Wow! Science Fair is over.
Well done to all of Room 3 for a fantastic effort. It does take a lot of time and effort to complete one but it is worth it when we can share the final results.
Room 3 prize winners are:
Grant McNaugton - Environmental value of a fruit label.
Alyssa Parks - Using science to make the stairs safer.
David Pask - Hovercraft.
Highly Commended are:
Jason Stewart - The tomato patch
Vincent Rozenberg - How heat escapes
Jeremy Burgess - Salt and Ice.
Class awards:
Fabian Andriessen - Why does a hot air balloon go up?
Oliver O'Brien - Talking to plants.
A very pleasing result for Room 3!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Week 10
This week has been stressful but a happy week. Science Fair is finally finished. There were lots of great designs and topics, some were not so great but then we can learn next time. This last week we have been writing imaginative recounts. Some kids in Room 3 are very MAGICAL! Also last week the Year 7's started to learn about Matariki, there were about 6 groups. I did the poi with Mrs Tasi-Cordtz. It was awesome. We did Poi E off the movie BOY.
This is Ariana signing out, and go SHETLAND!
This is Ariana signing out, and go SHETLAND!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Week 10
"5 blades, 6 on a bad week. 25 blades!"
Grreat, Mr Henderson was yelling at us again, well nobody taught us how to use a coping saw without breaking the blade. Anyway, in hard material tech we are making shields that represent our names, we drew a design, cut it out, sand it and paint it and pretty it up.
In art tech we are making 3D houses and doing a collage on top of them.
At textiles we made paper (coloured, smelly or otherwise) and last but not least- food tech or cooking, we make some biscuits or a smoothie or something along those lines anyway.
Jess
Grreat, Mr Henderson was yelling at us again, well nobody taught us how to use a coping saw without breaking the blade. Anyway, in hard material tech we are making shields that represent our names, we drew a design, cut it out, sand it and paint it and pretty it up.
In art tech we are making 3D houses and doing a collage on top of them.
At textiles we made paper (coloured, smelly or otherwise) and last but not least- food tech or cooking, we make some biscuits or a smoothie or something along those lines anyway.
Jess
Week 10
Over the last week all the year 7 classes have been learning about Matariki (the Maori New Year). Here are some of the things they did:
Haka-
A Haka is a Maori war dance performed before battle to scare the enemy and warm up, it involves slapping ones body and chanting loudly.
Poi-
The poi is a ball in the end of a string, that is waved around one's body. Pois were used to strengthen wrists.
Flax weaving-
Flax is a long thin leaf growing on a flax bush. It is often weaved into many different shapes.
Kai-
Kai is the maori word for food, this group prepared a hangi lunch for the Year 7's.
Observatory-
The observatory group focused on the constellation of Matariki and went to the observatory to see it.
Museum-
This group went to the Otago Museum and went to the Starlab (an inflatable dome with stars inside) to look at the constellation of Matariki.
Stick Games-
The maori stick games involve clapping sticks together and passing with a partner sitting opposite.
Art (Number 1)-
On large pieces of material a combinatoon of Matariki and Nigel Brown art was painted.
Art (Number 2)-
After being assigned to a page of a story the people repainted the art on that page and then put together in a photo story.
Grant
Haka-
A Haka is a Maori war dance performed before battle to scare the enemy and warm up, it involves slapping ones body and chanting loudly.
Poi-
The poi is a ball in the end of a string, that is waved around one's body. Pois were used to strengthen wrists.
Flax weaving-
Flax is a long thin leaf growing on a flax bush. It is often weaved into many different shapes.
Kai-
Kai is the maori word for food, this group prepared a hangi lunch for the Year 7's.
Observatory-
The observatory group focused on the constellation of Matariki and went to the observatory to see it.
Museum-
This group went to the Otago Museum and went to the Starlab (an inflatable dome with stars inside) to look at the constellation of Matariki.
Stick Games-
The maori stick games involve clapping sticks together and passing with a partner sitting opposite.
Art (Number 1)-
On large pieces of material a combinatoon of Matariki and Nigel Brown art was painted.
Art (Number 2)-
After being assigned to a page of a story the people repainted the art on that page and then put together in a photo story.
Grant
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Homework - Week 9
This week for homework I need to see:
* Your results and conclusion written up. Remember your conclusion links back to your hypothesis and results. You should also include some of your scientific background information and how this helps explain your investigation.
* Your introduction - what made you choose this idea/investigation?
* Presentation. We discussed on Friday how to set it out and to make clear headings.
Remember this is the last week. The Science board must be completed and at school by next Monday at the latest. We start presentations next week.
* Your results and conclusion written up. Remember your conclusion links back to your hypothesis and results. You should also include some of your scientific background information and how this helps explain your investigation.
* Your introduction - what made you choose this idea/investigation?
* Presentation. We discussed on Friday how to set it out and to make clear headings.
Remember this is the last week. The Science board must be completed and at school by next Monday at the latest. We start presentations next week.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Week 8
This week in Room 3 we have been working hard. It has been a wet and miserable week. We have been publishing our Tim Tam Slam on the computer and working on our Shoot Out rules.
Chance
Chance
Week 8
Last Friday we went on our Mega Maths Month free swim. It was a blast. I think people of the public were surprised how many kids there are at Balmac. People went on the hydro slide. When we got to the top after a long walk up to the hydro slide, there was Mr Herden, waiting to torture us with prone holds and push ups. Finally after he was finished with torturing us we got to go on the hydro slide. After that it was off tothave a dunk with my mates in the wave pool. The walk down was a bumpy walk but the funniest part was when Fabian walked intoa post box, hehe! The walk back was the most challenging, the stairs are as steep as Baldwin Street, but it was an awesome time. Thanks Balmac!
Ariana and Georgie
Ariana and Georgie
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Week 7
TIM TAM SLAM
Aim: To make a Tim Tam into a straw!
Materials:
Tim Tam x 1
Cup of Milo (prepared)
Method:
1. Grab the delicious chocolately Tim Tam and the warm cup of Milo.
2. Bite off the diagonal corners of the Tim Tam.
3. Gently lower a corner of the Tim Tam into the Milo.
4. Firmly suck up the Milo at the other corner and when the Milo is in your mouth, "SLAM" the whole Tim Tam in your mouth and eat!
Ariana
TIM TAM SLAM
Ingredients and Equipment:
1 Tim Tam
Your mouth!
A cup of milo already made.
Method:
1. Bite a top corner off the Tim Tam and bite the bottom corner off.
2. Sit the cup of Milo on a table, lower your Tim Tam carefully into the milo still holding on to it.
3. Suck through the Tim Tam like its a straw. The moment you feel the Milo come through, shove that sugary goodness in your mouth.
4. Chew politely and swallow, then go around telling everyone how great it tasted!
David
Week 7
This week Room 3 did Tim Tam Slams and they were good! A Tim Tam Slam is where you use a Tim Tam as an edible straw. As you eat it, it melts in your mouth for a delicious treat.
Room 3 have been learning about States of Matter and irreversible and reversible changes, ie chocolate - when you melt then freeze it, it doesn't change the material itself.
Jason
Room 3 have been learning about States of Matter and irreversible and reversible changes, ie chocolate - when you melt then freeze it, it doesn't change the material itself.
Jason
Week 7
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ROOM 3 STUDENT.
Arrive at school and things are full on, starting with the roll and reading, which consists of reading a story or article in a school journal, commenting and filling out a worksheet.
Then comes writing, in which (at the moment) is completing and publishing some procedural writing aobut a game called Basketball Shoot out, a new class fave (other than Stopball). After that is interval, and then Maths and some kids shoot off to Maths Extension and have fun while learning (it's a miracle!). That lasts about an hour and then its onto something like singing or fitness/run around Bishops Court. This is a quick period as Maths takes such a long time.
Lunch is next which is usually sprawling on the floor cackling with Fabian and David or shooting hoops with Jazz, Mikie and Georgie.
After lunch we have a variety of activities including Tech, House sports, maybe some P.E. and some times a game with another class. Then the bell goes and we let out that breath that we realise we have been holding onto since we woke up this morning and stagger home, ready to hit the sack.
Jess
Arrive at school and things are full on, starting with the roll and reading, which consists of reading a story or article in a school journal, commenting and filling out a worksheet.
Then comes writing, in which (at the moment) is completing and publishing some procedural writing aobut a game called Basketball Shoot out, a new class fave (other than Stopball). After that is interval, and then Maths and some kids shoot off to Maths Extension and have fun while learning (it's a miracle!). That lasts about an hour and then its onto something like singing or fitness/run around Bishops Court. This is a quick period as Maths takes such a long time.
Lunch is next which is usually sprawling on the floor cackling with Fabian and David or shooting hoops with Jazz, Mikie and Georgie.
After lunch we have a variety of activities including Tech, House sports, maybe some P.E. and some times a game with another class. Then the bell goes and we let out that breath that we realise we have been holding onto since we woke up this morning and stagger home, ready to hit the sack.
Jess
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