use was Tu Maia which means resilience, I had to use this hoe because I struggled quite a bit.  

Have you ever done science fair before?

Amazing Marble Ramps

 Hi, last week in Te Ngahere we did a Great Marble Challenge. The Great marble Challenge is when we build ramps trying to get a marble to stop  110cm away from the end of the ramp. Also we had to write instructions on how to build our ramp because someone else would be testing our ramp. What was something your group did well? Something that my group and I did well was building a ramp. Talking about our ramp and coming up with lots of ideas. What is something you could have done better? 

We could have made our instructions more specific and made our structure more stable so it doesn’t break as easily as it does and maybe we could change the angle so it doesn’t go as far as it did.

How many points did you get?We got 0 points! Why do you think your ramp was or was not successful? Why? Why not?

Our group was not successful because the ramp broke, also our instructions were not as clear as all the other ramps instructions.How clear were your instructions? What was something you explained well?  What was something that needed to be clearer?

Our instructions were not clear at all. We think that we need to improve the first step because it was using the same word too much and didn’t really make sense. If you had an opportunity to design a new ramp.  What would you change? Improve? 

What we could improve on with our instructions is be more clear and also explain how to build our ramp. We should also get someone else to test our instruction next time. What we could improve on is making our ramp stable because it broke on test day.

Have you done this before?

Unique Science Roadshow

 Hi, lately in Te Ngahere we went to Bay of Islands Collage because there was a science roadshow going on there. We watched two shows, there was one about gases and the other one was about experimenting. We went to the science roadshow because we are going to be doing our own science fair. What I learnt was that gases can actually take up space and that some gases are really deadly. My favorite exhibit was can we pass electricity through our hands because There were different plates of steel like copper and aluminum. 

Have you ever been to the science roadshow?

The Amazing Scientific Method

 Hi, lately in Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method. We are learning about this because we are going to be doing a science fair. We had to make infographics explaining the scientific method. What I did well was making my infographic. What I could do better is understand the method more than I do. I could use this in future because I am thinking of becoming a scientist now that I am learning more of what they do.

Do you know what The scientific method is? 

Magic Mosaic

Kia Ora lately in Te Ngahere we have been making mosaic art of animals or our idol. A mosaic is made up of lots of little shapes that end up looking like an animal or a person. We had to make small shapes using the polyline tool. We are making these to decorate our class and because we are making videos that we are going to put on QR codes. What I think I did well was making my mosaic of a Black Panther. What I can do better next time is to try and  use smaller shapes to make my mosaic look better. I could use this in the future if I become a artist.

Have you made a mosaic before? 

Maori Feelings

 Kia Ora, lately in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to say feelings in Maori because it’s one of our official languages and we need to learn how to pronounce Maori words. We learnt feelings like happy in maori which is harikoa we also learnt sad, hot and cold. I really enjoyed this because I love Te reo Maori and its fun learning new things. What I found hard was making a DLO  and pronouncing the words harikoa, Ka nui te pai and Kaore I te pai. I hope that you like my DLO that I made.

Can you say the some of feelings in Te reo Maori?