ICT Rubric Results

Computer Classroom

This year Room 23 have remained in the same class with the same teacher. We have also received 18 new and improved Apple Mac Computers.It is 1 computer between 2 for most students. These easy to use computers have all the programmes updated to 2009. This year Room 23 have welcomed 5 new students, Jamie, Harrison, Danielle, Steven and Eben. We are all looking foward to the rest of 2009, and new experiences.

Science Roadshow

On Monday 20th July during p5&6, room 23, 28, 33 and a junior class from Mauku/Hunua School went to the Fonterra Science Roadshow held in our School Hall. Three men taught our classes about Planet Earth - matter, energy and life. They explained that even though Venus is the second furthest from the sun, it gets the most heat, at the average temperature of 467 degrees. After the presentation, we had half and hour to experiment on some of the activities they had to offer. Some were : Cow suction, Spinning chair, Estimating age and heaps more. When the 30 minutes was up, we all got called back to watch the second show. It was called Sound Out Waves - The Science of Sound. They said that we can hear at an average sound speed of 20 - 2000 hertz.

Science fair Evaluation

For my School Science Fair in 2009 Shannon (my buddy) and I researched about Tides. We found images on Google of Tide comparisons showing high and low tides. We chose the topic of tides because we don't understand how high and low tides work, and we think that we will learn a lot, and teach the class/school a lot.

Here are some questions and answers:

What causes tides ?
Tides are the rising of the earth's ocean surface, caused by the tidal forces of the moon and sun.

What is a tide ?
A tide is an ongoing cycle, of sea levels changing, in the depth of water and construct oscillating currents known as tidal steams.

Shannon and I found out a lot about tides and how they work.