NZ Native Plant - Art

 

For around 3 weeks now, we've been working on a painting. We got to choose between, Music, Drama, Dance and Visual art. Obviously, I chose Visual art because I love to draw and paint and I've loved it since I was way younger. When we went to the art gallery this term, we saw this tree in a full black room, covered in golden glitter. It was made by Reuben Paterson and it was so pretty so we decided to make some of our art like his.

For reference, we chose a plant that was Native to New Zealand to sketch and then we would paint it. Lastly, we put glitter in some places to make it stand out and look good. My painting is of the fern. I hope you like it.

Blending In - Quick Write

As they dashed off, a glimmer of stripes could be seen.

The pale white and grey horses were galloping across the soft grass, while the zebra followed along. They had to run. The bright flames were like hands, reaching towards them and slowly covering the scenery around them. The zebra wasn't supposed to be with the horses. So, the stripped animal had to blend in. The dark smoke was suffocating the animals slowly. They had to get away but, they heard some strange high pitched noise and some red trucks. Maybe they would help?

They saw people in strange suits exit the truck. They had a weird sort of rope and they walked over to the hot orange flames and started spraying them. Then, the fire started to slow down and stop. Everyone was relieved. Oh shoot, the zebra still had to blend in.

Science

My Science Inquiry 2021

By Brooke 

Kora and I are learning how the moon controls/changes the tides and how tides are formed. We have been finding answers to our wonderings and then we put them on our google slide.

My questions are:

• How are tides formed?
• How does the moon affect the tides?
• Is there anything else that affects the tides?

The way I'm presenting the information I found:

• Painting CDs (Ocean waves, the moon)
• Using a big shell to paint on it or grow a tropical plant
• Then, the most important. The painting of the diagram on how the moon affects the tides

The 3 most interesting things I learnt are:

• The Sun and Earth also affect the tides

• When the gravitational pull of the moon is weaker on the other side of the  Earth the ocean goes out and high tide occurs.

• There are different types/kinds of tides
• The movement of tides is caused by a gravitational force called "Tidal force"

At first, I was independent but then Kora came back from her holiday and we came partners because it's fun to work together and we think we work well when we are with each other. Even though we talk a bit, we get our work done. She didn't do much on the slide because she wasn't here but she did her own research and is going to work on her own project to present what she learnt but we'll still share a google slide.

I'm proud of my slide because I think I explained tides thoroughly and the creative ideas I came up with because I think they are creative and I love painting so I'm happy with it. 

I think the most challenging part about this whole inquiry project was coming up with original fun ideas to present my work and the information I found. I didn't wanna do a boring presentation and then don't do anything. I didn't wanna make an animation because I'm not good at it and I didn't find it fun. After many other ideas, I set on painting because I enjoy it.  

Kids In Space - Urmi's Literacy Group

On Tuesday Week 8, Urmi's literacy group went to something called Kids in space. It's technically a small program where you can learn about how people live and go to space. Like for example, we learnt how astronauts eat. They eat out of extremely well sealed zip lock bags. Usually they would eat spinach and everything and believe it or not, these zip lock bags are so well sealed that the food would be able to last for extremely long. From 8 months to around 10 years. I know right? It's amazing. 

Next, to feel like we are actual astronauts, we put on spacesuits. They were the colours, white, orange and blue. I didn't want to put on a spacesuit and neither did Damon but we still took a picture with everyone. You can see us in the picture laughing in the bottom left. Honestly, it was really fun and I totally recommend it because you can learn about space and astronauts in a fun way. Thank you for reading, bye!

My Mindmap - Facts about the Sun

Click this for the link to my mindmap!

Earth Layer Explanation

The earth is our planet and has many layers that some people don’t know of. Here are what they are. We live on the crust and it is made up of tectonic plates. The mantle is the thickest layer and it is made up of liquid and solid iron. The outer-core protects the inner-core and it is made up of molten rocks and liquid iron. It generates electricity to create the magnetic field. Inner-core is the very core of the earth and is the same temperature as the surface of the sun. Is nearly the same size of our moon.

The crust is the layer that we live on. It’s quite thin and it’s made up of 6 big tectonic plates and many little ones. Tectonic plates rub together to make earthquakes and push together to make volcanoes and mountains. Also, the crust is also made up of all different kinds of rocks and minerals. Earth’s crust can get up to about 5-70 kilometers deep. That may seem quite thick but it’s actually the thinnest layer. The crust can also get up to 500 - 1,000 celsius depending on where you are (even though you can’t stand on it because you would most likely burn to death) because being closer to the mantle would mean it would be hotter and further away would be slightly colder.

The mantle is the layer closest to us and the thickest layer. The mantle can get up to 2,900 kilometers deep. That is much more thicker than the crust. Also, the mantle is so incredibly hot that the layer behaves like solid and liquid iron and the heat causes the rocks to rise. The mantle can get up to 200 - 4,000 celsius. The mantle is made up of very hot rocks and iron.

The outer core is the third layer of the earth and it is there to protect the inner core. The outer core is made up of very hot molten rock and liquid iron. The temperature in the outer core can get up to 4,500 to 5,500 celsius. The layer is quite thick but not thicker than the mantle. The outer core is around 2,400 kilometers thick and The earth’s magnetic field is actually caused by a “dynamo effect” because the flowing liquid iron in the outer core generates electric currents and then the rotation of the earth on its axis causes these big electric currents to form a magnetic field which extends around the planet.

The inner core is the very core of the earth. It is the hottest part because it can get up to 5,200 - 6,000 celsius, which is as hot as the surface of the sun. That is how hot it is. Also, the inner core is nearly around the size of the moon (About 30% smaller.), so that shows how big our earth is compared to the moon. The core is about 1,230 - 1,530 kilometers thick.

In conclusion, the earth is the only planet with life and has many layers. They are the crust, mantle, outer-core and inner core. The mantle is the thickest and

Alight - Quick Write

Finally, after climbing up the mountain for a full 1 and a half days. I am at the top of the mountain. When I was climbing, we had to stay in these cabins that sat on a ledge of the mountain. There were around 4 of them because there were more as you went up because if you climbed you wouldn’t get anywhere if you had to keep going back down to the cabin. They weren’t the warmest but it was nice. It was only me and two other people. We had to stay in these really comfy bunks with fluffy blankets and soft pillows. It was really nice especially after you’ve had long days of climbing. Then after a little nap, I would eat some food like a sandwich that I packed or some fruit and I would keep going. I wouldn’t say it was a bit chilly because it was extremely cold! But, I had this warm red jacket and long black track pants to keep me from freezing to death.

I nearly gave up a couple of times but then I kept thinking about the relief and how proud I would feel when I finally got to the top, knowing that I didn’t give up, so, I kept going. At first, my legs started to hurt a lot but then I just got used to it. Anyways, now I’m finally at the top. It felt amazing, the view was breath-takingly beautiful and so nice to look at. Since I was climbing for a while I decided to sit down, drink some fresh water and eat while looking at the view.

When I got up I realized that there was a small volcano right ahead of me! It gave me a fright but I calmed down when I realized it was slowing down a bit because of the cold snow and ice, cooling it down a bit. The lava was glowing a warm red and orange colour, I could feel the heat from here. It was a really cool thing to see! I quickly got out my camera and started taking pictures. I took some pictures of the view too and talked with the other people about how we felt when climbing up and when we actually got to the top. I’m so happy that I did. It was definitely worth it.