Science 1 Science: Me and my DNA.

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough. 

Making comparisons

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We have been learning how to write really good narratives. You need to know the difference between a good and a bad character. We had to make notes about some good girl characters in stories. 

The hard part was: Writing words to describe the characters.

The easy part was: Making the slideshow.

My Papa

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Here is a story I wrote about all the fun times I have with my papa. I hope you enjoy it.

poetry lesson 2. 2019 What is rhyme?

Today we have been learning what rhyme is and how words rhyme. We read some poems and highlighted where the rhyming words were. Then, we had to choose one of the poems at paste it onto our own DOC and add pictures to suit it. Here is mine:

The things I thought that were hard were: Highlighting because I was tapping on other things.

The things I thought that were easy were: Putting it on my blog and writing on my blog.

PMI Structure of the Earth

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Here is my Structure of the Earth and my PMI task to I hope you like it. The thing I liked about it was doing the tasks. I liked all of it but I took a little to long. But it was still fun to do this whole task.The learning behind the task was understanding the different layers of the Earth.

is Earth like a hard boiled egg.?

We are learning about what the Earth is like on the outside and the inside. We used hard-boiled eggs as mini-models for the earth. We got to design our own continents and islands on the outside of the egg shell. At the end of the experiment we got to eat the egg! The egg tasted yuck!

Here is the link to the science experiment report we wrote with the teacher.

Structure of the Earth

Structure of the Earth Facts

We are learning about the structure of the Earth.

I learnt that the Earth is made up of 4 layers. They are the Mantle,Crust, Outer Core and Inner Core.

Facts about each layer:

Crust - It is soil and brittle it is also the thinnest layer of Earth. It is the first layer of Earth.

Mantle - Mantel is made out of melted rock and is the thickest. Itt is soft and squishy, it is the hottest and the second layer in the Earth.

Outer Core - the outer core is made out of liquid and is the third layer of Earth.

Inner Core - the inner core is made out of Iron and Nickel and it is the last layer of the Earth. It is solid because the other layers create so much pressure pushing down on it.

Our group -  Arbey, Rainbow, Rory

First we created our Earth with clay. We then cut the shape in half to show the different layers. After waiting for a day to dry, we identified each layer by painting them in different colours.

Below are some pictures of art work.