Earthquakes/Volcanoes

 

In Te Maunga we did a reading called Earthquakes/Volcanoes and obviously it was about earthquakes, volcanoes and there's a lot of things we need to do.  We learn about why earthquakes happen like: Earthquakes happen because the surface of Earth is called the crust, not one solid piece; it's like a 20 thousands piece puzzle. Earth puzzle pieces are called tectonic plates. The plates can move but they don’t move fast. Earthquakes happen when a plate bumps or drags along another plate. My favourite thing to learn was writing a report and we had to choose earthquakes or volcanoes and I chose earthquakes. The hard thing was answering all the questions.  

Shakeout day

 In Te Maunga we learned about Shakeout day. Shakeout day is a day that you can practice events like earthquakes and tsunamis. We learned that if an earthquake happens we have to get under the table and you put something on your head. When there is an earthquake alert you should get to the nearest table and go under it and you put something on your head for protection. The hard thing was that it was very hard to put something on your head like a bag because the table was too short and too small.

Olympic Games

 In Te Maunga we did a reading about the Olympic Games. We learnt about the differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games like: Before, only one athletic event was even held and now we have around 330 events. My favourite thing to learn was researching about 3 Olympians. The hard thing was creating my own Olympic Games. 

PAL day

 

On the last day of term 3 we had a PAL day and it was just like a PE day you get to play PE games. We were stuck in the mud and we played soccer with a yoga ball and robbed the nest and many more. One thing I liked was playing stuck in the mud. The hard game was playing soccer with a yoga ball because it was very big.

Science day

 In Te Maunga we have been doing some experiments and we did it in groups. We learnt how to do some experiments like lava lamps and rubber band cars. One thing I learnt was that teamwork makes the dream work. The one thing that I liked was the experiment that my group did because it was water fireworks and the fireworks were very cool to see. The hard thing is that you need to follow the instructions because in the first try my group did the experiment wrong.

Nanogirl

 In Te Maunga we did some experiments but the special thing is that Nanogirl is here to show us some experiments. We learnt a lot of experiments like holding fire in your hand and what air looks like. The one thing that I liked was the fire on your hand experiment. The hard thing for the fire experiment is we can’t use fire because we’re kids.

The research for term 3

 In Te Maunga we did our first research for term 3 and the research was about anything you want the research about. I learnt about the Red-eared Turtle. The one thing that I like about doing the research because I learnt facts like It says that red eared turtles can easily live longer than 20 years. That's cool right? The one thing that was hard is that we had to make more than 5 slides.