first week of home school term 2

here is a sketch I drew of Captain Haddock and Tintin, my favourite book characters. I drew them for the reading activities we were assigned to during the lock down home school

 

The Fibonacci in nature

in the flower above, there are five petals and five nectar stems, five is a number in the Fibonacci pattern, the Fibonacci pattern is found every where.

the same thing is in this flower too there are five petals and five nectar stems.

sailing, have a go!

here is me in the rescue boat.

on the 11.11.2019 my class did the sailing have a go program we learnt how to prepare an optimist yacht, sail it and pack it up. I didn't really go in the optimist but i went in Simon's (the instructor) rescue boat and if people weren't sailing fast enough I would squirt them with the water pistol. the lake was very high at the time, it was about 2 metres higher than it usually is, so at the end we got to swim on TOP of the jetty!

Miranda Jane Caird art

This term we have been learning a bout Miranda Jane Caird's art, so we decided to do some to! my one is on the left and Miranda's is on the right.

local mining history

here is a google slide about our historical local gold and coal mining

snow camp reflection

on the 19 - 21st of august our class and the middle class went on a snow camp to Arthurs pass and Cheeseman ski field. on the first night in Arthurs pass we stayed at the Arthurs pass education centre and on the second night we stay at snowline lodge, Cheeseman which was sooo fun! I enjoyed the camp but lots of people had colds/got cold at the camp. here are some photos from it: 

the generous pastry snowline backed for us 

the middle class playing games before bed @ snowline

Arthurs pass!

Arthurs pass!

snowline lodge

the AMAZING view from snowline lodge

Cheeseman ski field

the viaduct @ Arthurs pass!

pendulum painting

Title:   A Splash Of Color  

Equipment:

• String 
• Cup 
• Funnel 
• Pin/skewer 
• Paint 
• Popsicle sticks 
• Water 
• Bowl to mix paint 
• Paper 
• Chairs
• Large rocks 

Method: 

1. Put a ruler on top of two chairs and tie it to the chairs.
2. Punch a smallish hole in the bottom of a paper cup and tie the cup to the ruler.
3. Make a mixture of water and paint try not to make it runny.
4. Pour the mix into the Funnel or cup. 
5. Lift the dispenser then let it go and watch the magic happen.
6. If the paint doesn't come out then add more water or check for lumps.

Attempt One	The First Attempt didn't work out well. We added WAY to much water and it soaked the paper.
Attempt Two	The next attempt we added less water and we changed the paint to see if it would help. It didn't we still added TO much water.
Attempt Three	Attempt Three did not get a photo because the paper got soaked by the water flowing from the Tap.
Attempt Four	After Having our break we had some advice from one of our classmates. He said if we try something like a funnel it may work better. After break we tried it and it kind of worked the pattern wasn't amazing but we were on the right track.
Attempt Five	Final Attempt was our best attempt. We used gold paint and poured it into the funnel and success when we let it go it kind of slatted  a line but we liked it. We decided to add another color and it did the same thing SPLAT but we ended up really liking it.

Conclusion: 

In conclusion the paint doesn't need much water for this and we need a lot of paint to make an effective art piece. The higher the funnel or cup is the more it drips and splatters, the lower the funnell the more it control it has and the better art because it stays a long line instead of dripping. This experiment was harder than we thought.