Vera's Dad brought a Rubbish Truck to School

Vera's dad (Tim) brought a brand new rubbish truck to school.  He showed us how they scoop up the big bins. 

We learnt that the trucks use hydraulic  fluid to lift the arm, the fluid is purple.  (Oscar)

Girls can drive the trucks, they are often better drivers.  (Amelie)

The rubbish produces methane gas, that gas is used to power houses. (Regan)

The methane can create an explosion, people have to be well trained. (Ashton)

Rosie's If I was In Charge of the World Poem

If I were in Charge of the World

If I were in charge of the world,

I’d cancel stinky cows that always

have a bad smell when you

go close to them.

I will even cancel

the little baby ones.

If I were in charge of the world,

There would be floating people

so they don’t have to pollute

with cars and there will even

be floating robbers so we can see

them steal our stuff.

If I were in charge of the world,

You wouldn’t have any landfill

so the earth wouldn’t even have

a single bit of glad wrap.

If I were in charge of the world,

A computer would be for free

and a person who always plays

the same game and sometimes

takes selfies, would still be

allowed to be in charge of the world.

Reduce Reuse and Recycle

Our topic is now all about how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  We have started our learning by watching this video and designing a mini poster to encourage people to recycle.  

Measurement

We are learning about millilitres and litres. We had to measure and compare different amounts of liquid.  We used different sized containers and measuring jugs.

Room 14 Quotes about our Learning

"I learnt how to measure using a measuring jug" Jamie

"We used dye to help us measure, this helped us see the marks on the jug clearer" Isabelle

"We saw that 1000mls is the same as 1L" Rosie

"I learnt that 250mls is equal to 1 cup" Oscar

As a class we also worked out that there are 4 cups in a litre because if you add 250 mls together 4 times it will equal 1 litre, we could also say 250mls multiplied by 4.

Elise's Teach the Teacher - Chatter Boxes

Elise explaining how to make a chatter box

Elise and her assistant Allison demonstrating how to fold it

Isala looks very happy making his one!

Isala's Teach the Teacher - Walking Water

Isala getting all his equipment ready

Isala typed his instructions on Google docs and shared it with me

You need cups, water, food colouring and paper towels

Getting the cups all lined up

The water is walking!

Edible Slime, Aricia's Teach the Teacher

Aricia showed us how to make edible slime by melting Fruit Bursts, we all got to try lime slime.

Ashton's Teach the Teacher - Making a Geyser

Ashton showed us how to make a Geyser.  He explained to us that if you add Mentos to Coke it creates a reaction, the reaction causes carbon dioxide bubbles to come out of the coke faster.  He split everyone into four groups so they could make mini explosions in the class.  Lastly Aston took us all outside where he showed us a big one using a large bottle of Coke and Mentos, luckily Mrs Taylor and I were standing up-wind otherwise we would have been showered!

Have a look at his instructions if you want to try this, it was great fun!

Ashton explaining some of the science behind this geyser of Coke

Ashton giving all the groups equal amounts of coke and mentos

Everyone holding their Mentos and getting ready to drop!

Can you see the bubbles forming?

Room 14 waiting to see the coke geyser

Rosie and Allison's Water Inquiry

Water Slideshow by Rosie and Allison

Chanel's Teach the Teacher

Chanel's Teach the Teacher on PhotoPeach

Fun with Science

We are doing science experiments to test if there is more bacteria on our hands before or after washing our hands in soap and water.  We are growing the bacteria on agar plates.  We wrote a hypothesis and method.  Now we will wait to see the results.

 Writing up our experiment

Our agar plates with our 'before' samples

Ashton washing his hands to do the second sample

Writing the date and labelling our agar samples

Taking a sample of the groups freshly washed hands

ults.

Matariki Celebrations

We read the story Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rollerston. In our art we are flying our kite at night in the wind, our kite will fly away to make the 7th star, can you see the wind gusts?  Come into the class to see the rest of our beautiful art.

Donnacha's Teach the Teacher

Donnacha's Teach the Teacher on PhotoPeach

Tanya's Teach the Teacher

Tanya's Teach the Teacher on PhotoPeach

Here are some great websites that compliment our learning, check them out!

Educational Resources

• A+ Math
• Brain Pop jr.
• Cool Math 4 Kids
• Fact Monster
• Fun Brain
• Math Playground
• Spelling City
• Starfall
• Tumble Books

Oscar's Teach the Teacher

Oscar's Teach the Teacher on PhotoPeach

Grace's Teach the Teacher

Grace's Teach the Teacher on PhotoPeach

Nicholas' Teach the Teacher - Strawberry Icecream

Regan's Teach the Teacher - Playdough

Water Cycle Bags

As the sun heats up the water it condenses, the condensation will turn to precipitation and rain back to the bottom.