SCIENCE SHARING SESSION

We had our sharing session for our Opt-In workshops.  This was a great way to finish up this term's Science learning.  We have discovered that we are now thinking like Scientists.

We took the opportunity to share with our friends all our learning.

EXPLORING SHADOWS

We took time to EXPLORE shadows today in the Light and Colour Opt-in... here is what we found out:

Light passes through holes in things so the holes do not not make a shadow - Xavier

If the sun was shining onto you, you'd have a black light shadow because you are blocking the sunlight - Zac

When your fingers are spread out you can see the shadow when you hold a torch to it but you can also see a dim shadow around the main show - Keira

If you put the torch closer to the object, the shadow will be smaller and it you pull the torch further away from the object, the shadow will be bigger - Oliver H and Christopher

If you put something close to the light the shadow will be bigger - Zac

Light does not shine through solid things - Keira

Light shines through transparent things - Jacob N

BALLOON BOAT MAKING CHALLENGE

Wow!  What a day we've had.  A huge thank you to Zac, Oliver and Lloyd for creating our Make It Monday challenge.

The boys HOOKed us in with the The Gingerbread Man story and left us with the challenge of creating a balloon powered boat to get the Gingerbread Man safely across the water.

There was a lot of WONDERing going on in Piako Rua today.

We EXPLOREd in Wonderland... we needed to find answers to all our questions.  We are still learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

Soon it was time to ACT...

  

 

Our REFLECTion today included some interesting discussion about why cardboard boxes wouldn't float and why Mrs Kenyon couldn't use the hot glue gun to glue balloons onto boxes.

Thanks Zac, Oliver and Lloyd!

MAKE IT MONDAY - PENGUIN CHALLENGE

Make it Monday - By Zachary

Yesterday we had to make a penguin habitat.  Mine was creative.  My penguin habitat had an icy pool and the habitat had a door that opened and closed.  Next I thought about putting on a chimney.  Then I remembered to make a penguin so I made a penguin.

  

 

MAKE IT MONDAY - SPACE

"Can you make something that you would find in space?"  

That was the challenge that the Koalas reading group set the rest of the class today.
They HOOKED us in with this cool video...

Space?!  We were HOOKed.  But we had a couple of questions about the Success Criteria.  

We WONDERed what a 2D shape and 3D shape was?

Then we had to EXPLORE.

 

  

 

Then it was time to ACT.  We made spaceships, aliens, rockets and planets.  

   

  

  

When we did our REFLECT we had a lot to say...

 

Lloyd & Zac W - Made a rocket.  Next time they'd make a parachute to slow the rocket down when it reaches space.

Oliver & Quinn - Made a rocket with seat belts.

Harlem - Made all 7 planets, but next time he'll make an astronaut to visit the planets.

Layla, Nina & Lauren - Made a galaxy BUT next time "We'd take the flag off".

Amelia, Fai'ana & Charlie - "Made aliens and a big rocket. Amelia says "Some things didn't work out for us.  We made different stuff so it looked creative".

Connor & Dominic - "It has boosters and it can drive".  They used tinfoil in case the rocket crashed in the water so it was waterproof.