Passion Project

Kia Ora, this period I have kete. For kete we are doing passion project. If you don't know what passion project is well all the yr 7, 8, 9 & 10's have to choose between 9 subjects I chose community sport. My team & I are doing netball for community sport. If you want to know what we are doing go down to my other post below (After you have read this post). 

With the group we had to change so Chloe & Mikayla are in a different group that are doing the same thing. Aroha, Tahnesha, Aliyah & I are still doing the same thing. We will only have Hornby Primary doing it with us instead of the other primary schools but we will still have training and the tournament. 

Today we have done the letter to the Principle of Hornby Primary, we've sorted what we need for the day and we just need to hear back from the Principle, we have also told everyone in Community sport what we had done.
Here is a photo:

Okay bye keep you updated.

Passion Project

Talofa Lava, Kia Ora & Malo E lei lei,  all the yr 7, 8, 9 & 10 students have this thing called “Passion Project”. We get to choose between 9 subjects. I choose  Community Sport & Recreation. In community Sport we had to choose our own groups so I’m with Chloe, Mikayla, Aliyah, Aroha & Tahnesha.

Then we chose what we were going to do to help the community. Well Aliyah, Tahnesha, Aroha & I are going to train yr 5 & 6 Netball &  Chloe & Mikayla are doing Touch. So we are choosing some students from primary schools (in the Hornby Cluster) & have them choose what sport they want to do. Then we will split them to 2 groups then teach them the basics then we will have a tournament.

Then when a school wins they will get a medal & a trophy with chocolate in it. Then when it is done we will have a lolly scramble.

Yurtle the turtle

Yurtle the turtle!!

You might not know but 7 Mt has a new pet. Her name is Yurtle the turtle. She arrived in our class last weekend. We had to do alot of work to get her. So I’m doing a blog post about how we got her.

1. We had to plan what to write in the letter so it would give us ideas
2. Then we had to write the letter ( the letter had to be persuasive )
3. After we had wrote the letter we had to email it to Mr Mitchell
4. Then we had to wait

The hardest part about the process was to wait because I couldn’t wait meeting Yurtle. Now she is in our class we have to take good care of her because we promised we will. If you want to see the letter and see what it said here is the letter.

That's just some of it but here you go. See you next time.

Water Rocket Tests

Water Rocket Tests

WALT: learn how to make a really good water rocket.

Answer these questions about your experiment:

1. What is the best number of fins?
2. What happens to the water rocket if you do not have fins?
3. What is the best nose shape?
4. What happens if you have a flat nose shape?
5. Does ballast at the nose make any difference?
6. What is the right amount of water?
7. Explain what happens if you have too much water?
8. What is pushing the rocket to make it go faster?
9. Name the 4 forces that effect the water rockets flight?
10. What keeps the rocket moving once the water has all come out?

Answer's:

1. 3-4 fins
2. It would not work
3. A cone shape
4. It would go up for a little while and then go straight down
5.  Yes it does cause it would make it go down then up
6. 3/4 cause if you add too much or add too less it will stay where it is
7. If you add too much water it will not shoot off
8. The air that is pushed in the bottle
9. Gravity, Thrust, Lift & Drag
10.  The Wind

Flight built

Flight - Build a plane

 Brainstorm: What are the forces acting on an aircraft?

1.   Drag
2.   Lift
3.  Gravity / weaight 
4.  Thrust

How can we overcome some of these forces?

Force	Their effect on a plane	How to overcome them?
Gravity / Weight	Pull it down	By making things lighter
Drag	Slow it down	Stream line
Lift	Make it go up	If its lighter it goes higher
Thrust	Make it go forward	Go backwards

Building a light aircraft

Aim: To build an aircraft made of material that is best suited for flight using the 4 forces.

Hypotheis: I think that by..

This video shows our plane flying.

Interacting Spheres

Interacting Spheres

Activity 1

1.  A tree is blown down wind - Biosphere & Atmosphere
2.  A person gets caught in the rain - Hydrosphere
3. Hail damages a sugar cane crop - Atmosphere & Hydrosphere
4. Air next to the ground becomes warm - Atmosphere & Lithosphere 
5. Water evaporates condenses - Hydrosphere
6. Lightning strikes a park ranger - Atmosphere
7. A flash flood forms - Hydrosphere & Atmosphere
8. A puddle seeps into the ground - Lithosphere & Atmosphere
9. Cumulonimbus clouds form - Hydrosphere
10. A tornado destroy a zoo - Atmosphere & Biosphere

Activity 2

Picture 1

= Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere & Lithosphere

Picture 2

= Biosphere, Hydrosphere & Lithosphere

Picture 3

= Biosphere & Lithosphere

Activity 3

1. A volcano eruption at sea = Hydrosphere & Lithosphere
2. A hurricane in Fiji that kills 20 people = Biosphere, Lithosphere & Atmosphere
3. A snowfall in Africa = Atmosphere, Hydrosphere & Lythosphere

4 Spheres

4 Spheres

Biosphere

Hydrosphere

Lithosphere

Atmosphere

1. How much of the earth is made up by hydrosphere?70%
2. How much of the earth is made up by lithosphere / ground? 30%
3. What atmostsphere made up of ?78% nitrogen 21% oxygen
4. What does the biosphere contain? A aspects of life

The biosphere also known as the ecosphere, is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be termed the zone of life on Earth, a closed system, and largely self-regulating.

A hydrosphere is the total amount of water on a planet. The hydrosphere includes water that is on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. A planet's hydrosphere can be liquid, vapour, or ice. On Earth, liquid water exists on the surface in the form of oceans, lakes and rivers

A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet, or natural satellite, that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties.

An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body