Battery powered car

 I found it hard to get the car working beacause we had to wire it all up with real wires and had to cut one in half with a wire cutter, We also had to get it perfect so other people could have the full experience making it with out having any down sides, But (of couse) I messed it up and they were not the same linth, So that was a big mess up. I found it easy to screw the screws in because we had a screw driver that had a little nut on it to spin and making it easyer to put the screws in the plastic. I enjoyed having a good challenge on my hands for that time. Next time I will try a bit harder to get it working because there was alot of circuits to put on the car.

Brain box

The brain box is a kid friendly box of circuits, The wires are incased in plastic and you can do heaps of stuff with them, Like making soud, light, wind and sirens. We found it hard to get the sound working, we did get it working at some point but we didn't get the sirens working so that was sad :( . I found it easy to get the fan working because there was instructions and you get everything you needed have to get it working. I enjoyed making the sound because it was a nice to have a challenge with some technology. Next time I will try a bit harder to get a siren going.

 

Tokyo Olympics acrostic poem

 I found it easy to find the background because I could just go on to the backgrounds button and chose a backgroound from google. I found it hard to think of words to do on the acrostic poem because it had to do with something from the Olympics or that goes with the Olympics and we also had to put Tokyo before Olympics because we were in the better writing group. I also found it hard to get all the word arts in because it took ages to think of what i was going to do then I had to put them all in with word art, I also took the first letters out of the words and made them bigger in word art so that took a bit longer then I exspected it to take. I enjoyed making the words gradient and puting the background in. Next time I will put a bit more space for the words to sit.

Spring limrick poem

I found it easy to put the background in because all you had to do was go to the gradient and put the blue and cyan in to make the background that colour. I also found it easy to put the flower and sun in because you could just use the shapes to get the flower and sun in for an easy job and it also looks ok. I found it hard to think of what I was going to write for the Spring limrick poem because at the time I had just done some steps web and my brain needed to get back into writing again. I enjoyed making the publishing slide because I could do what ever I wanted to do that had sothing to do with Spring which fun to do. Next tim I will  put a bit more pazaze into the writing because it would have gone a bit beter with Spring.

Coin drop

 you'll need: coin/s, cup and a peice of paper. put the paper on the cup then put the coin/s on the paper then flick the paper and try and get the coin. we found out that the more coins you put on the peice of paper the it is more easy to get the coins into the cup. the less coins on the paper the harder it is to get the coin in the cup. 

When we did coin drop we had to take turns at flicking the the peice of paper to get the coin in the cup. 

Cold air balloon

goal: get the balloon to pop. Test 1: Cold air balloon is a mixture of vinager and baking soda mixed with water then it makes a chemical reaction that makes the balloon blow up and makes the balloon cold. what you'll need: you'll need baking soda a balloon and waterbottle and vinager. the balloon should blow up and stay like that for a long time. the balloon did not pop.

Test 2: We got a milk bottle this time, and put 1 cup and 1/2 of baking soda in the balloon and put 2 and 1/2 cups of vinager then put the balloon on the milk bottle and lift up the balloon to get the baking soda in the balloon then watch the magic happen. 

Test 3: this time we got a one liter pump bottle, we just poured the vinager in the bottle and put heaps of baking soda in the ballon, you will need to get a stronger balloon then the last two times to make the top of the balloon not to brake when you put it on the bottle, also put a bit of tape where the lid goes on the bottle.

the balloon got really big this time but did not pop.

 

 

Persuasive writing

We were learning about how to make a quality piece of persuasive writing that is persuading people be prepared r or to not be prepared for a natual disaster. We had to make this for our 

I found it hard to get the information I needed from kiddle and the sites provided beacause they didn't give you all the information you needed to make a good piece of persuasive writing. I also found it hard to write down all the information because their was alot to write down in the time provided.

I found it easy to publish the writing on to a google slide beacause you could just copy and paste my writing from my draft copy. I also found it easy to get the polylines done because google slides had all the tools I needed to make a good polyline. 

Next time I will make my grammar better and put the capital letters at the start of a sentence. Next time I also will get a bit more information on what I'm writing about.

balloon rocket

We made a balloon rocket.

What happens is that we blow up the balloon then tape it to the straw then get some (smooth) string, put the straw on the string then tape the balloon on to the straw , blow the balloon up then let the balloon go (P.S. hold the string hard.

how would a balloon go faster when it is smaller, that would mean there would be more aerodynamic in on the balloon so therefore it would go faster but it would also go less of a distance than a balloon with more air.

Newton's laws of motion say that if a object is still it does not want to move out of its place, but when you apply force to it to whatever object you are using it will move but it wont want to stop because it would be too lazy to stop, but it will stop due to the air, gravity and wind.

making homemade lava lamps

 I found it easy to put the tablets in the homemade lava lamp because you can just drop the tablets in the class.

I found it cool because it looked like a real lava lamp that you can buy from a shop and when you shine a light on the lava lamp it looks like its glowing and the tablets would let out C02 and at some point the rest of the tablet would float up to the oil.

put water in a cup

get oil 

pore oil in cup 

get a tablet

and drop the tablet in the the cup 

get a torch and shine it at the cup

Making bath bombs

I found it easy to get all the ingredients in the bowl and start mixing because it would be easy to start mixing and getting it a bit less powdered.  

I found it hard to get the bath bomb to feel a bit sticky and to feel like kinetic sand because it would take a long time to get the bath bomb to feel like that.

Next time I will try and get the colour a bit more colourful because when I made my bath bomb it looked a bit bland, I need to add a bit less colours to my bath bomb and make it more colourful.

to make a bath bomb you will need to get (dry) 1 cup baking soda

½ cup of citric acid

1/2 cup of epsom salt

1/2 cup of epsom salt

1 tsp of essential oil

3 tsp of olive oil / coconut oil / Almond oil

2-3 drops of food coloring 

Measure out and whisk together your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Next, in a small cup, mix together the wet ingredients. This is also where you’ll add the essential oils. 

The next step is very important. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. You’ll want to do this very slowly, adding little drops at a time while mixing.

The citric acid is what causes the bath bombs to fizz when it comes into contact with water. Adding the wet ingredients slowly minimizes this effect. Then, firmly press the mixture into the mould. 

Let the bath bombs dry for at least 24 hours.

 

Earthquake animation

 

 We was learning about natural disasters and earthquakes first

We found it easy to make the animate the start.

We found it hard to make the animation in the given .

We really enjoyed making it together because we don't get to work with friends that much.

Next time we will try and get done in a good amount of time and not talk to our friends around us.

Co-op group W.I.P

 I found it hard to poly line the wolf and making the fish and rock.

I found it easy to get the lightning bolt in the middle of the wolf it was very fun to make the wolf.

The Awapuni School Triathlon

 We were writing about the Awapuni School triathlon we had a run, bike and swim. 

I found it hard to find ritch words to put in my writing, also thinking what happened on the day.

I found it easy to get the final paragraph because it was a short final paragraph to write.

next time I will write a better last paragraph.