Summer Learning Journey Practice

My Favourite Meal : 

My favourite meal is pepperoni pizza, because it taste delicious. 

Whirling Water Spouts

WALT : Think critically when looking at information at information in different levels.

This week in my reading group mars, we have been reading and learning about water spouts. We have also been watching videos and finding our own recourse about water spouts. If you don't know what water spouts are they are swirling water and wind similar to tornadoes that start from the surface of the water. So all week we were doing work and activities around water spouts, we had to do one digital one which is an iinfographic. In my infographic, I had to include all the information I learnt about water spouts. 

I found it hard finishing it on time, also making it have the right amount of information. Next time, I will work on finishing faster and not hurrying it. I enjoyed reading, looking at pictures and videos of water spouts and what they are. 

Rot ya teeth

Lately for the past few weeks we have doing work around science, such as learning new vocabulary and doing our own experiments. We first started learning about a scientist called Isaac newton and his laws of gravity. Then we went on the work i groups of three for a balloon race, which is a fair test showing how fast the balloon attached to a string with a straw can travel. In the balloon race we kept track of the time of the balloon while it was traveling across the room. We also also measured the balloon using a tape measure.

After we did some research and a DLO we then went on to create our won experiments in groups which were chosen by Ms Wilton. When we did this group project, we got paired up with people we don't usually work with. Myself, Felix and Lauren all discussed a topic to choose for our science fair test. If you don't know what a fair test is a fair test is an experiment that has all the same factors and a variable that you are able to change.  

My groups fair test was an experiment about how fizzy can rot your teeth; we used cola, cola no sugar, lemonade, and lemonade no sugar. We used eggs to replicate teeth for our experiment, we filled all the drinks into four cups. We first made our own hypothesis, which is a prediction about what was gonna happen with our experiment. To make sure it was a fair test we filled them up to the same amount at the first line of the plastic cup.  We left our eggs to sit in the cups for two days we checked the results, then we put them back in for a week and the results turned out to change a whole new colour and more breakage. We displayed our knowledge in our experiment on a science fair bored which Ms Wilton made, we took about a week to fully design our boards. 

Overall for our experiment the worst fizzy to drink are cola and cola no sugar cause they cause lot's of breakage, as well as rot in your teeth! both the lemonades didn't really have much of a change but the lemonade no sugar had a faint yellow shade along the inside of the shell, while the cola was turning a dark brown on the inside and outside. To show our results we made an observation about the colour and our variable was to change the type of fizzy. 

The hardest thing throughout science for me was to work well with my group, because I think I came across as bossy. I really enjoyed getting to see how our groups fair test came out with good proper results, I am glad we left the eggs in there for a week. I think me and my group did well because we all came together in the end and worked well. 

Mihi

In Room 6, we have been doing work around our mihi because it was Maori language week.  We had to make a mihi on game froot a site where you can create you own games. I used the mihi maker tutorial to make it.  

Something I need to work on : Finishing it faster

Something I did well : Learning how to use game froot

Schools Should Have A Summer Sports Tournament

In Room 6 we have been doing some persuasive writing, for a couple of weeks we have been doing different types of writing but it all linked to the persuasive topic.  We all had to pick a topic to write about from the class site, I chose "schools should have a summer sports tournament". The reason I chose it was because I think it would be nice for us to have a sports tournament in summer, while the weather is nice and warm.

Something I need to work on : Adding more facts and more information to my writing
Something I did well : Finishing it on time

Schools should have a summer sports tournament

I state that schools should participate in a summer sports tournament, which provides summer sports selection.  Although we have winter sports tournaments, why not have a summer one? the weather is much better.

Schools should have summer sports season, because of all the children can keep fit and healthy.  Sports can teach children many skills such as good sportsmanship, respect, leadership, resilience, as well as teamwork. It can also help them develop a passion and something they love.

In summer there will be exceptional weather, which helps children play better. Children can enjoy themselves because they have the opportunity to partake in a sport of their choice. They can come out of their shell; also make friends. 

Also, children can play baseball, softball, rugby, field hockey, tennis, and swimming. Those are some sports that can be played in summer; children will enjoy them.  This way they can enjoy playing a variety of sports; while keeping healthy.

In conclusion, I justify that a summer sports tournament should be mandatory for schools.  It would improve improvement in obesity rates.

Volcanoes

In my reading group mars we have been doing work around volcanoes, we did work around this subject for around a week.  We read lot's of articles, about how volcanoes work and the different parts of them.  

This is my info graphic about volcanoes; it tells you facts and how volcanoes work. It took me long to finish because I had to trace it and put my learning into it. 

Something I need to work on : Finishing faster

Something I did well :  Trace my own pictures

Isaac Newton

Lately in Room 6, we have been learning about a scientist named Sir Isaac Newton.  For the past couple of weeks we have been doing science experiments related to him. We also did lot's of research about him in groups. While doing this work around Isaac newton we all learnt what a fair test is, a fair test is an experiment where you do something in the same position and place and don't change anything. Our goal was to create a slideshow about Issac Newton's laws and explain how a rocket can work in space. Sadly I didn't explain how a rocket can work in space yet.

I did some research on Isaac Newton and watched some videos about the different laws of his such as inertia, acceleration, and force and gravity. Before doing this I didn't know anything about the Isaac Newton's laws of motion, but learnt lot's through research and videos.  

What I did well : Added lot's of information about his laws of motion

What I found challenging : Finishing it on time and understanding the scientific language

Next steps : Adding more information about Issac Newton's life