Science Roadshow

Last Thursday, some of the intermediate classes went to the Science Roadshow at Tamaki College. It was to show to teach us more about the gases and about how we live. After the show, we got to test out some of their experiments that they made which was pretty cool.

It was a great experience and I enjoyed it. My favourite part was when they popped a balloon with fire and when they burnt down a balloon dog with dried ice and Carbon Dioxide which is why the whole balloon dog shrunk and heated it back up when they blew on it.

The Trumpet Presentation

This is a presentation about the trumpet and how it makes, also about the tuning fork and how to make it louder. I made it this week for my reading activities. I hope you enjoy :-)

Sound Explanation

Sound, we use it everyday but do we really know what it is and how it works? Sound works through some of our senses, we hear sound through our ears and we can give or make sound by touching things. But there is much more to it than you would think,  there are different levels and waves, sound waves that can be very interesting so sit back and be ready to be amazed.

When a sound gets sent out, it vibrates the air monocles making sound waves. They travel through the air to our ear drums, vibrating them the vibrations then turn into electrical currents which your brain recognizes as sound.

Steven Adams Article

Steven Adams is a famous New Zealand who is currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball team of the National Basketball Association. You may have recognised his last name, yes he is the shot put champion Valerie Adams' brother. He was born on 28 July, 1993 in Roturua so he is 20 years old. The Basket-baller has been in a championship game  where he played as centre, he is #12.

My Visual Mihi

Last term, I made a visual Mihi. It shows my culture, beliefs and hobbies. I hope you like it. Also Click Here to look at it on Flickr.

Immersion Assembly Term 2 2014

The new Term has started and has started nicely with our Immersion Assembly. The topic for this term is "I like to move it, move it" which is basically science but that sounds better. Each team has a different kind of science topic connected to "Move It"=
Team 1 - The Zoo (How the Zoo Keepers work and what things at the Zoo are also at their homes)
Team 2 - Flight (How things fly) 
Team 3 - Light - (How does light make different colours and where does it come from) 
Team 4 - Buoyancy and Floatation - (Seeing what floats and sinks and how they do it)
Team 5 - Sound - What are the different kinds of sounds and how we hear sounds.

Team 1 showed a movie about when the teachers went to the zoo during the holidays to find out a bit. Ms George then talked about what they were going to do this term
Team 2 Did a dance with the teachers dressed up like a plane, pilot, fairy costumes. Ms She was dressed up as a fairy so she moved the teachers with her wand.
Team 3 teachers dressed up with different colours to represent light while Mrs Barks talked a bit about light.
Team 4 Showed a video about Buoyancy and Floatation and asked questions from the video to everyone.
Team 5 teachers went up and did a dance/song then showed a music video that they made during the holidays.

The hall was set up with helium balloons making a pathway in the middle and along the front of the stage. The different ways the teachers showed their topic was pretty cool. Sound and Science sounds very interesting and I am looking forward to learning about it and I am sure that Term 2 is going to be a great term full of fun and learning.