Christmas Wonderland

Here is a Christmas wWonderland I made on citycreator.com enjoy.

Six second science video

Over the last couple of weeks I have been making a six second sience video here it is:


lava in a cup from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Ninja Pig

NINJA PIG

Introduction

The new animal, Ninja Pig has formed  and did you know that he can do a triple back flip kick? Ninja Pig is Spider Pig’s brother ( the Movie star off the Simpsons), so don’t mess with Ninja Pig!!!

Ninja Pig is made out of a Ninja and a Pig, When you put them together it makes, Ninja Pig. Ninja Pig comes from a galaxy way up in space. He sleeps at day and  karate chops at night. If you come across  ninja pig he will karate chop your head off and backwards kick your arms off for his midnight snack.

Ninja Pig is not afraid of anything except for light, so always take a torch when you go out at night. This creature is rare but will strike without warning so next time you go out at night remember a light or Ninja Pig with strike. He approaches without a sign and is as heavy as a full bottle of wine.

  

Ninja pig is round and has a black suit with red flames around the outside of his suit. The flamed suit is indestructible and he carries his machete and Ak47 on his belt, he uses them to kill his enemies. If you see him put his hand in his mouth, you’re dead! It is special poison that only ninja pigs can survive you will die instantly.

Ninja Pig’s main diet is humans, but when he gets sick of human flesh he moves onto takeaways. You might see him at Carls Junior, McDonald's, Burger king, Mac's fish & chips, KFC and his favourite is Westermans.

When he catches you he kills you and takes the blood, eye balls and testicals out and freezes them for an ice block. Next time you go out and about be sure to watch out for Ninja Pig.

Written by me and Josh

Centripetal Force

Hypothesis:

I predict that the faster you go the lighter it will get and the less water will spill. the water will stay at the side on the side at the back. If you spin it fast enough it he gravity should not harm the water.

Variables we must control:

Variables	Control
liquid	each bucket filled to the 2 mark to ensure they have the same amount of water.
direction	spin the same direction.
object	make sure they are bothe the same size.
weight	to make sure the object weighs the same.
technique	so they start the same and finish the same. everybody holds it on the same angle.

Method:

You hold the bucket exactly on the same angle and spin around holden the bucket inwards haveing a look aat the water. You have to try and keep as much water as you can in your bucket. All you need is a bucket and water.

Results:

Was your prediction correct? I was correct  except for when I thought it would go to the back but it just stayed still. What happened and why?The centripetal force kept it still inside the bucket. The faster you spun the lighter it went the more it wanted to fall out and the gravity made it hard to start to lift the bucket at the start.

Yay I am doing it

Boat or Submarine

 Boat or Submarine  

Scientists:

Question/Goal/ problem

What shape of container will hold the most weight ?

Hypothesis ** Our shape is like a long rectangle and we think it will be good because it is quite wide because it will carry more coins.

Materials

Container filled with water, modelling clay, old coins

Method Create a boat out of modelling clay.

I Fill the container with water.

Place the boat carefully onto the water so it floats.

One at a time , put coins carefully into the boat . Count how many coins are in the boat before it sinks.

Observation/ Analyse (What happened and why I think it happened)

**Our shape held 6 coins  but then it sunk because it wasn't big enough and it was a bit too thick and it was to heavy

Conclusion

I think the wider the better and the thinner the better.

The pefect boat (Just about.)

Ballon Rocket

Balloon rocket

Hypothesis:

It will fly like a rocket

Materials

balloon, tape, 2 stable objects, string

Observation

It went flying across the nylon and it moved all the air out the small gap to push all the air out and it moved like a rocket.

Conclusion

The air from the back of the balloon pushes against the stable objects.

Does Air have Weight?

AIR HAS WEIGHT

Did you Think air has weight?

My prediction: NO because it floats.

While I am going to tell you, yes it does it has about 15 pounds of weight in the air. If you were like me and thought it didn’t you are wrong.  

Equipment:

ruler (maybe two)

 straight newspaper

and a firm karate chop

Here is my explanation:  

you put the ruler half on a table and scrunch a piece a paper when you karate chop the ruler and the paper up because their was air under it. When you lay the paper flat no air is under so it will snap the ruler (hopefully.) When you just have a ruler halfway on the table it flings a bit like something in a catapult.

Woah Crighton you  have three arms!!!

Did I break it?

Race a speed boat

Race a Speedboat

Can you make a paper boat race across the water just by gently touching the surface of the water?

Hypothesis

when you touch the dish washing liquid it water it will bubble and make the boat move.

Materials

Coloured card, washing up liquid, pencil or sharpie, scissors, large container of water.

Method

we cut out a shape for our boat then we filled our bucket so it was a quarter fill. Then we but our boat in the water and put a touch of dish washing liquid on our finger and we slowly put it in and we broke the surface tension to  move the boat.

Observation

We put our hand in and broke the surface tension to  move the boat. broke the surface tension to  move the boat.

Conclusion  

We broke the surface tension to make the boat move. The water that didn't break pulled the boat

Short Experiment to Follow Up

Make Metal Float

Gently place a paperclip on the water’s surface.

Hypothesis  

It does float because you carefully remove your hand and it will float but if you don't it will sink.

Observation

It does float because you carefully remove your hand and it will float but if you don't it will sink.

Conclusion  

When Henry removed his hand it broke the surface of the water.

My year so far in Room 16 by Sam

My year so far in Room 16 by Sam

My favourite thing about being in Room 16 in 2013 was having an awesome teacher and awesome classmates.

Something I would like to do in term four is rock n roll, young leader camp and yr 6 camp.

Something I would like to do next year is if I go to Hastings go skiing on Mount Ruapehu.

My dream job would be an All Black or be a Judge.

Reading

The best thing about reading so far this year is all the exiting books like Hatchet.

The best thing I read this year was series of Tom Gates. I love these books.

This is my favourite reading blog post that I created. I chose it because it sums up the amazing book hatchet

This is my favourite reading post from someone else. I think it is awesome because I Like how he used voicethread. He has been an amazing leader too.

Maths

The best thing about maths so far this year is mathletics it is very fun

I was most proud of learning all my ties tables to 12. I was proud because it will come in handy in the future

This is my favourite maths blog post  that I created.

This is my favourite maths post from someone else. I think it is awesome because he got 25 most days exept for two.

I am really good at Mathletics

I want to get better at Algebra

Writing

The best thing about writing so far this year is all the amazing peices of writing that I created

I was most proud of learning all the new words that I have learnt.

This is my favourite writing blog post that I created. I chose it because I think it is very exciting.

This is my favourite writing post from someone else. I think it is awesome because it is so interesting.  

I am really good at imagine writing

I want to get better at reports

Integrated Topic

My favourite part of topic has been all the art. I enjoyed it because I like drawing

This is my favourite topic blog post that I created. I chose it because it tasted very nice and was fun to make.

This is my favourite topic post from someone else. I think it is awesome because he explained it very well and the picture looks amazing

School Involvement

Volleyball, Mini ball, Rugby, Cricket, Canoe Polo, Rippa Rugby, Touch, Inter School Cross Country, Inter School athletics,Inter School Swimming, Inter School Triathlon (maybe), Young Leader, Kapa Haka, Swimming training, riverdale exchange , sports achiever

How I Have Shown PRIDE

Personal  Best: working to finish my mathletic poster finished

Respect and Responsibility: when me and josh helped cowden

Integrity: be honest

Determination:running at interschool cross country

Enjoyment: seeing my friends every day

Air Exists

EQUIPMENT:

Container ( filled with H2O)

paper towel

jar

My  Prediction:

Yes

Because the pressure on the paper towel to keep it dry

WHAT HAPPENED:

If you scrunch the paper up tight so it is small when you put the jar with the paper in the water the paper will just fill out but if you scrunch the paper up a little bit and put it the jar it will stick to the jar and the air cousin will keep it dry.

The explanation:

So when you scrunch the paper tightly when you put it down it just fills to the bottom and when you bring the cup up it just falls out. But if you scrunch the paper a little bit it sticks to the side and the air cousin keeps all the water out  so when you bring it up  it sticks to the side. But why does the little paper gets wet when the air cushion stops the big paper? Because when you bring it up the gravity pushes it down into the bucket of water.

AIR EXISTS

Hatchet

My Movie from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.
 over the last couple of weeks Avengers 2
have  reading Hatchet and each chapter we have
been filling out assignments there were connector,
Illustrator, Word Master,Summariser, Passage Picker
and Discussion Director. Here is a movie maker of the
assignments I have done.

Zelandia

As I walk through the forest at Zealandia I found two weta hotels, one weta hotel had a massive weta. Next  we come to all these sounds of all the different sounds of the birds we have to try and find. The first bird we  have to find is a small black duck and I found two while we were walking along the bridge to the Takahe enclosure.  But sadly we didn't find any Takahes.  Then while  are walking on the track we saw these  enclosure for little green Geckos, we found 3. Then we saw the kakas being fed there was five of them. Shortly we were walking up the track and we came to a suspension bridge every time I jumped on it it wobbled.  We were walking back then  we come to the Tuatara enclosure and a couple of steps along the fence  we saw a tuatara sun bathing  we carry on walking but we don’t find another tuatara. Here are some photos of the kaka and the tuatara. I just about had one of a bell bird but Matthew spoke because he   thought I had taken it.