inquiry work

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For the last couple of weeks in class, we have been making Models, slideshows, and presentations all about our inquiry topic. The topic  had  to  somehow relate to mountains.  People  did  topics  such as  snow monkeys, yeti’s, and how mountains are formed.  My topic was  mountain lions  also known as cougars. I made a backdrop with flaps to lift, and lots of  information.
 Here  is  my presentation:

The first thing that I had to do was Cut the paper out into the shape of a cave. Then I cut out some blue felt for the sky and stuck it all down. I added some grass and vines at the bottom, then I started to draw and colour the cougar and her cub.
when I had finished drawing them I stuck them on. I covered my cave in camo material to make it look cool, and then I cut out some of the shapes for the flaps. After gluing everything down, I printed out all the information and glued it all under the flaps. Then after adding some of the finishing touches, I was done!

I hope you like my work and feel free to comment

Des Hunt books, slideshows and more

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for the past couple of weeks I have been working on a slideshow about a book I am reading.
The book was called Sunken forest, and it was by Des Hunt.
He has published many amazing children's books including:
The Peco Incident
The Tooth
Cool Nukes
Or some shorter ones:
Frog Whistle Mine
Skink Gully
Crown park
You should really check out some of these books. He also has many others, to many to list.
Anyway, back to talking about my slideshow.
I had to do a whole lot of activities around the book, and topics in the book.
Here is the plot or stroyline, that I have summarised for you:

The book was very gripping, and I loved it. 
If you want to read to book like I did, here is a picture of it:

And her is a link to Des Hunt's website so that you can check him  out: Click
Thank you for reading, and feel free to leave a comment!!!

The wonderful world of science

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Today I saw a very exciting and funny science show. The show was called: The crazy world  of science. You might have seen them too,
because they travel from school to school performing for kids. 
The man doing all the experiments was called Richard, and the sound effects lady was called Robyn. There were lots of exciting parts of the show, but here are some facts about my 2 favourite bits (about water and bubbles). 

Why is water so interesting?
Water (or H20) (or dihydrogen oxide) is made up from loads and loads of little atoms. Atoms are very small particles of an element. 
Atoms join up to form things called molecules. A water molecule is made out of 3 atoms. 2 of them are Hydrogen atoms (H2), and the last atom is oxygen (0), put them together and you get H20 !

Why are bubbles so interesting?
Bubbles are made of 3 main parts: water, soap and air. This is 
why they are the thinnest thing that the human eye can see! When lots of bubbles join together it is called foam. Here's another fact:
bubbles are very rarely popped by gravity. Here are some of the reasons why bubbles do get popped:
Dryness
Evaporation
The sun
Air turbulence

Another thing that I really liked about the show was his magic tricks. 
The first one Richard did was get 3 metal rings. Then he made them connect together and pull apart without using his hands at all, it was super cool. The other one he did was when he kept randomly making red pom poms appear. They came out of his: 
Pockets, hands, and even his mouth!!!!

I had loads of fun at the show and I really want to see it again, so until them I guess I could try some stuff by myself at home!
Before I go, here are some photos and videos: 

Mixing and magic

After show work

Bubble work

I hope you like my work and feel free to comment!

Happy camper!

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Last week Myself and the rest of the Year 5 and 6's went on our big school camp!

We went up to Mt Ruapehu for some skiing/snowboarding fun!

I learnt how to snowboard and really enjoyed going down all the snow covered slopes, and back up on the chairlift! I got to stay in a room  with my friend Abby. (See down below for her blog!)

It was so much fun that I decided to make a slideshow about all my experiences. Here it is:

What were the challenges?
At camp Learning to snowboard was really tricky. 
I  had to learn how to turn at the right time, how to stop
and how to go faster. While learning I had quite a few
Bumps and scrapes from falling over. It was still super 
Fun though!

What was fun?
I loved going up on the chairlifts, and getting a little ride. I 
also liked going on the magic carpet. (A magic carpet is like 
a conveyor belt for humans!) Another thing that was really
fun was riding on the toboggans!

What was the benefit?
The biggest benefit from camp was learning how to snowboard.
It was a good EOTC (education outside the classroom), and I learnt some new skills! I can't wait to go back there another time so that I can practise my skills!

Abby's blog: wpsAbbym.blogspot.co.nz
I hope you like my work and feel free to comment

Architect or blogger?

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In class we have been doing geometry. 

Tinker-cad is a good website to use when using shapes and measuring , which is what we had been doing.  

We decided to design a playground because that is something that the juniors are running short of. 

Here is my screen-castify about my design: 

What is tinker-cad?

This is a website where you can design

3D buildings and places (like playgrounds). 

I would recommend it for your geometry!

I found this work quite challenging, because we had to place everything in a very specific place and do lots of calculating so our playgrounds look real. I still really liked the challenge though.

Feel free to comment!

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How to speak animal

Hi blogging world!
Recently I have been looking at how animals communicate. I read a story about this topic and decided to make a response on the story. I enjoyed reading the story because it had lots of interesting facts about animals. Trying to think about things that I didn't like from  the story was quite challenging because The info that I found out was very cool. Here is my response:

Personal Response

Directions

During or after reading record your personal thoughts and questions under each heading.

Headings		Personal Response
	QUESTION	How do dogs learn what humans are saying? Can cats understand humans? What is the animal that can understand most of human language
	WAS SURPRISED ABOUT	That spiked iguanas could understand a paradise flycatchers warning call for danger in the jurrasic times   Bees communicate by ‘dancing’ to tell others where the nectar is  Different species can understand eachother
	LIKED	That animals can learn tricks via communication like jumping or playing dead     How animals mark their territory by leaving their smell in the area That deers communicate and tell other deers when their is danger to protect eachother
	DIDN’T LIKE	Birds might attack if you get to close to their nest   A bee will communicate by stinging when angry or hurt  That humans can’t understand what animals are saying
	WHAT DO WE NEED TO   CHANGE.	We need to spend more time in nature so that we can understand animals better   We need to listen to our animals more because they might be giving us an important message  We should spend more time with our pets becasue that tels them that we love them
	MADE ME THINK ABOUT	What animals might be saying   The sounds animals make  Why do some animals not make a sound like a rabbit
	DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

I hope you like my work and feel free to comment!

Ako Hiko Tool-kits

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I have just been to the Ako Hiko Tool-kits!

I had so, so much fun! I went to 1 session called incredibox, and presented a slideshow about Making a quiz on a website called Kahoot, for another session.

What are student led tool-kits?
This is a big meeting, hosted by one of the schools in the Ako Hiko cluster.
6-24 students are chosen from each school to come and watch other children present about a tool on their Chromebooks. Some kids are chosen to present their own presentations. 
There are also some challenge's that you do on the day. This year there was a coding challenge and a problem solving challenge.  

What do you do in the challenges?
2-4 students are chosen per school to do each challenge. I was picked from our school to participate in a problem solving challenge!
We had to build a structure that was more than 10 cm tall and it had to hold a cup with 100 grams in it. 
Our structure came second place, and was 20 cm Tall, and we got the award for the most creative.

At The tool-kit sessions I had to present a slideshow. 

Like I said it was about Kahoot. I did it in front of a classroom of kids. If you would like to see it, 

Here it is:

I had loads of ultra cool experiences at the tool-kits! The thing that I found most fun was when I got to do a Kahoot quiz with the classroom of kids that I was teaching. The thing that I found most challenging was getting everybody signed into the website (kahoot) because we had lots of troubles, but we managed to get through everything! I learnt, that there is that you can get bonus's on incredibox. I learnt this when I went to my first session. Before I presented I was feeling kind of nervous, but now I feel proud of myself!
Here are some photos as well:

At the problem solving challenge

Doing some work on my chrome book

Blog you later!