A Fantastic Day Out of School

In Te Ngahere we went to the Science Roadshow. I learnt that honey from different flowers tasted different.  We had to go on a school bus or car to get to Bay of Islands College. I went by car and my mum drove. Ashlyn and Mahana came in the car with us.Be sure to check out their blogs too. When we were there we got a small show about oxygen, carbon dioxide and other things. Before we left we had another show.  For that one the scientists made a firenado. If you don't know what a firenado is it is spinning fire that looks like a tornado. When the scientists running the show created this they tried just spinning the fire but nothing happened. Then they tried to use a cone that you put on a dog to stop it from itching, but nothing happened. Then they tried to use a small rubbish bin with holes and the bottom taken out. That worked because a fire needs oxygen to stay alight.

My favorite exhibit was how the same discs reacted to different surfaces because it was very interesting to see if a plastic disc went further on carpet, lino, smooth wood or rubber.

In fair testing I learnt that if you change one variable at a time you will know what helped your creation.  This will help me with my science fair project because now I understand about fair testing.

Have you ever gone to Bay of Islands College before or a Science Roadshow?

Fun and Amazing Trip to Urupukapuka Island

In Te Ngahere the year six’s went to Urupukapuka island while the year 7 and 8s went to technology. A couple of days before we went on the trip we were choosing our jobs. The teacher told us the names and we need one girl and one boy. I was told nicely to let everybody get a job because I am the Paihia School bell ringer. As they were going through the names people had to paper, scissors, rock to see who got it because lots of people put their hands up. Once the teacher called out the last name of the job nobody put their hand up so I did. The jobs were biosecurity, construction, planting and health and safety. If you were biosecurity you would check people's bags and stand on a cleaning brush so the other year sixs could clean their shoes. If you were construction you would take the rat trap parts onto the boat. (We got split into 2 groups because we had to make rat traps and plant trees. For planting you would help your group plant trees at the end of the walk. For health and safety you would mark who got on the boat, give people hand sanitizer and hold a first aid kit. On the day we had to pack a nice lunch and lots of water. I really enjoyed this trip because I learnt how to plant trees and make rat traps. Before we left the school we had to grab our school hat and school t-shirt. As we were about to get on the boat we had to line up in 2 lines so bio security could check our bags and we could clean our shoes so we didn't bring pests onto the island. Once we got on the boat be met a lichenologist called Marley. He wanted to find a new species of lichen. He didn't find a new lichen species but he did find a rare species. After we got off the boat we went to a small place for morning tea. After that we got split into 2 groups and my group had to walk up a hill to a farm and we sat on a big Pohutukawa tree for a little while. We got off the tree and walked down a hill to the campgrounds. We had to jump over a fence to plant our tree. Once we got over the fence we watched our Project Island song teacher plant a tree. Once she had done I handed out gloves to everybody because my job was planting. My group and I planted our tree and the name is a beach tree. Once everybody had done planting there tree  we walked back up a hill and went to have lunch. After lunch my group was now doing making rat traps. We made a proper rat trap and decorated it. When we decorated the rat trap we had to put the date, our names and our School names before we could color and draw pictures. When we finished we had a little more time and we were going to go for a small walk in the bush. Before we went in the bush we saw 2 adorable dogs. Those dogs were trained to find pests that came onto the island. The owner said that there were no pests on the island but  they were just looking for pests if there was any. Then we walked into the bush turned around and walked back to the deck and the other group came back.we got back on the boat and came back to Paihia. On the terrific boat ride home we saw about 10 dolphins. Have you ever seen dolphins? Have you ever been to Urupukapuka Island for the project island song?

Fantastic Smart Relationships

In Te Ngahere we have been doing Smart Relationships. For Smart Relationships we had to watch a youtube video on how to stay safe when online. We made 2 google presentations one was a DLO on how to stay safe online and the other was answering a bunch of questions. We were learning to do this because it is really important to know how to stay safe. I will stay safe in the future by not sharing personal information when i am online or in general. This is bad because if you put a picture of your car and number plate someone could track you down. 

Has your class ever done something like this before? Have you ever put a picture of you, your car and your number plate online as a profile?