Home Learning

After school I got home and did some reading online and doing maths online.I am also trying to solve a math question that we got from school.The book i read was what is a Volcano?It was very interesting because what i learnt from it is that the pressure from the volcano builds up underground until Rocks,Steam and gases are forced out in an eruption.That is so AMAZING i wonder what it will be like if you go close to a volcano well it's erupting.And from math i did some word problems it had subtraction division and also fractions.It;s fun learning at home because it can still help you with the work you need a school.

Presenting Our Work

Today the 2 of July we did our presentations in our big school hall.When I walked into the hall I was amazed of all the class presentation.The other presentations were very cool and made me excited to learn more.But at the same time I was nervous about presenting my own presentation.

My presentation had something to do with science and my mum came along to help which was pretty cool.I first put the glue in and then add the water to it and gave it a good stir.When that was combine together I then added the liquid It was made by my mum it had Starch and water then you boil it till it gets thick.So I poured in the liquid and mixed it in with Borax it was a type of powder.When it was all together I could feel that it was getting more gooey to it.

But it was still runny my mum Ruth we home to make it another way with starch and it was perfect.When she came back it was slime I could not believe it so we added that to our what ever it was slimy watery bowl and mixed it together and all the slime she made was working it actually made slime.

I was happy and everyone was just coming to have a look and also touch but they weren't aloud because the borax it might react to there skin.Then it was the next class they we saying "EWW" what is that so I said it is slime they were so excited to see something new for a change and they also wanted to take some with them.

Then it was coming to a end were all class went back up to there class rooms and blog what they have learnt from there.It was a fun day for me and my friends that were helping Fine and Dallas.

Today's A Busy Day

Today in the morning we had Maths we were working with Mrs Tofa while the others are working with Mrs Raj.When we had finished our Maths we moved on to finishing off our inquiry. I'm in groups with Fine,Dallas and then me we are working on science we picked science because we wanted to try something new for a change.Our science experiment is SLIME it's going to be fun I can't wait to present.

Today Math's

Today's Word Problem
A truck is on a delivery run with a total weight of 60 tonnes. It drops off 1/10 of its weight at Town A, ⅕ of its weight at Town B, ⅓ of its weight at Town C and the rest of the weight at Town D.

I found this difficult because is was with fraction and we were solving it by Dividing it and subtracting.

I still have no number

Technology

In the past few weeks we have been going to technology.The class room I'm in is cooking with the other year 8's.Its fun cooking because you get to cook thing's you never cooked before and you also can learn from it.These are the things we cooked in the past few weeks was:
Apple Dutch  cake , Burgers , Sponge cake , Nachos they were really yummy.I learnt that what ever you cook keep an eye on it so it doesn't get burnt.And what ever you cook it has 90% fat in it so make sure you check before you buy.
 

Science In Room 7

On Thursday we went into Room 7 with Mrs Parker for our science experiments we were making bread using yeast.
First we put:1 Cup flour , 1 Cup of water , 1 tsp of Yeast , 1 tsp of oil  , and also sugar.

We put in a small bowl was Water yeast and sugar then we put it in the sun to set so we can put it in the flour mixture.As it was ready we put flour into a large bowl then add the mixture in it then Mrs parker said who ever wants to have a try at kneeing it they have to wash there hands and come bake to try it. So I wanted to try it out and I did but first I went to wash my hands first.

I was waiting in the line for my turn I was wanting to try it out because I have made bread before.As it was my turn I was kneeing it just right because the teacher said I was doing fantastic and i was happy.The reason why were were making it was to check if it will turn out doughy like the other one they made or will it turn out good.

Then while the dough was setting out we did baking powder and vinegar  but with a balloon on top will it blow it up the balloon or will it just rise without the balloon blowing up? We did not know so we tried it out and it blew up the balloon it was bigger than the other one.The other one was made out of water sugar yeast and baking powder.Then put a balloon on top and put it in the sun for 1 hour then it will blow up all by it's self.

Then the bread was ready and we tasted it and it wasn't bad at all we also made our own butter by putting cream in and sugar then shake it very well to combine it all together.
  

Science In Room 8

On Thursday we went to Room 8 for science we talked about what was going to happened if we add lemon juice with baking powder and sugar to make a fizzy drink or a soft drink then you just keep mixing it till it rises to the top and it did it was fun.

Next she gave each house group a sheet of paper and there has to be 1 runner and 1 writer that knows how to spell all the words correctly so the person that was running was James and the writer was Tauola.It was a competitions between all the house groups.As james was running there and running back was kind of a had job.But he was all right at doing it we were nearly finished but also we got stuck on some words people were saying it to fast and she could not hear it.

So then I went and said it properly to her and we were finished.I had a lot of fun with this team group because they were really trying there best.Next we had to sit on the mat and answer some of the question the teacher said while I was taking photos and videos.Next we got a working sheet saying what was our title and our hypothesis was it going to over flow when we put the baking powder into the lemon.

And then we played a game we had to read the words on the white board then the teacher will take some words away while we try and get the answers while we read it.I had fun because we were learning new things that the other class didn't know.

Then it was coming to and end when we had to go back to class because it was morning tea our next
class was with Room 7.