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?

Converting Between Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

In Te Ngahere for maths we have been learning to convert fractions into decimals and percentages. We started off by getting a strip of paper that was one metre long or 100cms long. Next we had to split the paper into fractions so one paper was split into 5ths and one into quarters and so on. We then had to figure out the decimal point and percentage of each piece on our papers(Eg: the paper that was divided into 5ths, each piece was worth 20% or 0.2).

The challenging part when we did this was trying to make sure that each piece was the same size and making sure I measured them accurately. The easy part was figuring out the percentage of each piece. 

Have you ever learned how to convert between decimals, fractions and percentages?

The Ugly Side Of Social Media

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to stay safe while using online apps. Since there are so many online sites that let you talk to strangers we have been trying to make sure that we do not put out the wrong information.

First we watched a video that involved a 12 year old girl that talks to an adult online that lies about his identity and says hes a 13yr old boy. Then some photos that she posted online were found by bullies at school and they used the pictures to embarrass the girl. 

We had to make a DLO that explains what to do and what not to do online. 

This activity  taught me that we should be cautious with which information we choose to put on our social media accounts. It also taught me to be careful on who I talk to on the internet. 

Does your school learn how to stay safe online?

If I were a….

In Te Ngahere we have been doing a few “if I Were” poems for Panui. Each day a little bit of the poem would be revealed and we had to use the words from the text and our general knowledge to try and identify what the author was describing. The purpose of these poems are to teach us to  understand what we’re reading even though they are not stated in the text.

Something I found challenging in these poems was trying to clearly explain what I thought the thing was without just using the words from the text. The part I found easy was choosing the one I thought matched the poem the most.

Have you ever done something similar to these poems?

Pārekareka Mahi Toi

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to research about different beings in the Ngahere. We got to create a report based on the insect, plant or animal we chose to research about. Once we finished making our notes we got to make a presentation to share our learning  that was interesting to watch. To go with our presentation we got to make a digital image on Google Drawings. We also got to do this for the Manaia Kalani art challenge.  Since my report is about the Kereru I made a digital image of a Kereru.

Creating this image was really difficult for me at first because I couldn’t navigate the drawing tools on google drawings. When I watched a tutorial video it was a lot easier.

Did your school participate in the Manaia Kalani challenge?