Dry ice

Our Bible in Schools teacher Mrs Graham brought some dry ice with her this week so we had an afternoon exploring its properties. We learnt that it is frozen carbon dioxide, it is -76 degrees and turns straight from a solid to a gas (Sublimation). We did all sorts of interesting experiments - mixing with water, exploding gloves, making music with it and creating big smooth bubbles. What I want to know is what is dry ice used for in real life? Let me know the results of your research in the comments.

Room 7 helping the Robin

 

Part of our learning at camp was around saving endangered species and ways to do that. After getting back from camp Room 7 had the privilege of helping out with a project moving 31 NZ Robins to Mt Pirongia. We created the boxes to transport the Robins and some of us also participated in the release of them up at Mt Pirongia. It was such a great way for us to see that we can be involved in making a difference. Hopefully we will see an increase in Robin numbers up Mt Pirongia and in the future tell our Grand-kids that we were part of the beginning of it!

Fonterra Science Road Show

We had an awesome time at the science road show. Is it easier to pop a balloon with one nail or 5 nails? What kind of light bulb uses the most energy? What happens when you put an acid into milk? Why can you use a vacuum cleaner to float a ball? What can you do to wool to make it really strong? All these questions and many more were answered? We learnt about pressure, vacuums, acids and bases and much more. Mr Marquand even got shrink wrapped ready fro the freezer!! The day was a great introduction to our science inquiry into the material world next term.

People Savers - First Aid Course

Marie from Red Cross came helped us learn how we can provide first aid to those in need of it. Some of the things we covered were the recovery position, DRSABC, poisons, broken bones and bleeding noses. There was an organised surprise scenario as part of camp where we put these skills to the test. We had to quickly assess what had happened to Breanna's Dad (a fall from a tree), identify any dangers, call for help, deal to some wounds and deal with shock. We did pretty well and the patient was well looked after (Most of the time!).

Silage tyre stacking

We were given an opportunity to do some hard work to raise some money for our school trips. So after a couple of mornings of mud and sweat we managed to pile hundreds of tyres to cover 4 silage stacks. Well done team! There was definitely some endurance and strength built doing this.

Karapiro Camp

Camp 2013 was a super fun, super busy 3 days. We all ended up being more tired than we have in a long time! It included all the activities seen in this compilation of photos and videos as well as lots of others including the epic glow stick Diamond Heist night game, a Burma trail, splits and mouthfuls of marshmallow competitions, early morning runs and swims, the big Quizmatiz and many more!

Our focus of learning was on being risk takers, team players, and leaders. We were also gaining knowledge and forming opinions on species protection and hydro power.

  

Some photos of our awesome disguised dinner. You guys looked so awesome! I was stumped on who so many of you were. 

 

We visited the Karapiro dam and were looking into how it works, it's advantages and disadvantages as well as it's environmental impact.

We also visited the Maungatautari Reserve and learnt about the threats to native species and what is being done to try and save our valuable endangered species. We were also lucky enough to see three Takahe of which there are only 225 left in the world.