Why so many books!?😧

 Hey everyone! Welcome back to my blog! 

Today we were given a STEAM challenge! We had to work in groups of 5 to accomplish it. And we were only given 10 pieces of paper and 1m of tape!?

The challenge we had to face was to create a table of some sort that could hold a certain book. It was hard...but every team created...something...My team ( LP, Alexie, Tilly, Ava, and Me ) created a BOX. Not just any box, the Jaguars box ( Tilly came up with the name). I think it when pretty well. Next time I would maybe make a different structure to experiment with the different ways you could achieve the task.  Have you ever done something like this? Tell me in the comments. Catch you later! 

I'm Gonna Poke Ya 😨!

So welcome back to another SCIENCE experiment! Me and my buddy Tilly experimented on what parts of the body we can feel when we poke it with a sharp object. It hurt.....Basically, we started to learn about the senses. We first started off by watching a video on Sensation and Perception. Perception is the way you see things and how you interpret them. The sensation is the signal that is being sent to the brain. So if you think about it we just see what our brain tells us we can see, there could even be things there that our brain can see but it's telling us that we can't see it?!

Ok about the experiment we got given a sheet that had 9 parts of the body we could poke. We poked each part 3 times and we also changed the length apart from the stabby thing every 3 times we poked each part of the body. The most painful spots were behind the knee and the sole of the foot. 

Here is my sheet. It was in Te Reo Maori but the other side was English. It sometimes hurt when you got pricked but not just that also sometimes in a different place you could get confused whether there were two points or one. As the stabby thing was further apart the more accurate whether it was the right point. It was actually a very fun activity and I would recommend trying this out with a friend or family member because you get to poke them when they are wearing a blindfold! It was weird how sometimes you got confused whether it was one point or two but as always it was two every time. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed me talking about poking people! And If you learned sometime please comment down below. Anyway, catch you later guys!

Magical Matariki 🌠!

 Kia Ora everyone! 

Welcome back to my blog! So its nearly Matariki and our class decided to make Matariki art.

Here is mine, I really enjoyed this activity! 

Are you celebrating Matariki? Now if you want to make one of these of your own here are the instructions. 

1. Draw your design on a spare piece of paper ( With the stars you must make sure to draw them on the opposite side and possibly way than mine because if you don't it will not end up like mine and it will be the wrong way round) 
2. Draw it again on a piece of foam (make sure to have a bit of pressure)
3. Have a roller of paint and then paint of two colors ( or more)
4. Put a piece of paper over your wet design ( Make sure to add some pressure so it sticks)
5. Take the paper off and add your name so you don't get mixed up
6. Rinse the foam under a tap ( so all the paint is off)
7. Get a paper towel and dry it so you can have another go 
8. Do it as many times as you want!
9. Get a piece of card and cut out an even frame
10. Put the picture in the frame and cut off any extra paper hanging out the side
11. Glue it all together
12. Add your signature down the bottom
13. BOOM DONE!

I think the Matariki art is so beautiful and I really hope you decide to give it a try! I decided to add a river in my picture and you probably can't see the rocks that I added. I really liked the idea of a river because I thought it looked really beautiful, The mountains are also based on Aoraki ( Mount Cook ).  I am really proud of my work and I think it looks super cool! Make sure to comment down below if you decided to try this art out! See ya later bloggers.