Sharing My Experiance at the Science roadshow

On Monday Te Ngahere had the privilge to go to Bay Of Islands College for a science roadshow. The reason we did this was because we have a science fair comingup soon and this roadshow showed us what that fair will be like.
 In this science show they had all kinds of different exhibits my favourite one was the Bernoulli blower and in this exhibit we got to put objects with different weights at the bottom and if they were light enough they would shoot up with the help of a strong fan. Something I learned from this roadshow was that gasses although they aren’t visible can take up a lot more space then liquids.
I found this experience really interesting and fun because it taught me a lot and it gave me a better understanding for the science fair in the future.
Did your school participate in the Science Roadshow?

The Great Marble Ramp Challenge

The last few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to construct a marble ramp. We had to create a marble ramp using whatever materials we could find. We got to choose groups of 2-3. The objective was for the marble to stop exactly 110cm or 1.1m  from the end of your ramp. The reason we are doing this is because we have a Science fair coming up soon so we are using this challenge to prepare for that.

On competition day we are not allowed to touch our ramps because we will not be operating it, someone else will be. We also had to create specific instructions on how to operate our ramp.

A variable I made to my ramp was the angle it was on. To elaborate I had my ramp on a steep angle at first but that caused the marble to roll faster and past 1.1metres so we put it on a flatter angle which made it go slower.

Do you think you could create a successful marble ramp?

Sharing My Experiance at Technology

 Last week in Te Ngahere the year 7’s and 8’s got to go to technology at Moerewa School. This term the 8’s are in Wood work with Mr. E and the year 7’s are in cooking with Whaea Dot. I’m a year 8 so I’m in woodworks and we are making our own waka. First we had to measure our wood then using the power tools we cut the wood out. Once that was done we got to glue another piece of wood onto our waka. The other piece of wood is going to be for the bottom of our waka. The next thing I have to do is shape the bottom of my waka using a tool called a plane. The challenging part of this was trying to cut a straightline into the wood when I was using the power tools. The part I found easy was glueing the two pieces of wood together. Does your school have Technology classes?