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__Exploring Te Papa__

We walked in side. I went wow! This is big. I wonder how long it will take to walk around this place. I was excited to go and have a look.

I didn’t expect to see the giant ammonite shell first. It is from under the sea.

As soon as we walked in to the area that taught us about the earth we tried lifting all of the different rocks. They were from different parts of the earth. The heaviest was the iron because it is from deep underground. This is where it is the hottest.

The next place we walked into we had to find New Zealand on the big world globe. I felt excited because it was the biggest globe that I have even seen.

I liked the earthquake house. The earthquake house was like a pretend house. We stood in it behind some bars and watched a bit of the news telling us about earthquakes. Then the house started shaking. It shook like a real earthquake. It gave me a fright because I didn’t know it was going to shake.

I liked seeing the bird hanging from the ceiling. It looked like it was actually flying. It was a type of eagle.

I liked it when we saw the tin cow. You know how you get food in tins. They made a bull out of these cans. It made me want to buy it because it was shiny and cool.

My favourite part in the whole museum was seeing the possums and fake trees.

The possums hang in the tree like the Apiti possums. By Derek

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media type="custom" key="24390698" This was my learning in science. We were learning about circuits and electricity.
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Black Beauties Aim: To make black flowers Introduction!! We choose this topic because we have seen this experiment with different colours so we wanted to try to make black flowers. We also wanted to know what black liquid would work best. Hypothesis! I think the white flower will change colour to black in the soy sauce. Materials Method 1. Take 6 arcoroc mugs. 2. Add 2/3 of a cup of water to each mug. 3. Add 1/3 of soy sauce to the first, 1/3 ink to the second, 1/3 coca cola to the third, 1/3 poster paint to the fourth, 1/3 food colouring to the fifth and 1 just water for the sixth. 4. Put a white flower in each glass. 5. Place each glass on the windowsill 6. Make sure they are next to each other. 7. Observe daily 8. Record results using measurement scale. Modified Method 3. We labeled the mugs. The controlled variables are: Results Conclusion My prediction was incorrect because the only flower that turned black was the flower in food colouring. Evaluation and Discussion When we changed the type of liquid in the cups, the petal changed colour in the mixture of water and food colouring. As a result of the investigation I now know that food colouring 122, 142 and 102 soak up. We also found out that coca cola has food colouring 150D. This didn’t soak up. We found out that soy sauce has no artificial colouring and nothing soaked up.The ink and poster paint are dyes and they didn’t soak up. Our results were not reliable as we only did one trial. For our results to be more reliable we need to do more trials. Our experiment is a fair test because we kept all our controlled variables. 1} We kept the amount of water the same and we used measuring cups. 2} We kept the amount of colouring the same using a table spoon. 3} We used the same flower; White Carnations. 4} They had the same light and heat as we put them in a box. 5} We stopped evaporation using glad wrap 6} We used the same glasses. We had some problems with our method. We solved the problem by changing some of our method steps such as where we put our flowers. Next time I would do more trails so our results are more reliable.
 * Mugs
 * White flowers
 * Water
 * Ink,
 * Coca cola,
 * Poster paint
 * Food colouring
 * Soy sauce.
 * 1) Instead of putting water with coca cola we just had coca cola in the cup.
 * 2) Put in a box in the classroom rather than on the windowsill.
 * Same amount of water HOW: Measuring cups/ same cups.
 * Same amount of colouring HOW: Measuring cups.
 * Same flower HOW: White Carnations
 * Same size glass HOW: Arcoroc mugs
 * Same light and heat HOW: Same place on the windowsill
 * Stop evaporation HOW: Glad wrap
 * Water (Control) || Coca Cola || Soy sauce || Food colouring || Ink || Poster Paint ||
 * Day 1 || No change || No change || No change || Slightly black || No change || No change ||
 * Day 2 || No change || No change || No change || Darker || No change || No change ||
 * Day 3 || Died and no change || Died and no change || Died and no change || Died but dark black with yellow tips || Died and no change || Died and no change ||

Pinata Technology
Our technology challenge was to make a pinata strong, but not so strong that it takes forever to smash and we had to have a place for the lollies ( Derek ).

We had to think about the shape and size to make sure we had enough time; like if we made a big one we would have to use more time.

We had to make sure that it will stay together and hangs up. ( Anneke )

We looked on Google images to find ideas. We found a bee hive and we thought that would be good idea. We started off with a balloon. Then we changed to making rings because we thought it would be bigger. Then we used the rings and paper mache-ed it. It didn't turn out the right shape so we had to kind of adjust it.

The bee hive is a funny shape; like some bits have gone in and it's not quite what we expected. This is because the rings weren't strong enough to hold up the glop (glue).

We have started painting it and then we will put our bumble bees on that we made of cotton buds and we painted them black and yellow (Charlotte) June 2013 We played games. We ate and we went home for the Beard's farewell. 2013 May We went to town and we went to the pig shop and I bought a pig. We got home and I played with my piglet. I called him Bomb and Rockstar. He is a kunekune. Camp We went fishing and we saw a seal and we built a hut and it is colourful. We used wood from the beach and paua shells. When we walked to the rock pools it was cool how all of the paths had little gaps for people to walk along. On each side there were little hedges. I liked the bit where we were walking along and there were rocks in each gap and the hedge through the gaps. We had to walk on the rocks and jump over the rocks. The rock pools had little holes in them and one big hole with crabs in it. We got to hold the crabs. They were little ones and they moved all over your hand like they were walking on a path. I got to hold a sideways walking crab. The rock pools were enjoyable because you could climb all over them. You could climb along the side. Huntah and Tom went into the water, nearly up to their knees, and they found a huge tunnel. . Army visit Boom goes the smoke grenades. We waited for a while and we ran through the smoke. They stank a little bit. We ran right around the posts with the big armour on and we tasted the milk and the chocolate they use ... and the bikkies and the cheese. We got our face painted too. I like running through the smoke grenades best. 2012 This is my Photo Essay. Safety Story Dad was on his motorbike chasing a cow. "Dad Dad look out there is a cliff !" I ran to the cliff and I saw Dad and his motorbike. He was hurt so I ran home and got help.
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We went on Camp to Wanganui. We helped some people get into our wiki. I showed them all my pig hunting pictures and stories. They thought they were cool. I saw Braiden and Martina. I saw that they had lots of computers.They had uniforms on. I liked the uniforms. || I was floating down the Lazy River. I had to learn to push myself off the wall with my arms. I felt scared when I first tried going down but after 8 turns I was very good at it. Next time I go I will try the Hydroslide. || Apiti Show  I went to the Apiti Show. We went on the bouncy castle and it felt like an earthquake. I had fun at the Apiti Show. 2011 media type="custom" key="11248866" Look at my science. Dad helped me make a knife. media type="custom" key="10684518" Look at my movie about the Three Little Pigs media type="file" key="Derek 3 Little Pigs.flv" width="360" height="270" 2010
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 * We went to Wanganui East School.
 * Lamb and Calf Day ||
 * I learnt how to lead my calf with no lead. I took the lead off and walked slowly on the other side. Bullseye came with me. ||
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I jumped off the swing to Mum. On the school trip Kate was my Mum. I liked the pool on the trip. Look at my powerpoint media type="custom" key="5090733"