Musical instruments

Team Awa made instruments using recycled materials.
I made marakas  by using curvy bottles ,for the sound I put in sprinkles and hard pasta.
I really like the sound the best.
Here is a photo of my marakas

Koru Art

We made koru art with whaea rose  by  cutting cardboard steylafoam  and printing it on paper to create our koru template.  My koru represents new life and Aroha.  I really like the native birds in my art work because they represent NZ.  Here is a photo of me and my colourful, koru art .

scientific writing

TITLE
Balloon Hovercraft
QUESTION:
How does a hovercraft hover?
 HYPOTHESIS

I predict that the balloon Hovercraft  is going to stay on the table because  it has no air pushing it up .

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS:
We need a cd water bottle lid and a balloon .

PROCEDURE:
Step 1: Hot glue the bottle cap over the cd hole.
Step 2: Blow up  a balloon .  When it is fully inflated  twist the end so no air comes out .
Step 3:  stretch  the balloon  end over the bottle lid.
Step 4: Open up the cap and place the cd on a table.
Step 5: Untwist balloon  and let go .

OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:
I found out that the hovercraft made a cushion of puff between the table.

CONCLUSION:
The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the surface  and reduces  the friction  across the surface.

Bridge Buliding

We have been learning about forces and how they help shape the sort of bridges that we build.  

We learned that there are three main types of bridge design; beam, truss and suspension.  Using this knowledge we designed and built our own bridges.

Miss Fletcher set the challenge that our bridges had to be 30 cm long and strong enough to hold an object.

In my group there were Sienna M and Nicole.  We used ice block sticks to make the ramp and the triangles and egg cartoons for the base to build our bridge.

Here is a photo of our truss bridge that we named Layenna Foster bridge.  What I like best about our bridge is the triangles on the side.

Maths Book

For maths  this week we read a book called one is a snail ,ten is a crab . We then worked in groups to  create our own version . My book is called one is a fish , ten is squid . Here is my book . I hope you like it.
 

Moon Rover

For science we made a Moon rover lander using only a paper cup, paper, cellotape and straws.  We were given the task of making our Moon rover land softly onto our Moon landscape so that our marshmallow astronauts did not fly out.

What I like best about my Moon rover is the wings.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was to use different cellotape.

One thing  I learned about landing on the Moon was that it is very important for astronauts to be able to land on the Moon.

Here is a picture of my Moon rover landing on our school’s Moon surface.  I hope you like it!

Art term 2