Skittles Expirement

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On Monday we did an experiment with skittles,we put some in a bowl and poured some water in. Can you guess what happened?

5 Senses 2017 W6

DARK 0’CLOCK

Do you hear that? Its the sound of bright yellow pee dripping from the top of the toilet. My life flashed before my eyes because of All the worn out beds with dead blood thirsty bodies trying to haunt you at night. The floor is like an elephant's dry bonny skin from the 80’s. Its as if the roof was about to be crushed by king kong. The room is like a vampire's top secret lair. The walls are about to burn into crips because of the dark black ashes hanging from the ceiling.  

Cross Country

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Yesterday was the annual district cross country. The cross country is where we get together with other schools around the area of Kaikohe. We compete in our age groups and race against each other. I came 15th out of my age group. Here is a picture of me and some of the other competitors. (I'm the one in the bottom right hand corner with my hands on my knees).  

 

Planets

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This week we have been doing some work/research on our solar system. We are also planning to do a play about our solar system at the end of term three. People have also been doing some mini paper mace projects on the planets in their proper size (Not actually the normal size, miniature size just small enough so that we can see them).

Up Coming Science Fair

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This term we have been focusing on the up coming science fair. My group is doing a bottle rocket, a bottle rocket is a bottle filled with baking soda and vinegar with a quark on top of the lid. It also has pencils stuck to the the side with duck tape for stabilisers to support the bottle when its being tipped up- side down. The members in my group are ,Rico,Tae & T.A. Here is a picture of my reading group doing one of our experiments.

Our Science experiment

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We have been doing science experiments in preparation for the science fair. We had to reassemble a mixed up report to help us learn how to read and write them. Then we had to use the information to do a floating and sinking experiment using Blutack.

Learning how to read a scientific report.

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We are learning how to read and write scientific reports. We have been doing experiments and writing about them. This is a reading activity we did. We had to be able to match a title for a report with a wondering question.

We are learning how to understand the structure and language of a report about a scientific experiment.

In this exercise you need to match a title with its question. Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching ideas.

Notice that none of these questions begin with a ‘Why….’.  This is because the purpose of a scientific experiment report is to share what you thought you knew, what you thought would happen and your observations about what actually did happen. It’s a bit like you are saying:

I’m wondering this…..because I know this…...so therefore if I do this I think this might happen.

So, at the end of a successful scientific report, you may not be able to say why something happened but you will be on the way to finding out why.

Then, when you do find out why, you will have to learn how to write an Explanation. The purpose of  Explanation writing is to answer Why questions. So, do not be surprised if your teachers decide to teach you Explanation writing later on!!!

Freezing Water.	What will happen when you mix vinegar and baking soda?
Floating and Sinking.	What will happen to an ice cube if you take it out of the freezer?
Kitchen Chemistry.	Which materials make the best insulators?
Disappearing Water.	What happens when you put a container of water into a freezer?
Keep Your Cool.	What will happen to a puddle of water on a hot day?
Ice Cube Experiment.	Does Blutack float?