The Hatchet

In the last couple of weeks our class have been reading The Hatchet by Gary Pulsen. It was about this boy called Brian Robeson. He was on a plane to see his Dad in Canada when his pilot had a heart attack. When he had to take control of the plane. After the plane ran out of fuel he had to land on an L-shaped lake and he was stranded. He was there for over two months. There was a tornado and a moose that nearly killed him. After the storm the plane that was still the lake but the tail was up. So he swam over and got a survival pack out of the plane...

What makes good instructions?

What makes good instructions?

We are learning to write instructions for others to use and do. Yesterday we were in groups of three and we got a hurdle, two skipping ropes and a cone. We had to make an obstacle course and we had to use directions to guide that person threw the obstacle course.

What makes good instructions?
Precise language - numbers
Descriptive words - big, little
Directionality words - right, left and diadiadgonal
Appropritate verbs - run, step, jump
Consider audience - kids, adults
Detail - one instruction per step

Colour changing milk

Colour changing milk.

What you need:
Milk
Dinner plate
Food colouring
Dish wash soap
Cotton buds

Method:
1. pour enogh milk into the plate to completely cover the bottom. It should be about 1-2cm deep.
2.Add 1 drop of food colouring - red, blue, yellow and green. Keep the dots close together Do not stir!
3.Dip the cotton bud in the detergent and gently touch the milk. Hold it there for 15 - 20 seconds.
4. Watch what happens...

How does it work?

Milk contains protein and tiny amounts of fat in it. Both fat and protein are very sensitive to chemical changes. The chemicals in the dish soap weaken the chemical bonds that hold the protein together in the milk. The food colouring allows us to see the changes in the milk. Also, the soap causes the fat in the milk to mix and swirl until the fat has been distributed across the entire amount of milk.

Respect

Video showing Respect
Today we had to spend the morning doing PB4L( postive behaviour for learning). We went on to bubbl us and did a Respest Brain storm. This is what I thought was respect. Please watch the video. :)

Paper Plane Day

Science

In P4 we have been doing science in the lab at school.
Our question and experment was to create a lava lamp out of cooking oil, water, food colouring and Boroca tablets. Our groups hypothesis was to create 4 lava lamp in test tubes and put lots of different colours in and see if they would mix together to make a new colour? So we put about 1/4 of water and up to the top with oil. Then we added about 5 drops of each colour in the test tubes. After we put the Boroca in it started to bubble and fizz then the colours mixed together and made lots of different colours like dark purple and black.  So after we had finished in the lab my hypothesis was correct! Making lava lamps was really fun and I loved it. :)

Norm Hewitt Visiting

Yesterday morning the 26th of March, Norm Hewitt an ex-All Black also from the SPCA came to talk about one of the family. A pesentation on caring and looking after animals and pets and how it can help you to care and respect other people. He told us many inspiring stories and very sad ones too. SPCA stands for society preventing crulety to animals. Norm Hewitt is an ex-All Black and he won dancing with the stars in 2005. at the end of the presentation. I got a badge that is a pawprint.