On the 23rd of June, the Extension group went to KPMG. KPMG is an every year thing, that the year 7&8 Extension group goes to. Last year we went there during christmas, and made christmas like things, like cards, and painted some hard stone things. This year we went there to learn about space, well....because this terms Korero is 'Watch this Space'. When we got there, we got split into 4 teams of 7, Earth, Fire, Air, and Water, I was in 'Team Earth' with, Oalii, Nina, Bradley, Jane, Zoe, and Sauma, and our 2 adult helpers were, Christine, and Elliot. they were really helpful. It was very fun, my favourite part of the day was the food, and the science experiment that we did, all teams had different experiments, our experiment was to make oobleck without any measurements, we just had to figure it out ourselves, and it all worked out, all of our Experiments worked!. The word of the Experiment was Non Newtonian Fluid not solid or liquid. We also did a quiz at the end of the day, and MY group 'Earth' one by half a point (As Expected), the second place team scored 18, and 'Earth' got 18.5, cool right!!, because we won we got to take home some Space Packages, with some pens, a notebook, some stickers, and a chocolate. We had a very fun time!. Thank you KPMG people!
I am a Year 8 learner in Room 4 at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ.
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Thinking Critically
WALT: Thinking critically about what we read
Monday, 21 June 2021
Kiwi Kids News Reading
WALT: Locate and summarise ideas within a range of texts.
Friday, 18 June 2021
Dazzling Decimals 3
Flash Addition!
114 + 97 = 211
93 + 289= 382
128 + 87 = 215
163 + 84 = 247
311 + 93 = 404
Change to fractions and decimals
1. 21% - 0.21 21/100
2. 19% - 0.19 19/100
3. 35% - 0.35 35/100
4. 63% 0.63 63/100
5. 40% 0.40 40/100
6. 15% 0.15 15/100
7. 75% 0.75 75/100
8. 83% 0.83 83/100
9. 7% 0.7 7/100
10. 1% 0.1 01/100
Change to percentages
½ = 50%
⅗ = 60%
17/20=
41/ 50= 82%
7/10 = 70%
⅓= 33.333333333333333333333333
⅚= 25
14/35= 40%
1/25= 4%
5/50 = 10%
21/76 = 55%
1. 35 + 97 = 132
2. 3.25 - 1.17= 2.08
3. 2 × -8 = -16
4. 5 × (2 + 4 × 3) = 70
5. 5.789 - 1.345 = 4.444
6. 1.789 - 0.987 = 0.802
7. 1.67 + 5.895 = 7.565
8. 1.578 + 2.654 = 4.322
9. 7.678 - 3.567 = 4.111
10. 4.789 + 1.678 = 6.467
Why does Matter, Matter?
The three basic properties of matters are Volume, Mass, and Shape
All matter is made up of tiny particles called Atoms
Volume is the amount of Space that matter takes up
Mass is the amount of matter an object has
Liquid takes the shape of their Container
Gas do not have a definite shape of volume
Liquid do not have a definite shape, but they do have a definite volume
Solid have a definite shape and volume
A Ice and Chair are examples of solids
Milk and Juice are examples of liquids.
Helium and Oxygen are examples of gas
Solid ice is melting when it's changing into a liquid.
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This morning we did some science on Matter. Volume, Mass, and Shape, it all leads up to Solid, Gas, and Liquid. Solid: The atoms in a solid are packed closely together they bond together and not change shape. Liquid: The atoms in a liquid are close together, they slide around. Gas: The atoms in a gas are spread out and move freely.
Thursday, 17 June 2021
The Moon
WALT: describe the phases of the moon and its relationship with the earth