Matariki

1). Make the Matariki stars from recycled materials.Make the stars- YouTube video to show how with paper- be creative, what properties might your materials have?

2). MURAL team- Maximum 8.
1 page per class. The  mural should: represent any aspect of Matariki
Eg. end of harvest, seven stars, new year - new beginnings / goals, feast...

3). Research- find out about the constellations. Diagram, Describe, Explain.

AMAZING STARS

Survey for Room 11 Students

Make sure you are signed into your google account. Next, click on this link. Make sure you have 10 minutes to focus. 😄


Exploration Hour survey.

Recycling Paper

In Room 11 we have been learning how to recycle paper. After making a sheet with plain newsprint, we are exploring ways we could alter the properties of our recycled paper to use it for different purposes.

Feel free to post some pictures of your first attempt at recycling paper!

Here are some questions for you to consider and answer on this blog post.

1. What were the properties of your recycled paper? Think about its size, shape, colour, texture, strength etc.

2. What do you want to be able to do with your paper? How will you change the properties of your paper in order to do this?

Some websites that might be helpful in your research:

Whitening paper: http://herbalcell.com/how-to-make-recycled-paper

Writing on recycled paper: https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-make-handmade-paper-604163

Things that can be made from recycled paper pulp - to get your imagination going!

Bookmarks

Seed bombs: http://dabblesandbabbles.com/diy-seed-bombs/

Book marks: https://www.etsy.com/ch-en/listing/289421941/book-marks-handmade-recycled-paper

Paper pulp seed cups:

http://365daysofdiy.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/seed-starters-out-of-paper-pulp.html

Gift tags with seeds inside:

https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/152302153/wedding-favor-mint-green-heart-shaped?ref=related-5

Sculpture/Art work:

https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/483925922431947694/

Paper shapes/decorations:

https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/189432728046009840/

Paper pulp bowls:  http://artforkidsandrobots.com/paper-pulp-bowl-project/

Waste materials. Research, note-taking and report writing.

Step One:
Choose one of the sources below.
Plastics- Tiki the Penguin

OR

The problem with waste in NZ

Step Two:
Watch or read through the site.

Step Three:
What are some of the main ideas?
Write 4 of them into the windmill.

Step Four:
Start recording details in key words onto the windmill.

Step Five:
When you have enough details you can write an information report. You can use the Information Report organiser if you like.

Step Six: What is the subject? Write an introduction like we have practised.

Step Seven:
Each windmill arm is a paragraph. Write a topic sentence that tells us the main idea of the paragraph.
Now put supporting details.

Step Eight:
When you finish the paragraphs, think about a concluding statement- it can give clues to your feelings about the subject by the word choices you make.

Playground Grand Opening

By Ella May and Erana

to all the people who helped make our playground a better place.
We had a lot of fun trying it out today.

Learning in R11

Current learning in R11 has been about information reports, making notes using key words so we can research quickly and efficiently, and investigating patterns and relationships between numbers that help us solve addition and subtraction problems. We also continue investigating into our unit of inquiry: A better understanding of the properties of materials leads to innovation and responsible enterprise.

A few excerpts below from students:

On Thursday the 25th of May, 2017, Room 11 and 12 went to the University of Waikato and had a great experience learning lots of interesting things about science.

Our  favourite part of going to the university was learning about the properties of heaps of different materials like plastic, glass, and other sorts of materials. By Skyla and Dilni

How can rocks change ? temperature weather

Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock. Igneous rock forms when magma cools and makes crystals. Magma is a hot liquid made of melted minerals. By Moihi and Lucas

University of Waikato Field Trip

In room 11 we have been learning much about science and inventions. On Thursday we went on a field trip to the Waikato University, and they taught us lots about the properties of magnetic material, objects, and other interesting stuff. Room 11 saw a special kind of wire that if you bend it then place a source of heat close to it, it will straighten back to its previous position. I found it fascinating!

The class really enjoyed observing the scientists showing us some crazy experiments that you can do with silly putty.

Rob explained how if you moved away from it slowly it would stretch much longer than if you really tugged hard.

Thank you to the science team for showing us some cool stuff! By Murphy