Skittle Colours

 Hello everyone, today in science we are doing a experiment with skittles and water! 

Aim: I want to find out what happens when you put skittles in water 

Method

Equipment 

• 8x Skittles 
• Warm water 
• Petri dish 
• beaker
• paper towel 

instructions 

1. Get your equipment
2. take your 8 skittles and place them in a circle in your Petri dish (spread the skittles out)
3. clean your beaker 
4. put water in your clean beaker then pour the warm water gently in the middle of your Petri dish halfway.
5.  Observe what happens. 

Results:

Before

 

After 

What happened:

I poured the warm water onto the dish, I watched the skittles the bottom started to fade and slowly moved into the middle of the Petri dish. the colours did NOT mix. 

Thank you for reading this I hope you have a good day or night ciao! <3 

Shaping up (hurumanu 3)

 Hello everyone, It is almost the end of term 2 and our class has to make a summary of Shaping Up (Hur3).

This term for Hurumanu 3 we have been doing lots of things including: geometry, polygons, lines, angles, rotation, reflection, rotation, nets, scales and maps!

Lines and Angles 

We had to identify the different types of lines and angles and the names of them, for example one of the lines were called parallel lines which were 2 lines with the same length and angle and have the same distance apart.

Reflection, Rotation and Translation 

 on this one we had to do a couple of activities, for reflection we had to go on this site called Maths is Fun and learn what reflection was then once we read all of the information from the site there was 10 question about reflection we had to answer then we had to draw reflected shapes. After completing all of the activities on reflection we had to carry on with the other ones: Rotation and Translation (they were the same as the reflection activities). 

My favourite one was Maps! we had to learn where things were on a grid and find out what was the name and many more things. Term 2 was by far the best term so far! (even though it went by so fast) 

Thank you for reading this have a good day or night goodbye <3

Milk Plastic

Hello everyone, today in science we are trying to make milk plastic!

Aim: I want to find out how to turn milk into plastic.

Science Buddies - Turn Milk Into Plastic

Method 

Equipment:

• Milk 
• pot or a microwavable container 
• white vinegar
• paper towels 
• Beakers 200ml 
• spoon 
• Mug
• Bunsen Burner 
• stirring rod 
• filter 
• funnel
• heat mat
• gauze mat
• tripod 
• measuring cylinder 

Instructions: 

1. pour 200 mls of water into the beaker 
2. add milk powder into the beaker
3. Heat the milk over the Bunsen burner until its hot (remember to close the air hole) 
4. Add 20 mls of white vinegar into the measuring cylinder 
5. pour the vinegar onto the hot milk 
6. stir the mixture with a stirring rod 
7. Stack 4 layers of paper towels on a dry surface. 
8. use the funnel and another paper towel to filter the curds
9. fold the paper towels over the curds to squeeze out the excess liquid. 
10. kneed the curds together to form a ball. 
11. decorate, colour, shape the dough as you like. 

How to be Normal

 Hello everyone, today in Hurumanu 1 (outstanders) I was working on the reading activities my teacher assigned for us, the story is How to be Normal. 

How to be Normal Activities 

1. Who banged into Charley? - Micheala banged into Charley. 

2. “Charleys at… more relaxed”. What is the main message/purpose of this paragraph? How does the author create this mood? What does it teach us about Charley? - it shows that Charley prefers to go inside the library then going outside. 

3. What impression does the author want to give you about Charley? How do you know? - Charley is more of an introvert than an extrovert (she likes to be alone). 

4. Why is Charley angry at Amy? Do you think that she is right to be angry?  Why/why not? - Charley didnt have to be mean to Amy, in my point of view i wouldve just said thank you, Amy was just trying to help Charley. 

5. Find a range of words and phrases to show how Charley is feeling throughout the story. 

• Outcast - getting rejected out of a group

• Introvert - prefers to be alone rather than socializing.

• Lonely - feeling friendless/alone 

Exploring Language

What do these words mean? Find a definition for each one and use it in a sentence.

1. Screeches - to cry out loud in pain 

2. Apologise - to say sorry about something you regret doing. 

3. Intently - to do something attentively/eagerly 

You hear screeches from the house beside you, you decide to knock on their door and see what's happening, the owner opens the door and explains why there was screeching and they apoligise intently.

Write 3 sentences about the story using these words: 

1. They’re 

2. There 

3. Their 

There - there was a girl named Charley who didnt wanna go outside and play with others she would get picked on.

Their - The class is opening their books to the page Mr Bennett wrote on the whiteboard. 

They’re - When she gets nearer to the classroom, she sees the door’s shut and walks quicker. Now she can see through the windows and they’re all at their desks. 

There - Everyone looks at Charley as she makes her way to her desk, she has to weave her way there. 

Adjectives in order. 

• Best

• Better 

• Chewed-up 

• Closed 

• Long 

• Old 

• Quiet 

• Relaxed

• Weird 

• Worst 

Why do you think we gave you this article to read as a part of Outstanders Hurumanu? Write a paragraph explaining your ideas and giving evidence from the story. 

I think the reason why this was one of the articles was because it was a part of the Outstanders hurumanu and the article is kind of relating to not being a bystander but being a Outsander. 

Thank you for reading this! have a good day or night ciao!

Edible Slime

Hello everyone. Today in science we are making edible slime! 

 Aim: 

I want to find Edible Slime without getting poisoned.

Research: 

Equipment: 

- Gummy bears

- Icing sugar 

- Bowl 

- spoon 

- paper 

Instructions:

1. Get 1 packet of gummy bears.

3. Open the packet then put the gummys in the paper cup 

2. Microwave the gummy bears for 15 seconds 

3. Mix it with a spoon 

4. add some icing sugar (if its still sticky add more icing sugar)

5. put some more icing sugar onto a piece of paper then place the mixture onto the paper.

6. Knead it until it becomes slime.  

Thanks for viewing this blog have a good day or night bye <3

Gummy Bear Osmosis

hello everyone! in science we are putting gummy bears in different liquids to see what happens and what the taste is like, the liquids were: normal water, sugar water (sucrose), salt water and for the forth one we didn't put any liquids. 

Aim:

I want to find out what happens when gummy bears are put in liquids 

Method: 

Equipment 

• Safety glasses 
• Sodium Chloride (Salt water) 
• H2o (water)
• Sucrose (Sugar Water) 
• Gummy Bears 
• 2x Petri Dishes 
• Marker 
• Electronic Scales 

Instructions 

1. Get your equipment 
2. Wear safety glasses 
3. With a marker write your name and the conditions and the weight of the gummy bear on the lid 
4. Do the experiment. 

Results: 

	Dry Gummy	Sugar Gummy	Water Gummy	Salty Gummy
Initial Weight(g)	2.22g	2.29g	2.26g	2.46g
Final Weight (g)	2.23g	4.30g	7.44g	3.91g
Difference	gain 0.01g	gain 2.01g	5.18g	1.45g

The water gummy gained the most weight.

Why? comparing sugar, salt and water molecules, water is the most smallest. Gummy bears have in fact tiny holes in them so the tiny water molecules can enter more than the sugar and salt molecules because of how big they are. 

Motivational poster

 Hello everyone! During wanaga we have been working on a resilience board, each time we have Wanaga we choose something from the board. This time i choose to make a motivational poster and put a quote on it. I made the design retro to match with the quote.

Thank you for reading this blog! I hope you enjoyed, have a good day or night ciao! <3