Orana Wildlife Park

 Orana Wildlife Park 

On Monday we went to Orana Wildlife park. We went there for our hauora kete. We went to Orana park on a bus a left about 9:30. When we got to Orana Wildlife park we lined in our groups. In our groups we explored the park. The person who showed us around was Toby and was one of the keepers. We saw a lot of animals and birds. My favorite part about going to Orana park was getting to see the kiwis and the Tigers.

When we went to see the kiwis we had to be very quiet. It was hard to find the kiwis cause it was very dark but I did mange to find all of them.

When we went through to see the tigers. We saw a male tiger and he was fully grown. The Tiger was growling a lot and Toby said if it is a mean growl it is for is brother. If it was a growl that is kind  of quiet it means it was for us. I liked seeing the tigers because I love the strips on there body and how they move around.

Overall I loved my trip to Orana Wildlife Park because I loved that we got to go out in the sun and see some magnificent animals.

The Color of The Flame

The Color of The Flame
Today we had science YAY.

Today we were learning and using the Bunsen Burner.

We had to learn the safety rules first though obviously.

1. The location of the lab fire extinguisher and safety blanket is known.

2. Safety glasses were worn.

3. Long hair was tied back and loose items of clothing tucked away.

4. The Bunsen Burner was placed on a heat resistance surface. 

5. The Bunsen Burner is not too close to the edge of the desk.

6. The burner was connected to the gas tap correctly.

7. The rubber tubing was checked for cracks or leaks. 

8. The air hole on the Bunsen burner was closed before lighting.

9. The splint was lit before the gas was turned on.

10. The splint was positioned correctly while the gas was turned on.

11. The student can adjust the flame safely.

So after all that we could get started.

When we were using the Bunsen burner we had to make the different color flames e.g a blue to green flame. At the end we got a Bunsen Burner licence.
I liked using the Bunsen burner because i had never used one before. My favorite part was getting to see the flames change there color.

This is a photo of the types of flames we had to make.

Lunch Box Homework week 2

The Fabulous lunch box

This is a lunch box that has a balance of fruit and snacks. This lunch box is good because it has a good amount of fruit. It has an apple some grapes and a watermelon. It also has some carrots which is a vegetable. This lunch box has a total of 4 fruit and veg so it will be easy to get a total of 5 fruit a day with this lunch box. For the yummy treats it has nuts and croissant. To top it all off it has a juice box and a sandwich.

The fabulous lunch box

This would have to be my absolute dream lunch box.

Dry Ice and Water

Dry Ice and Water

Aim: To watch dry ice and water mix to make coloured bubbles.

Equipment

1 Dry Ice

2 80mls water

3 There drops food colouring

4 Detergent

5 measuring beaker.

6 ice cream container 

and most importantly safety glasses 

Which gas is heaviest?

Aim: To find our which gas is the heaviest out of C02 and O2.

Equipment

1 Test Tube

2 Test tube rack

3 Dry ice

4 Water

5 Two Balloons 

The heavier one was the C02

Healthy Person Diagram

We have been learning about what it takes to be healthy and what you can do to be healthy. In groups we had to create a google drawing that shows someone talking about being healthy. Me and Ruby were a team and we created this google drawing.

I love the google drawing because of the colour contrast from blue to purple. I loved making this google drawing with Ruby because we did something original. Overall I think that this was a fun task and the only thing challenging was getting pictures that are labelled for noncommercial.