Marble Challenge

 

Last week Te Ngahere did a marble challenge. We were making ramps to roll marbles down and hoping the marble would stop at 1.10m. We had a week to make our ramps. We made a drawing of what we wanted our marble ramps to look like then we would show the teacher. If it was not good enough or didn't have good instructions (because another team would be testing our ramps out on the day) we would make modifications to make it better. We did it to use the scientific method. Sadly I wasn't there on the day. My group was Shay and Brooklyn.

Have you ever played with marbles?

The Fun Science Show

On Monday the whole of Te Ngahere went to a science Roadshow at Bay Of Islands College, we took the bus there and got dropped of at the front gates of bay college and went to the hall. When we got to the hall we all sat on the ground next to some kids from Bay College. Then they started the show about gases and chemical reactions. After the show we all got to look around at the projects some of the kids made. My favorite one was one that was like a telescope on a submarine, it was a telescope that was pointing up with a mirror inside it. We went to the road show to get ideas for the science projects Te Ngahere will be doing.

Have you ever done science?

The Scientific Method

Last week Te Ngahere made an infographic about the scientific method and put steps on how to do it. We made it to teach people the scientific method. We will use this in the future for the science fair Te Ngahere will be hosting in the school whare the top six will go and compete in the Science and Technology Fair. 

 I think I did well by adding appropriate photos to match the words. I think I didn't do that much writing to add detail on what to do.

Have you ever made an infographic? 

Mosaic Art

 This week Te Ngahere have been making mosaic art using Google drawing’s. We did it to share our leaning on our chromebook’s by using QR codes on the windows for people to scan and see our mosaic art. If I ever become a artist I will do a lot of mosaic art. I did a knife first but that was to inappropriate for school so I did a batman logo instead. I think I did good by adding heaps of little part’s for the logo. I think next time a should improve my drawing by adding more detail to the batman logo.

Have you ever done mosaic art?                                 

Te Reo Maori

Today the year 7&8’s went on this website called EP(Education Perfect) first we logged in to the website, then we pressed start so the first thing was showing us what we're going to learn. We did it to learn more about Maori language and be more confident on pronouncing it properly. I think I really tried to focus and not talk to my friends around me. I also think i could of had read the text’s slowly to ensure it makes sense. I found Pai easy to say which means good and i found tired(NgeNge) kinda hard to pronounce 

Have you ever learned about Te Reo Maori?