Spectacular changes

When we went to the science road show at Channel College the man showed us an experiment where there were five cup and there was a liquid in the cups. He first had some water in a cup then he poured the water into another cup which seemed to be empty but the water changed into raspberry. Then he poured the raspberry into another cup and it turned back into water. He then turned the water into lemonade and then coke.

He said that it was a chemical change. He made it change from clear to red by using acid then he neutralised the acid to make it white again. Next he put baking soda into the cup to make it bubble then something else to make the liquid brown like coke.

It was really cool.

oeblek goo

On Tuesday the 13th of March Ngaumu class went to the Science Road Show at Channel College and I volunteered to have oeblek goo poured on my head. None of it went on my head because when you add force to it it becomes a solid but you if pick it up its drippy like liquid. This is called a physical change

Oeblek goo is so easy to make. All you have to do is put corn flour into a bowl with water and some food colouring. Mix it around and enjoy playing with it.

Science road show

On Tuesday the 13th of March the Ngaumu class went to the Science Road Show. My favourite part was when we learned about Liquid Nitrogen. It was really cool when one of the exhibitors put some gloves on and got some Parsley and dipped it in Liquid Nitrogen. He had the gloves on because liquid nitrogen is so cold that it will burn your skin. When he brought the parsley out it had ice on it and then he squeezed it and it crumpled all over the table. Another favourite was the Elephant tooth paste. That was cool too because when the exhibitor put two cemicals together , this pink foamy stuff came out like tooth paste and it was massive. One of the men did this thing where he put dried ice in cold water and then it made clouds of cold air. It was a really fun day and I had loads of fun and I learnt a lot of new science things..

Microscopes and Telescopes

March 2012

On Tuesday the 13 March, Ngaumu went to the Science Road Show at Channel College. We learnt about microscopes and telescopes and what you can see through them. With telescopes you can see things in the distance and with microscopes you can see tiny little details up close. The first microscope was a drop of water this was discoverd by someone putting a single drop of water on a object and it simply inlarged it.I had lots of fun and im sure everyone else did too.

Ana's first days at school

March 2012

Ana is my adorable sister and she has only just started school. On Ana's first day, I'm pretty sure she was nervous. As soon as we got to school we all hopped out of the bus and I took Ana to class. Then the bell rang. She wouldn't let go of my hand, so Mrs. Mackay took her to the mat. At morning tea Ana came running to me then Nicola, Kirsty, Ana and I went into the senior cloak bay to get some food, Ana was staring at the fire alarm then she flicked the switch. Luckily it was broken but...

The next day she did it again and Mr. Cameron had got someone to fix it and this time it went off. Everyone ran to the tennis court. After Mr. Cameron had explained that it wasn't a practise and it that it wasn't a fire either and that someone had set the alarm off, we all went back to our lunch. I followed Ana and the teachers. Mr. Cameron told Ana not to touch the switch. Ana started to cry so I her took over to the field and we played a game. She seemed fine after school.
I hope you like school Ana and I know you won't set off the alarm again.

Sience Road Show

Tuesday the 13Th March

On Tuesday the Ngaumu room went to Channel College to watch a Science Road show. We learnt alot about experiments and cool stuff about science, like elephant tooth paste, liquid Nitrogen and dry ice. There were lots of cool thing that us kids could try. There were three presenters who gave us two demonstrations and in between the demonstrations we were able to roam around and check out the cool thing that the Fonterra Road Show had made. The displays were interactive which means that you could play with them to find out what science was being explored.

It was a great experience for our class and I can't wait till next year.

Riversdale Beach education Programme

On Monday 13th Febuary the whole school went to Riversdale Beach. for a Beach Education day. Firstly we went to the club house to watch some cool videos about rips,tides and sand bars. Secondly we went down to the beach to play some games like Beach Flags and sandcastle building. Issac, Xavier,Fins Mum, fin, my mum and I made a sand anaconda. It looked awesome. Next we went back up to the cars and we had some lunch. I had a bag of salami and some buns. It was nice.
Finally we were allowed to get changed into our togs because we were going to learn how to run through the water properly, duck dive and dolphin dive, and the best part - boogie boarding and body surfing. I caught a couple of decent waves and it was fun.
We had a great day as usual at Riversdale beach and I'd love to go again.