Science fair

Write a recount of your Science Fair project last year under the headings. Be brief and summarise. One or two sentences on each:

Aim. To make different types of composts (one with sea lettuce.) To see which one grew the best.

Hypothesis. I thought that the compost with sea lettuce would grow the best.

Introduction.  Because the smell of the sea lettuce upsets so many people in the Bay of Plenty, the  Regional Council spends a lot of money every summer cleaning it away.

Equipment & Method:

Fresh sea lettuce

Buckets

Garden space

Hose

Water

Wheel barrow(optional)

Soil test kit

2 black tarpaulins

Metal pegs

Spade

Watering can

Compost ingredients (lawn clippings, newspaper, vegetable scraps)

Ruler or measuring tape

Pen and paper to record the height of the plants

Results. My Hypothesis was not correct the normal compost grew the best.

Conclusion.Sea lettuce does seem to speed up the composting process by and had broken down faster on the third week of testing but it has nothing to do with speeding up the germination.

Now answer these questions

What did you do well last year? Last year I got best year seven science and got highly commended in regionals.

What did you find difficult last year? I found it difficult graphing my results.

Find 2 possible topics:
Looking at the oil contained in fries.
Do fruit and vegetalbe juices contain the same amount of vitamin C.

Natural skills- Greg O'Connell

Today we read a poem called Natural skills.

Slow internet

30 18th Avenue

Tauranga

Tuesday 15th April, 2014

Dear Mr Diver

I am rea lly un impressed about the inte rnet in room 42 Ri mu. It hap pens in all the blocks eve ryday. It is re ally hard wh en yo u are do ing your wor k and su ddenly the int ernet goes.  As you ca n see it is ex treme ly hard to even w rite th is lett er. I don’t know how lo ng I can go with this. Since we are in Mu ltimedia we should have fast and rel iable intern et.  I expect that you will take this l etter into account and do somethi ng about the in ternet.  This will help ever yone in Room 42, not ju st me.

Your Sincerely,

Sian  

google translate- French

Hello- Bonjour

Goodbye- Au revoir

Thank you- Merci

Count from 0 - 10-

1. Un

2. Deux

3. Trois 

4. Quatre

5. Cinq

6. Six

7. Sept

8. Huit

9. Neuf

10. Dix

My name is Sian.

Give 5 pieces of basic information about your chosen country.

1. The capital of France is Paris.
2. There is a population of 65.7 million people. (This is from 2012.)
3. Paris is the home of the Eiffel tower.
4. In France you can go snow boarding on the French Alps.
5.  Escargots or snails is  French food.

Google translate

Today I'm showing you how to use google translate.

Homework poem

For My homework I read the first two poems and made the last one.

Poem 1

Bicycle

Gleaming, new

racing, wheeling, braking

funny

Poem 2

Granddad

weary, anxious

shuffling, creaking, snoring

old

noun

adjectives

verbs

adjective

Sister

angry,   annoying

struts,   sleeps,   sits

mad

This ISN'T ABOUT MY SISTER.

Spelling-Hangman

For our homework we had to show a site the we can use for spelling.  This is the video I have on youtube that shows that hangman helps.

When the wind blows

For one of our Homework tasks we did a proof reading sheet click here to view it

Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

i) Whisper

ii) Speak

iii)Clang

iv)Creak

v) Swish

vi) Sigh

vii) Slap

viii) Hum

b)

The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem.

i)Wires on poles whistle and hmm

ii)Windows drum

c)

In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

i)Grasses

ii)Treetops

d)

What is shown by the use of the hyphen at the end of the line, "When the wind goes —"?

To make you think about what happens when the wind blows 

e)

What two main things happen in the poem?

i)The wind blows and all noises happen.

ii)The wind stops and every thing is quite.

Khan Academy

Salman Khan creator of Khan Academy teaches millions of kids around the world.  Khan Academy was made in 2004,  Salman was still in his job as a stop broker but then quit in 2009 to continue making the videos instead.  Salam first made the videos to help his cousin he uploaded the videos on youtube and soon people started to watch him. Bill Gates even teaches his kids with Khan Academy,  he gave Salman enough money to hire a group of people who want to change teaching in the classroom. At 37 khan is still going strong.

Mandarin lesson- My family

In my family
I have 一 (One.) 姐姐 （Older sister.)
I also have 一 (One.) 妈妈 (Mum.)
I as well as that I have 一  (One.) 爸爸 (Dad.)
The last person in my family is 我 (Me.)

I don't have a 妹妹(Older brother.)

My Hat-Tony Mitton

Here is four tips about reading poems:

1.Read slowly this will make the poem easier to understand.

2. Read in a normal or relax tone of voice.

3.  Only pause when it says to.  Most poems have short lines this does not mean you need to stop.

4. Read the poem before you say it aloud. You can learn lots of things by reading the poem.

I got tip four  from this link.
The rest I got from this link.

A tattoo of McDonald's

We read an article on this link we now have to answer these questions.

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? The main person of this article is an 18 year old called Stian Ytterdahl.  His friends were also the main people in the story as they were the ones who chose the bet. 

2. What was the key event from the news article? A group of friends bet a boy to get a tattoo of his McDonalds receipt. 

3. Where did this event take place? This event took place in Norway.

4. When did this event take place? It took place on April first (This when the article got uploaded.)

5. Why did this event happen? His friends made him do it.

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?  There is no main quote from this article.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article. A group of friends bet an 18 year old boy to either get a tattoo of his receipt of McDonalds or a tattoo of barbie. 

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place. This took place in a Norwegian McDonalds. Which is in Europe in the Northern hemisphere. 

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future. In the future he might not get a girlfriend.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place. His friends were jealous of him as he got all the ladies.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article. 

Permanent- stays forever.

Latest- most recent.

Option- alternative possibility or selection.  

Chinese Tones

What is pinyin?Pinyin is Chinese words with tone marks unlike Chinese characters pinyin has been around for about 50 years.

Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? Each letter can be said differently.

How many tones are there? There is 4 tones for each letter.

Describe how your voice changes for each tone

Tone 1 your voice stays high and flat.

Tone 2 your voice rises.

Tone 3 your voice goes down then up.

Tone 4 your goes down it kind of sounds like your angry.

Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how the words should sound.

What does ba (tone 1) mean? it means eight.

What does ba (tone 4) mean? it means dad.

Interveiws

Yesterday we had our Student-led Learning Conferences. My mum came to see my learning and was impressed. I'm really proud here is a picture.

There Their and There

When should you use they're? They're is a contraction of they are so you can only use they're is when you to say they are. e.g They're really funny I loved that last joke.

When should you use their? Their is used to show possession it is just like using my your or his. If you want to find out when to use their replace it with our. You will be correct because our is used to show possession.

When should you use there? The word there represents a place. e.g There are two apples.