People All Over The World!

Hello blogging world, yesterday in class with Gerhard in cyber smart we made a map. First he gave as a drawing with 9 things we need to included...

• My School
• The other schools that use chromebooks
• The Ako Hiko classes
• Someone who left a comment on my blog
• Where my Family is from 
• People from 5 country's who have visited my blog
• Last known blog I've commented on
• And my classes Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Partners

He taught everyone how to use google my maps and what are the features of it then all afternoon the whole of Te Waka Ako  (A cluster of classes that I am in) was focused in this activity here is my map!

I really enjoyed this activity because it was a bit of a challenge. The easy part was designing the little pins but the hard bit was finding all the information especially the other classes that use chrome books. 

Thank you everybody for reading this I know this is a little short but that's okay. If you want to see more work scroll down. Feel free to comment. I will see you next time until then... BYE!

The magical world of madness!

Hello blogging world,

today in class we were lucky enough to have Richard and Robbin from Crazy Science all the way from Australia. As a school we gathered into the hall to see the craziness. I was amazed at every thing that happened in the show. Today in this blog post I will tell you everything about the show and my thoughts about the show... ENJOY!

Throughout the whole thing he preformed magic tricks like playing with fire and more. Through that Richard had taught as about science. This could not of been possible without Robbin, Richards sound person. 

Some of the tricks
As I said he performed a lot of tricks but teaching us science at the same time. Here are some of the tricks. He preformed tricks in different categories there was chemistry and air pressure. In chemistry he mixed colours and in air pressure he first placed a table tennis ball on top of a hair dryer and it floated then he sized it up and placed a inflatable globe above a leaf blower he got a student to hold it. The leaf blower was really loud I had to cover my ears. He also showed us at the start the three rings that clip and un-clipped. I have watched people on the street do that. There was also fire. Richard taught us what fire was made out of and how to make it. He made a lot of things go on fire. Then Richard showed us tricks he could do with bubbles. There was also something about a nappy witch was really funny.

What I have learnt?

I have learnt a lot more then I already knew about every area in science. The magic tricks left me stumped... in a good way. I have learnt that the thinnest thing you can see with your eyes is actually a bubble! I couldn't believe it! Also that magic tricks relate to science. Fire works are made out of fire, spark, oxygen and a little hard work. I also learnt that if you place a table tennis ball above a hair dryer and move the hair dryer side to side that it would follow I thought it would drop!

What I thought was amazing?

My favourite part of the whole show was when Richard made a fire work with his hands and fire and then it disappeared in mid air! I also really liked when he showed us what is used in a nappy. He made "pee" then poured it into what is used to make the pee soak into the nappy. It also made liquids into solids.

What I am wondering?

I am wondering about how he pulled all those tricks off? How long did Richard and Robbin have to practice this? Can anyone do what he did? Is there more things we could of done if we had more time? Why is science called science? I am wondering a lot!

Reflection

Over all I am so interested and need to learn more. I was feeling so scared that something bad would of happened. I loved all the tricks but as I said I think the fire work one is the best. If I get the chance I would like to try some of it out myself. This was so great I would see this again. I am wondering some things and I need answers so I think I would look on the internet and in books to find more about what Richard did

Here are some photos.

Thank you everybody for reading this blog post. If you would like to see more of my work scroll down. Please feel free to comment any time and any where on my blog. I will see you guys in the next blog post until then... BYE!

The Snow Camp!

Hello blogging world, last week the year 5 and 6's went on a camp! Not just any camp but a camp to Mt Ruapehu. We went on so many adventures along the way to get to our final destination. I will never forget this camp. Once we finished this camp we made a slide to show all our adventures. This year for camp we got a $10,000 grant. Once everyone finished we will send the slideshows to them. Here is my slide... hope you enjoy! 

This work was really good and will remind me of the great time I had. What I found easy was adding all the photos and making it pretty. What I found challenging was when we had to use what we learnt at the stops and make it into information. 

My favourite part of the trip was on the second day of skiing I learnt how to do it clear and well and me and my friend Amie were racing down the mountain. My favourite stop was the hot pools because it was like a pool outside but it was heated like a hot pool. If I could change it I would like to make it a 5 day camp instead of a 4 day camp and then I would have more time to ski with my friends. My advise is not to wear too much gear up there you get hot quickly and it makes things a lot harder.

Thank you to everyone who helped out with our camp. Thank you guys for reading my blog post today. If you would like to see more of my learning please scroll down.

Feel free to comment on any of my work. I will you guys in my next blog post until then  BYE!