Great Marble Challenge!!!

My Writing: Last term in Te Ngahere we did something called the Great Marble Challenge. We had to create our own marble ramp in our groups and we had to roll our marble down our ramp and it had to go exactly 110 centimeters away from the end of the ramp. We could choose between 2 types of marbles a large one or a small one. We decided to chose the large marble because it will roll down the ramp with more friction which will make it go faster. We were testing our marble ramp and it was going pretty well. It was landing about 2mm away from 110cm. We decided to make our marble ramp go up on more of an angle to give the marble more speed. It was now time to test and our group got 27 points. 

Have you ever done something similar to this?

Mosaic Art

In Te Ngahere we started to learn about a piece of art called mosaic art. We were practicing this to make another piece of artwork about the ngahere with our QR codes on them. Mosaic art is when there is lots of little shapes creating one big piece of art. First we inserted a picture of something onto a Google drawing and we had to put the right shapes on the right parts and put in the right colours. I decided to do a tiger I grabbed an image that I like and I started to trace around it. I think that I could of used more colours in my art  instead of just using 2 colours for the body. I think that I really did the head good and when I was finished I removed the image to find my mosaic art finished. I also decided to add in some of the bush around the tiger. Have you ever done mosaic art before

Here is my mosaic art

Indigeonous Art

In Te Ngahere the years sixes have been learning about an Australian dot art. I really liked doing this art because of what we had to do which was painting the dots and drawing our silhouette. Then after we finished we had to make a DLO to show what we learnt when making this art and how to make it and then show the finished result. We also watched an episode of David Attenborough to learn about Australia. Have you ever heard of this dot art? 

Here is my DLO and indigeonous art.

Scientific Method

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the Scientific Method and how it works. We had to make a Google Drawing and show the 8 steps of the Scientific Method. First we had to read an article telling us about the scientific method and then we had to make our Scientific Method Infographic. The first step of the scientific method is that you have to ask yourself a question that you want to find out about and then the second step is that you need to collect data or info to show what you found. Then the next step is that you have to make a hypothesis which is what you think will happen in you experiment. Step 4 is that you need to test your hypothesis, and then step 5 you have to analyze your results and step 6 is that if your hypothesis didn’t work you can modify it to change it up. Step 7 is that you must present a conclusion or to rewind your learning and finally step 8 is that you can retest everything if you need to. So there is the 8 steps of the Scientific Method.

Have you ever done anything like this before.

The Science Roadshow

 In Te Ngahere we had a bit of a class trip. We had hopped on the bus and we headed over to Bay of Islands College to watch the Science Roadshow and to see all of the students’ science projects. I learnt about different chemicals and how things work and also about the scientific method. There were some really amazing projects and interesting ones like one that included a solar powered light to make a car drive; it was really cool. We were in groups of 3 and we had to stay together. There were some other amazing projects like a cool thing which made a beach ball float and stay still. I also liked something where you tasted the honey and you have to guess what flavour honey you got. It was very cool and then we watched one more show at the end then we went back onto the bus and went back to school. My favourite part was looking at the solar powered car because it was so cool how they put a solar powered light on a car and then when you hovered a torch over it it moved.

Wings Writing

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning to identify what we have done well in our writing like language features such as emotive language and vivid adjectives. We also tried to use some mood and atmosphere in our writing. First we watched a video and we had to pick a scene to write about it. The video was about a boy and some big black creatures and him wanting to fly again. I decided to right about a scene when he was going to launch himself into the air and fly. We did this to try and make our writing better every time we do this.

Have you ever done writing like this?

Here is my writing:

The sky was a hideous light orange colour when the boy made a brand new wing made of brown leather then he struggled to push his catapult out of his workshop but successfully did it and took a look at it, he was very proud of his invention. He sits on it nervously hoping that it will not malfunction.  Then he pulls the lever and WOOSH he goes flying  he then starts flying freely and happily he was so thrilled that he could fly again. until something disturbs him, his wing starts to wobble and come undone and then unfortunately he falls to the ground scared and frightened. 

He wakes up unconscious only to see big black monstrous creatures with big long pale fingers picking the boy up and putting him back on the ground. The black monsters turn around and see a girl playing a flute. The girl flies away. While the black monsters chase after her only to slash off her left wing leaving her on the ground helpless and sad.

Cybersmart Challenge

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called the Cybersmart Challenge. For this activity we learnt how to use tools on Google drawing to make an animal out of shapes. The animal I chose to make was a penguin. It was actually a lot easier because I knew how to use the tools properly. I used all sorts of shapes in my penguin and when I had finished I add a bit of colour. I then made a background with using different shape the I coloured it to look like ice, then I coloured the sky and then I was finished. I also learnt how to group everything and then duplicate it. We did this activity to learn about the other tools on google drawing that would make it a lot easier. I really liked doing this because it was fun and I liked learning about it and making my penguin.

Have you ever done anything like this before?