Last week, we made connections to Conservation Week, Bird of the Year, and Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori.
Whakatauki: Mauria Te Pono, which translates to believe in yourself.
Whakatauki meaning: to make successful, to complete, or to bring fruition.
We learned about planets and which one is closest to the sun and which is farthest away.
Here is a link to a slideshow about planets.
Last week, we learned about planets. Hesne and I learned about Uranus
Facts: Uranus is at a 90-degree angle
Uranus has 13 faint rings around it
It was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel
Spelling test, I got 15/16. The word I got wrong was extraterrestrial
Link to the slideshow about planets
Last week, we learnt about Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
Here is a link to my slideshow about Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
The moonphases in order:
Full Moon
Waxing Gibbous
First 1/4
Waxing Crescent
New Moon
Waning Crescent
Last 1/4
Waning Gibbous
What is happening in space at the moment:
Moon Phases:
The full Moon is my favourite because it is so bright.
The full Moon is the only time that there can be lunar ecilps this happens when the moon is in the umbra it appears red.
A new Moon is the only time there can be solar ecilps because the moon goes infront of the Sun this happens every few years.
Last week on Thursday, we tried to make copper sulfate crystals
Aim: to make a copper sulfate crystal
Materials:
Method:
Results: A very small crystal was formed
To make it bigger, stir the water more
Hope: to make a bigger crystal
Photo:
Last week we learnt about constellations. Here are some of the constellations we learned about.
Southern Cross stars: Gacrux, Misosa, Lmai, and Acrux
teapot stars: nunkl, nanto, kaus borealis, kaus medial, alnasl, kaus Australis, ascella,
matariki/pleides stars: Ururangi, Waipuna-a-rangi, Hiwa-i-te-rangi, Waiti, Waita, Pohutukawa, Matariki, Tupu-a-nuku, and Tupu-a-rangi
The geocentric model is a model where Earth is at the center of the solar system, with the Sun, Moon and other planets revolving around it. the Heliocentric modle is where the sun is in the center of the universe with the Earht and other planet revolving around the sun. Nicolaus copernicus was a polish astronomer who put forth the theory the theory that the sun is at rest near the center of the universe and that the Earth, spinning on it axis once daily, revolves annually around the sun. this is called the hheliocentric or sun-centered, system.
This post is about an experiment we did in science week 1
Materials: table, people, balloons
Method: Flip the table on the balloons slowly, then have two people hold the legs of the table Then you get a human to stand on the table and see how many people can stand on it
Result: 2 people stand on the table before the balloons pop
We had to plan our dream holiday and the budget was 12000NZD my dream holiday was to go to Queenstown. These are all the activities I would do.
Here is a limerick about me
There once was a teen who could bake,
Her cookies were sweet—what a cake!
Her drawings were glowing,
Her talent was showing,
A star in the making, no fake!