Water Safety

LS1 and I went to the pools to learn about water safety.

First our instructor taught us how to get in any pool safely. To get into the pool safely, I must put both of my hands on the wall, turn around and get inside of the pool.

Next our instructor taught us about back sculling. Sculling is for floating down in rivers. To scull I must lift my feet above the water and put my hands infront of me to keep me safe. 

To finish up our instructor taught us front sculling. To scull forwards I must keep my head above the water and push with my hands. 

The experience was amazing because I can use these skills in case I am in danger.  I think I need to practice my sculling because most of the time I kept on standing and using the wall.

Addtion and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction can be solved by using strategies: counting on/back, rounding and compensating.

Counting on is adding forward using fingers, when the number added is under ten. Counting back subtracting using fingers, when the number subtracted is under ten.

Rounding and compensating is rounding the added or subtracted number to the nearest tidy number, then compensating for the rounding. Compensating is done by spliting the new number into the old number and the left over.

Counting on/back and rounding and compensating are easy strategies to use for addition and subtraction, when the numbers get too big to be solve with basic facts.

Duffy Theatre

 The whole school and I watched the Duffy Show.

First they sang songs and introduced each other. There were three actors and they played different roles.  Their roles were Duffy, Duffy's mum, Duffy's sister, Duffy's aunty, and Duffy's teacher.

Afterwards Duffy and his sister were at their aunt's house to help on their aunty's farm. Then Duffy went on his online class and started his homework. While Duffy was completing his homework his aunty asked him to drive the tractor.

To finish up Duffy got into an argument with his sister because she ruined his favourite book. Duffy fell into a hole and found his aunty's lost chicken. He also found some Moa bones and became famous. In the end Duffy got out of the hole and he forgave his sister. He also got a new ipad.

I enjoyed the show because it showed teamwork and forgiveness.  

Party Popper

My group, Applemelon and I  created party poppers of the same design.

First we drew the design. The design was a Master Ball from Pokemon. We stuck the design on the cup.

Next we added a hole to the bottom of the cup, so the rubber band can go through. We also added the striker which was a nut. 

To finish up we added the filling in the cup. There were 5 glitter stickers each and 5 small pom poms each. We tested how good the filling came out from the cup and how good the striker.

The experience was amazing because it helped me to work as a group better. The party popper worked as planned. 

Party Popper Prototype

 My company, Applemelon made a prototype for a party popper.

In the beginning, we discussed the different parts of the party popper. For example we used long rubber band instead of the thick rubber band. We figured out that the long rubber band has more power than the thick rubber band.

Next we made the prototype and tested the prototype. We made a lot of changes such as the filling, rubberband, and the cup.

To finish up we thought about what we needed to change. For example, at first we chose the confetti for our filling, but we figured out that the confetti was too hard to pick up. 

I enjoyed this activity because I learned the difference between modeling and prototyping.

Ll: to make a prototype for testing.

  

Temperature, Length and Capacity

 I measured temperature and capacity.  

I first I filled up the cylinders with water.  Then I did my measurements on capacity using 2 large and 2 small measuring cylinders. My measurements were 140ml, 80ml, 8ml, and 14ml

After that I used thermometers to measure the temperatures. I filled up 2 lunch boxes hot and cold and measured the temperature. My Tempertures were 12°C and 30°C

I found this activity hard because I couldn't read the measurements well.