Algorithm Taiso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdDd7Csl5vc

Final Technology for the term.

Year 7 Boys in Hard Materials

Year 8 Boys in Food Technology

Year 7 Girls in Art

Science Fair Time Week 9

1. From little Einstein's Rocket Ship to investigating through experimenting in Room 4.

Here are the questions related to each experiment from Room 4 exhibited in the hall last week.

How long does food colouring dissolve in water? by Simon and Zyran What is the chemical reaction when water is mixed with oil? Riley and Harrison What is the ratio of vinegar and baking soda to form an eruption? Mikey What reaction will you get when you mix vinegar and baking soda? Xavier How much quicker does ice melt with 2 candles or 1? Jade and Samantha How long does it take to turn milk into a solid by adding different solutions. Ashleigh and Octavia How do different acids react to different states of matter? How can we make a naked egg using vinegar? Alyssa and Priseis What is the fastest way to cut ice so that it will melt quicker? Ruby Marshall and Paige Little What types of matter absorbs water and faster? Mary and Emily How long does it take for different weighted objects to sink in quick sand? Paige Tyree and Charlee How slow does a solid take to sink in quick sand? Callum How long does invisible ink, made by lemon last? Aiden and Pheonix How high can foam reach in 5 seconds? Jason and Tyler

Room 4 returns to Eggspress and Mathletics

After reflecting on the two programmes our whole school was trialling, it was good news to hear that we would be purchasing these to enhance our learning in both reading and maths online.

Room 4 Student Reflections
·         What did the students think about it? Students were asked to reflect on what they thought about Reading Eggs and this is what they said in a PMI: Harrison         • It makes you get something for reading and gives you goals.     •  Some of it is too easy and people take advantage of that to get coins.            There are a lot of things to do. Riley   You get a lot of coins for reading big stories.      You have to have sound to play the game.         It takes time to complete a task. Jade    •The books are good books     •I don’t understand some of it   • I learn new things Mia     •You learn lots of interesting facts and information from the non-fiction books and the fiction books make a really good story.   •  The website is very confusing when you first get on to it for there are so many different ways to do things.  •  The books and lessons are always something different and new so you do not get bored. Paige T           •We are getting better at reading we're getting rewards              • Not really any            • We have arcades to play learning games in Callum           •It has loads of books and tasks ;)       •It lags a little:( .                          •How easy money it is to get money. Zyran  •I like reading Eggspress because there are levels and money.       •  The only thing that I don't like is that some people say that there on 100 levels. And were on 1 but they said that they started off at 100.       •  I like that how you have your own room and stuff to put in there.   Xavier •          Reading eggs is a helpful learning place and helps children read.            •  Lower levels are too easy and are only there to teach the little kids.   •  Reading eggs and used more often in schools than in home as it is a learning device. Tyler   •It is good way for me to learn my reading better   • I wish that we could earn coins/eggs easier   • It is different from some websites •  Charlee    •We are all having a good time when on it • Nothing at all

Shorties for Arohanui Hospice

Today we celebrated yesterday being the shortest day of the year by parading our fabulously made creative shorts in front of the whole school.

Emily, Crystal Ruby, Paige and Riley waiting for the Shortie Parade to begin.

The four winners from both teams.

                      Where would you be without "The Dab?" Maybe in Room 9!                                                       

DRY ICE EXPERIMENTS on Friday 17 June

Science Investigations with Dry Ice

Team 2 were experimenting with dry ice today.

This year our students had researched into finding out what dry ice was, it's properties related to matter  and after exchanging information from their prior knowledge they further researched into implementing this knowledge into a variety of experiments.

Carbon Dioxide is a normal part of our Earth’s atmosphere. It is the gas we exhale during breathing and the gas that plants use in photosynthesis. It is the same gas added to water to make soda water or “fizzy”

Room 4 used their groups to present each experiment to the class.

#1 – Dry Ice + Water by Crystal, Mary, Emily and Jade

The first in any good dry ice demo is popping a chunk of it into a container filled with warm water. This creates some pretty impressive “smoke” 

#2 – Inflate a Balloon by Charlee, Xavier, Harrison and Callum

Put a deflated balloon over the opening of one of your bottles and watch it grow bigger and bigger! The balloon catches all the carbon dioxide gas as it sublimes. Be sure to take your balloon off before it gets too big.

#3 – Blow a Big Bubble by Zyran, Simon, Jason and Tyler

How to make your own special bubble tube. Alternatively, soak a strip of cloth of dishwashing soap ready to create a giant bubble. Fill up a bowl of warm water and drop the dry ice into it then carefully slide the strip of cloth over the top to create a layer of soap that will grow into a giant bubble as the dry ice sublimes into carbon dioxide and the pressure builds up.

#5 – Dry Ice + Water + Dish soap by Riley, Mikey, Pheonix and Aiden

Add a squirt of dish soap to your dry ice and water and watch as thousands of bubbles full of fog overflow onto the table. 

Dry ice is frozen, compressed carbon dioxide gas and when you add it to warm water, it combines with the water to create the fog (carbon dioxide and water vapour) that you see bubbling out of your cylinder. When soap is added, it traps the carbon dioxide and water vapour in a soapy bubble.

#6 - Dry Ice + Water + Dishsoap + Food Colouring by Alyssa, Priseis, Jamelia and Paige Little

Once you get your bubbles erupting in experiment #5, add a drop of food colouring on top of the bubbles. The colour kind of sits right on top. Then grab a piece of paper and lightly dab it over the coloured bubbles. It makes this really cool bubble tie-dye pattern on the paper. Once dry, use it to make cards and decorations, or just hang it up on your art wall!

#7 – Carbonate Your Own Beverage by Octavia, Paige Tyree, Samantha and Charlee 

Place a few chunks of dry ice into a cup of apple juice or lemonade, wait until the dry ice has completely sublimated (around 20-30 minutes), and voila! You have your own sparkling soda. This is a fun treat to enjoy after all your hard work experimenting. The fizz will stay in your drink for a couple of hours before it goes flat again.