Science madness

Today for science with Mrs. Tofa I learnt that to prevent the apple skin from turning brown you could dip the apple into vinegar and you could also put lemon juice on the apple. We also created scones with different types of liquid to create carbon dioxide so the scones could rise. We had to choose out of Sprite, L&P, water and vinegar to make the scones rise. 14 other students and I picked L&P and when we finished cooking and baking the scones it tasted delicious.

Bread Making for Science

In science with Mrs. Parker I learnt that the if you leave bread dough to rise, it is going to go bigger and when it is cooked there are a lot of air holes. If you don't leave the bread dough to rise then their are going to be less air holes and it is going to be less dense. I enjoyed baking bread with the rest of my classmates and I learnt a lot of information I did not know. Click to enlarge.

Scientific Terminology

Today Mrs. Raj did a few scientific experiments. After the experiments, I learned about Condensation, Evaporation, the three states of matter, the water cycle and the three forms of water. These are some of the definitions of the words we learnt about.(definitions from the web)

 Condensation-water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Evaporation-Evaporation is defined as the process of a liquid changing into a gas. An example of evaporation is water turning into steam.

Water Cycle- the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.

The three forms of water
Water- a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Ice-frozen water, a brittle, transparent crystalline solid.

Steam-the vapor into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.

The three states of matter

Solid-firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Liquid- a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.

Gaseous- relating to or having the characteristics of a gas.

My Family Bonding time

Last year for Christmas, my parents bought us a lot of presents. At first it was a secret until we found our parents sneaking the presents underneath the Christmas tree. On a cold, Christmas morning one by one my brothers and sisters woke up and gathered around the Christmas tree that was near the door in my house. Everyone thought for a moment that we could just take the presents, but NO my mum and dad thought of a terrific idea. To get your present you need sing or dance to a Christmas song, I thought maybe it was a great idea so we could bring the Christmas spirit,  later in the day we had a water battle and a great delicious feast.

After a while everyone chose a partner to sing with, Mateaki(my older brother) paired up with his twin Sione(other older brother). They sang Santa Claus is comin to town, everyone bursted into laughter and fell silence when they finished singing. My parents awarded them with their gifts, they received 2 presents each, in one of the boxes was a nerf gun and in the other was a star wars light saber, my older brothers are pretty immature so that why they received those presents.(just to let you know it’s a fake light saber)

Later on  was My sister Sia and I, we sang Jingle Bell Rocks. “Jingle Bell Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock” We stopped for a second til we remembered the rest of the lyrics. The only silly people who were laughing was my smaller siblings. They stared at me for 10 seconds before pointing at my face and laughing. As we finished, I felt relieved that it was going to be over and that we will receive our presents. Before we were given our presents, my parents pulled a HMM Let Me Think Face  and finally gave us our presents. I received a smiggle pack which had a long rubber, a pencil which had different colours in the inside and Sia also received a smiggle pack too. Our other present was was in a medium sized box, as I ripped the wrapping, I saw a purple glowing book. I ripped the rest of the wrapping off and screamed “AHHHHH, Thank you mum and dad I love it”. Yes I did scream because what I received was a science book that tells you how to make glow in the dark goo.

Moments later, everyone received their presents , even my little baby brother who got a teddy bear with bells on the collar it was wearing. As soon as our parents left to go Christmas shopping, Mateaki and Sione got out their nerf water guns and sprayed us with water. All the children ran to get the water balloons that our parents bought for us. I grabbed the hose and a bucket to fill up the water balloons. Everyone was ready for battle, once we hit the enemy with the water balloons  we retrieved their water guns. Everyone was having loads of fun. Our parents came home but they weren't mad, my dad even joined in. He threw water balloons at me and I called out “Revenge”. My dad and my older brothers were jumping on the trampoline, while my siblings and I came up with a plan to get my dad back. All of a sudden a bunch water balloons hit us like guns shooting at us. As soon as the water balloons stopped firing at us we stood up in terror, as I stood up I saw the cheeky faces of my dad and brothers. I pretended to cry, I ran into the house and so did my younger siblings. They laughed outside for about a minute before feeling sorry for us and then PLOP SPLASH AND Bloop, the sound of the water balloons hitting them was a sound of victory for us. My mum called out to us that we have to shower and help make dinner.

As I waited for everyone to hurry up and get out of the shower I jumped on my older sister soaking her. Lucinda(My older sister) laughed and told me that “You're so wet Luisa, go dry off and then shower, I replied quickly “sure”. After I had a shower everyone had wet hair and was helping my mum to cook the food. For dinner we had roast turkey and Pork. We also had traditional tongan food, we had Ota Ika, lu and raw fish. The food was delicious, I got full eating all the food, I even tried to stick all of the food into my mouth at once. The day was over, the sun slowly set and my family was relaxing in the living room watching the Christmas t.v shows that were coming on.

I knew that I would always remember the day that I really bonded with my family and the day I had fun spending time with my family. I loved playing the water battle and eating the delicious food my mum made. I would have to say, that that was the best Christmas ever.

Maths Reflection

In Maths Today with Mrs. Parker I learnt how to use a new strategy using multiplication. For example we were given the equation 40 times 8, to brake it down Tamati and I, took the 10 out of 40 and worked out what 4 times 8 was and the answer was 32. Then we added the 10 back to the answer 32 which made 320. Instead of using repeating addition we used multiplication to  the equation a simple and easy way which is a stage 6 stragety that we used

Foot and Height measurement

I enjoyed doing maths with Mrs. Raj, we learnt how to measure our feet in cm and measure our height in meters with a  measuring tape. We used a standard measurement to measure our height and feet which was using the measuring tape and ruler. We also used a non standard measurement to estimate how many times our height is to our foot length.  To enlarge this foot please click on it to make it bigger, Thank you very much.

Fascinating Digital Art Work

Today I enjoyed doing art with Mrs. Raj, we used Sumo Paint to create digital art work. I drew my own unique flower with red and black lily pads surrounding the flower. I also created another flower which represents my heart and my favourite colours all combined. I used contrasting colours and made my picture beautiful.