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Monday, November 28, 2011

WONDERS


I WONDER IF HUMANS COULD SURVIVE ON SATURN? 

Humans cannot survive on the planet Saturn because it is too cold. the temperature is -287 degrees Fahrenheit. that's too cold for someone too live on. There also isn't any oxygen so we can't breathe. The whole planet is almost only gasses. so basically you would die the second you step on this planet.

Facts about the planets in the universe


Mercury:
1.Mercury is the closest to the Sun
2. Mercury is a small planet that rotates close to the sun than any other planets in the solar system.
3. Mercury is the hottest planet in the solar system and in the universe.
4. Mercury has ice on this planet.
5.Mercury has a magnetic field.

Venus:
1. It is the second planet to the sun
2. It’s similar to earth.
3. In astronomy mythology Venus was a Roman goddess of love and beauty. In Greek her name was Aphrodite.
4. Venus has long been misunderstood out of all the inner planets.
5. Venus is like a sister to Earth because it is very similar.

Earth:
1. Earth is the only planet that has life and also land.
2. Earth is the third planet from the sun.
3.Earth has only one moon.
4. In astronomy mythology, her Greek name was known as Gaea. She was the God of mountains, valley’s, streams and other land formations. She was married to Uranus.
5. Earth is the biggest out of the terrestrial planets.

Mars:
1. Mars has big volcanoes.
2. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
3. Mars has 2 moons.
4. Mars was the Roman god of war and agriculture.
5. In Greek Mars was known as Ares.

Jupiter
1. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun
2. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the universe.
3. Jupiter has the  coldest  atmosphere in the solar system.

Saturn:
1. Saturn is a gas giant
2. Saturn has rings made of gas.
3. Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.

Uranus
1. Uranus wasn’t discovered until 1986 close up.
2. Uranus has 25 moons.
3. Uranus in Greek mythology is known as the lord of skies and husband of Earth.He was also the king of the Gods until he got over thrown by his son Saturn.

Neptune
1. Neptune is the smallest out of all the other gas giant’s in our solar system.
2. Neptune was discovered by a man named Johann Galle and also Heinrich D'Arrest in 1864
3.At first, Neptune was only the god of water, but later on this was extended to include the sea when he became associated with the Greek god Poseidon.

Pluto:
1.Pluto was thought to be the god to whom all men must eventually go. Romans believed him to be the god of the underworld. In Greek mythology, he is known as Hades.
2. Pluto is the smallest planet and also the last planet ordered from the sun.
3. Pluto is classified as dwarf planet in the solar system which means it doesn’t exists.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Athletics Day


“WAKE UP!” Shouted my sister as she kept shaking me until I woke up. Finally I realised it was athletics. Then got up and got ready for school. What it’s 8:30 already but I only took 5 minutes. I grabbed my lunch and raced out the door.

Wednesday Morning nearly everyone in the school was surprisingly wearing their house colours which made our school colourful. Getting ready on the netball courts, was the whole school in their age groups.

Once everyone head off to their starting positions our 11yr old and 12-12.9 girls started  off with a simple activity of softball throw I knew that the further I throw it the more chances I can come first. Having a turn I made it in first place making me very happy but suddenly one of the girls beat me at coming first. Then I came second,then third then got out. But even though I didn’t come anything I still tried my best.

Approaching our next activity which was triple jump, I thought that it would be hard and didn’t make it anywhere with my nervousness and frustration. Being confused is like banging your head against the wall like a crazy person. Practicing and learning everything we were supposed to do. “Hop!,Step,Jump!” echoed everybody behind me. It was very difficult to learn, but then I got the hang of it.

Even though it was an exhausting day with the sun shining down on everyone there. I almost got dehydrated but luckily I drank plenty of water.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

My Experience At Tamaki Tech



Waking up early Monday morning I realised that it  was Tech. I really didn’t want to go. Suddenly I look at the time, “Oh no I'm late already, but it’s only been 5 minutes” I thought. I grabbed my bag and my lunch and raced out the door.

Finally I reached school finding out that team 5 had already left for Tech at Tamaki College. It was really upsetting to get left behind but I guess it was my fault. Mrs Jarman was kind of nice to drop me off and also Naomi.

Once we got to Tamaki College we all raced towards our class rooms. As I walked in to the class everyone who was there was learning stuff than Mr Dewan had taught them, but then he had to repeat it all for the late comers.

Everybody was put into groups from number 1 through to number 7. There was heaps of mucking up that heaps of people did. But at the end, all the mischief had ended. So we got back to work. There were some kids that demonstrated how to use a Bunsen burner. Most of them thought it was easy.

Science is not my favourite subject at the moment because I don’t like doing stuff like experimenting and plus it’s boring. We learnt plenty of things like how to use a Bunsen burner and also how to use a gas tap.  

Friday, November 4, 2011

Planets


Planets

Who: Room 21, What: Experience, When: Yesterday Why: Topic Where: Class
Paragraph 1: Wondering
Paragraph 2: Intro
Paragraph 3: size
Paragraph 4: Comparison
Paragraph 5: Conclusion


Do you ever wonder about certain things like do planets order themselves in biggest to smallest from the sun or is Earth the only planet that has life and why does it have life?
Well if there are questions that needs answering here are some answers that you might be looking for all your hard questions in this story.

During sometime yesterday Rm 21 and Mrs Lagitupu wanted to find out more about the planets in the universe for our test. Then explained what we had to do and after that we walked outside when we discovered it started pouring down with rain, suddenly we aborted our plans and hurried inside and sat straight on the mat. Mrs Lagitupu gave me and the other 9 people balloons so that we could see what size was the smallest and the largest planet.

Science classified Pluto as a dwarf planet which means that it isn't a nineth planet in the solar system only in the universe. When we blew up the balloons to their normal size or at least to make miniature ones. We learnt that there was life on Earth because their was plenty of air, water and also land. Did you know that our planet Earth is the third planet from the Sun and also take a year to revolve around it. The order from the sun is Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and (Pluto).

Did you know if we were on Mercury we would have died!!! It’s true because Mercury is actually the hottest planet in the solar system and also in the universe.  The planet’s direction is always going anti-clock wise. Jupiter is the biggest planet and is also the fifth planet away from the sun. Earth is just the right amount of space away from the sun otherwise we’ll be cooked or even worst dead!!!!!!.

The thing I most struggled with most was blowing up the balloon but then I got there at the end. The favourite part that enjoyed was finding a bit about the solar system because I hardly knew anything about it. I actually learnt about how all the planets move around the sun. If this helped you with all your questions then great. Everything that I learnt was worth writing about especially for this test. Luckily we are  not on the hottest planet that will be freaky.