Bay Of Islands Science Roadshow.

 On the 21st of June Te Ngahere  went to Bay of Islands College to go to the science roadshow. Once we got there they put on a quick show to explain some of the things we would see there. I learnt that gases cover more area that fluids do and I thought that liquid covered more area but I was wrong.

My favourite exhibit would have to be the honey tasting one because they got you to see which honey it was, so I had to use my taste buds to figure it out. The thing that I learnt from the science roadshow  that will help me with my science fair project is that I will only choose one variable to change at a time so I know if it helped or didn't help. I really enjoyed experimenting all the different exhibits because they were all so unique and very different.

Have you ever been to a science roadshow? If you have what was your favorite exhibit?

Facts About The Scientific Methods

 For the last few weeks we have been learning about the scientific method. 

We did this  to understand a new process and apply this new learning to other contexts.

The scientific method is when you follow scientific steps which are 1 ask a question,  2  gather your information, 3 make a hypothesis, 4 experiment your hypothesis, 5 analyze your test results, 6 modify your answer, 7 come up with a conclusion and  8 retest your results. 

This will help me in the future when we do a science fair because  it will be easier because I know the scientific method. I think That I made the infographic really well because I added matching images.

I think that I could try make my infographic a little bit more detailed. 

Have you heard of the scientific method? 

Mosaic Art That Will Blow Your Mind

 Kia ora this week in Te Ngahere we learnt how to make mosaic art. 

To make mosaic art you need to find a image then insert the image to a google drawing. The next step is to fill the image with little shapes the last thing you need to do is color that shapes. 

We did this because when we have our QR codes for the classroom we wanted to have matching mosaic art to be next to it. 

The thing I did well was creating little and some big sized shapes in my mosaic art using the polyline tool. The thing I could do better is to not make as big shapes as I did because I made very big shapes and you are suppose to use medium or small shapes. 

  The hard thing was deciding what I should do for my mosaic art because I kept changing my mosaic art . The easy thing was to make the shapes. Have you ever made mosaic art before?

I haven't finished but this is what I have done so far

The Most Interesting Animation I have Ever Seen

 for the past few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning to enhance our writing to create a powerful image  and emotional response for our audience.

We watched a short animation called Wings then we had to write a scene from the story. I used thesaurus to make my word and phrases more powerful and emotional so that people would get images in their minds  and feel emotional when they read my writing. 

I found it hard to make a story because I didn’t know how to start the story but in the end I still did it. The easy thing was to make my story better when I got the feedback because they told me how I could Improve my writing. 

These are the language features I added in my writing verbs, concrete nouns, abstract nouns and vivid adjectives.

Have you watched the animation wing? 

Here Is the link to the video we watched.

This Is What Happen's When Your Not Safe Online

 This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to be safe online because if we aren't safe online something bad could happen. We watched a video about a girl who uses social media to post photos and a description about herself . She also put a sign in front of her house because she wanted to be just like her big sister. We had to make DLO’s about having safe relationships online. 

This has also taught me when you parents say don’t talk to strangers they don’t just mean in real life the mean on social media because some person could say they are  a 15 year old person and they might actually be 37.

It was easy to make the DLO because I was working with buddies and I also knew what I was doing. 

Are you smart online?

The One And Only Apple Sponge That Will Make Your Taste Buds Disappear

 On the 1st of June the year 7’s and 8’s went to technology the year 8’s are making waka with Mr E and the year 7’s were making Apple Sponge with Whaea Dot.  The first step was to peel the apple then we had to core the apple and cut it up.The next step was to put the sliced apple in a pot with water then cook the apples.

To make the sponge we had to put 8 tablespoons of flour on a plate then we had to put ¾ teaspoon of baking powder on the flour.  The next thing we did was we melted 4 tablespoons of butter. Once we did that we put half of the flour and baking powder in the butter and mixed it until it was light and soft. Then we put vanilla essence into the mix. After lunch we put one egg and 4 tablespoons of milk into the mix. Then we cooked our apple sponge. When the apple sponge came out we had it with ice cream.

The hard thing for me was to follow all the instructions because we had to keep checking the apples as well.

My apple sponge tasted amazing.

Have you made apple sponge before?