Interesting Learning About Science

 Kia ora bloggers last week in Te Ngahere we  went to a science roadshow. I learnt that if you use a mirror and position it at the right angle with something surrounding the mirror like pipes that were about 20 cm long, it would make it look even longer when you look into it. My favourite exhibit was one that had a ball floating on it with an air flow holding it up, because the boy that was helping us he had three different things that the ball could go on or in. It was my favorite exhibit because you were able to tilt and touch it. When you tilt it it changes the angle of  where the air flow was coming from and you turn the table to use the different activities that were on it. I learnt about fair testing and learnt that you should only change one thing at a time. We went to the science roadshow to check out some exhibits to get some ideas for our science fair and learn lots more about science. It was very fun to go to the science roadshow because we got to learn about science in a fun way. 

Have you ever been to a science roadshow???

One Amazing Day At Urupukapuka Island

 Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere the year six kids in Te Ngahere went to Urupukapuka Island for Project Island Song.I learnt that the difference between manuka and kanuka are that kanuka is soft when you squeeze it and manuka is hard when you squeeze it. A way to remember that is kanuka is kind k for kind and manuka is mean m for mean. Project Island Song is about bringing down the numbers of pests in New Zealand and bringing back the bird song. The Project Island Song team have cleared seven Islands in the Bay Of Islands and they call the seven Islands Ipipiri. On the first of june we went to the warf to go to Urupukapuka Island we went on the explore boat. There were about 11 rows of seats I sat in the third on the way there and the back four rows got to sit on the bour half way there and the rest of us sat on the front on the other half. When we got there we had morning tea to fill up our stomachs for the walk. After we finished our morning tea we split up into two groups. I was in the group that was planting first and the other group was making traps for pests. When we got split up my group got to name our group there were a few suggestions one was group one the other was roupu tahi and super seeds we called our group super seeds. We went for a walk up a big hill and went down the hill too ( there was lots of sheep poo but there was lots of sheep there too). When we got to our destination we had to climb a fence and help each other too. When we got over we walked up another hill and we got into groups of four. When we got into our groups we got given a tree to plant. When we planted the tree there were nine steps. After we finished planting we walked back to the grounds that our bags were left at and had lunch. After lunch we made traps to go around our school. We got into groups of three in my group was Charlize, Amber and I.when we finished our trap we got to draw on it and because we finished first we got a trap put in  ours. After this we got a photo of our trap, when the other group came back we packed up our stuff and went to the boat. The biosecurity people had to tick off our name if we were there to make sure we didn't leave anyone behind. On our way back about half way through the ride we seen bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins. Have you ever seen a bottlenose dolphin Before???