Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Room 21's Super Star Dancer!


Leticia from Room 21 and her friend Jia Qi go to dancing after school. They learnt this cool dance and shared it with the junior school. We were very lucky to see such a great dance! Well done girls :)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Telling the time

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Room 21 can tell the time!

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We can tell the time!

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Telling the time with Room 21

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Rubie's Bouncing EGGsperiment

To make a bouncing egg you have to do this. A bouncing egg is made by putting vinegar and water in a cup. You then put a normal egg in. I left it in the vinegar for 4 days. After 4 days I brought it to school.  I wanted to see if it would bounce. But it didn't bounce - it splatted on the concrete! The whole shell had melted off in the vinegar and the inside was quite rubbery, but the yolk was still runny. We wondered if we used malt vinegar if it would have worked better.

Hokey Pokey with Bella

I made hokey pokey with my mum. She came to school to teach Room 21 about Science because she was a Science teacher! It was very fun. At the end we got to take one piece of hokey pokey back home.  It was delicious!!!


When my mum was cooking the hokey pokey I did a yeast experiment for the class. This is what I did:

  • I got a cup of warm water  
  • I put some yeast in 
  • I mixed it then I put 4 sugar cubes in 
  • Then I mixed it together until it all disolved together
  • Pour the mixture into a bottle
  • Put a balloon over the neck of the bottle
  • Put the bottle with the balloon on in a warm place
  • As the yeast warms up, it makes the balloon blow up!
What a cool experiment!

My Fizzy Experiment by Kaylum

Today I am doing my experiment. It is called the Fizzy Experiment. The first thing you do is get a big candle and light the candle.Then you put some vinegar into the cup with the candle and add baking soda. The baking soda and vinegar create a reaction that bubbles up. When the bubbles reach the flame, then the candle goes out!

My Balloon Experiment by Matthew

On Tuesday I did my experiment. It is a balloon experiment. The first thing you do is put vinegar into a bottle with a skinny neck.
Then you put baking soda into a balloon. After you've done that you carefully place the balloon on top of the balloon. When the baking soda falls into the vinegar, the balloon will start to blow up! It was a cool experiment :D



Amalea's Static Electricity Experiment

One day I did a experiment about static electricity. Here is what I did:
I went on the computer and typed up what my experiment means and I also typed up what I was going to do.

What you need:
  • two balloons
  • hair
  • one can
  • wool

What you do:
  • rub the balloon against your hair
  • move the ballon around and watch how the hair attracts to the balloon!
  • rub a different balloon on wool
  • put the balloon close to a can and watch how the can follows the balloon!
This reaction happens because of positive and negative static electricity.

Chris' Dry Ice Bubble


My experiment was a dry ice bubble . Room 21 watched my experiment!!! It did not work the way it was supposed to work, but Room 21 still liked it. It looked like a bunch of clouds!!

When I put dry ice in water it made steam like Halloween fog!!!
Room21 took a photo of me holding a bubble.

You will need:
  • a bowl with a lip around it
  • dish washing liquid
  • and dry ice
When you do it, it looks like a clouds I hope you like it.

Kate's Lemon Fizzy Drink!

In room 21 we are doing experiments! My experiment was making Lemon Fizzy Drink! Here is what I did.
  • I squeezed a few 1/2 lemons into a glass 
  • I put in the same amount of water as lemon juice
  • I added a teaspoon of baking soda in to the lemon juice and water
We watched the lemon juice fizz when I added the baking soda. A lot of it spilled out of the glass! Everyone in Room 21 got to have a little taste of the fizzy lemon juice! I thought it was WAY too fizzy! Some people thought it was too sour. Some people really liked it!

Do you think you could try this experiment at home? It is a lot of fun :)

Friday, November 9, 2012

Neela's Lava Lamp

One very exciting day I brought an experiment to show the class. It was a lava lamp! I was very excited about showing the class!  We even showed Room 22 because they practiced theirs, but it didn't work.

These are the ingredients:



  • water
  • vegetable oil
  • food colouring
  • Berocca tablets, broken into quarters
  • and a funnel.



I poured the oil  into the funnel.
After I had poured in all of the bottle of oil I waited for the water and oil to separate from each
other.
Then I put 12 drops of food colouring.


Then I added the berocca into it.

What do you think happened?
This is what it did - The Berocca bubbled and pushed the food colouring up into the oil in big blobs! It looked like a real Lava Lamp! 
By Neela.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ayaana's Tornado Time!

On Tuesday 30 October I made a Tornado In A Bottle! My mum thought Miss Williams shook it, because it was hard, but I did!
If you want to make a torndo at home all you need is glitter (that's not silver), some dish washing liquid and a clear drink bottle filled with water.Mix all that together. Screw the lid on. Turn it upside down and turn it around in circles.Watch carefully and see what happens.



Glowing Water by Baxter

 On Wednesday I brought my experiment to school. My experiment was glowing water. If you want to do this you will need : 
  • bottle of tonic water
  • ultra violet light
Instructions


  • Go into a dark room.
  • Get the ultra violet light and tonic water.
  • Turn the  ultra violet light on.
  • Shine it on the tonic water.

It will glow!

Lokkie's Static Electricity

For my experiment, I made static electricity. This is how I made static electricity


You need:
  • balloon(you can use helium or normal)
  • cut up paper
  • hair
Rub the balloon on your hair. After that, put the balloon on the cut up paper then the paper will fly up just like this...!.

That is static electricity.This is how it makes static electricity.The cut up paper and balloon are both positive energies. If you rub the balloon on your hair makes the balloon negative. That's how it attracts the paper. You can try this at your home.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Our Reaction Learning by Kaylum, Matthew and Oliver

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Our Reaction Learning by Willa, Kate and Rubie

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Our Reaction Learning by Lokkie and Anna

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Our Reaction Learning by Neela, Jonathan and Amalea

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Our Reaction Learning by Morgan, Victoria and Ayaana

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Our Reaction Learning by Bella and Karina

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Our Reaction Learning by Max, Ryan and Baxter

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Our reactions learning by Chris, Dhruv and Ethan

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Karina's Experiment

For my experiment I got a cup full of water. I put blue food colouring in too, then I mixed it all up.I put baby oil in to the cup. The baby oil floats on top of the water because it is so much lighter than the water. Did you know that? When I put acid reflux tablets inside the cup full of water, blue food colouring and baby oil it starts to bubble.It starts to bubble because the acid makes it bubble.                                                                     

What you need:
  1. water
  2. food colouring
  3. baby oil
  4. acid reflux tablets

Jonathan's Floating Ping Pong Balls!

My experiment is floating a ping pong ball and it is cool!  I liked every body's experiments, but I like Ryan's one the best.

This is how you do a floating ping pong ball - you need a ping pong ball and a hair dryer. Then you turn the hair dryer on and put the ping pong ball on top of the hot air. The ping pong ball will float on top of the hair dryer!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Oliver's Vinegar Explosion in a Bag!

Today I showed my experiment. An experiment is a kind of magic trick. Like if you put one teaspoon of baking soda and vinegar into a Gladbag it will pop! My sister helped me to put Baking Soda and Vinegar into a bag and then we sealed the bag shut. The vinegar and baking soda make a reaction that makes them fizz. It started filling the bag with air and the bag got fatter and fatter. It was great. In the end the bag got too full of air and it popped. It was an exciting experiment!




Leticia's Vinegar and Baking Soda Volcano

On an exciting day, when my class was learning all about experiments, my teacher (Miss Williams) let all of us bring an experiment. I brought my experiment two days ago. It was a volcano (but not a real one). It is one that is made of vinegar and baking soda. This is how you make it:

You will need:


  • An egg shell with a small hole on top
  • Vinegar
  • Baking Soda


Instructions:


  1. Put 3 teaspoons of baking soda into the egg shell.
  2. Pour the vinegar into the egg shell.
  3. Stand back and watch what happens!




The vinegar and the baking soda make a reaction that creates bubbles and a thick foam comes erupting out of the eggshell. It is a cool experiment! All of the people in my class enjoyed watching the volcano erupting.




Floating Cardboard by Dhruv

On Tuesday it was my experiment day. My experiment was making cardboard float!

What You Need:

  • A cup full of water (full to the very top!)
  • Cardboard.


Instructions: 
  • Fill the cup with  water
  • Put the cardboard on top of  the cup of water
  • Count to 10
  • Turn the cup upside down, still holding the cardboard
  • Count to 10 again
  • Let go of the carboard
  • The cardboard will stick to the cup and will float under the cup, even though nothing is holding it there!


Ryan's Paper Bridge



On Tuesday I did my experiment. Each child had to do an experiment. I made a paper bridge. To make a paper bridge you need two cups, a glue stick and paper. First you put the paper on the 2 cups, and then put the glue on the paper. It falls because the paper is not strong enough to hold a glue stick. But if you fold it back and forth like a fan and then put the glue on the paper it does not fall!! :p Folding the paper makes it much stronger and you can balance the glue stick on it!



Everyone enjoyed my experiment :)

Volcano in a balloon by Max


On Tuesday we were doing experiments.  My one was a volcano in a balloon.  First I put 3 teaspoons of  baking soda in a bottle then I tipped vinegar in the bottle. This made the vinegar bubble and turn to foam.  Then I put the balloon on top of the bottle and it filled up with foam!  Next Miss Williams tied the balloon up. After, we had a vinegar balloon! It was soft and squelchy - like a stress ball! 

I had fun doing a volcano in a balloon! I was happy that no one else did the same experiment as me. Now some people want to try it at home! Everyone got to hold it and squeeze it. I loved watching Chris' Dry Ice Experiment too. It was awesome! :)

Floating egg by Victoria

My experiment was called The Floating Egg. Eggs are usually heavy and sink to the bottom of the cup of water. If you do this experiment, the egg will float on the water instead!
Put water halfway in a glass.Then put 2 table spoons of salt. After, mix it with a spoon. Finally put the egg in - then it floats! I was proud of my self. Then we talked why the egg floats.The egg floats because salt makes the egg float because of something called buoyancy  Then I had to pack it up. I put the egg in a plastic bag. Then I put the salty water down the drain.

It was a fun experiment!

Morgan's Floating Orange

Hi! We are doing experiments in Room 21. My experiment was a floating and sinking orange. This is how you do the experiment. You need a container of water. Then you put an orange into the water. It floats!

Then peel the orange. Put it back in the water and this time it sinks! The skin on it makes it float. Did you know that?

By Morgan.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Dance Festival

The 2012 Dance Festival was a huge success, with 35 Sunnyhills Year 5 and 6 students taking part. It has taken me a while to upload these videos (sorry about that!), but here they are! Thanks to the Knofflock girls for the great filming :).

I Wanna Be a Rockette - Year 5 and 6 girls, choreographed by Belinda Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bigi-K_MbZo

Waka Waka - Year 6 boys and girls, choreographed by Sherie Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPcrK6bTqI&feature=youtu.be


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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Our Collages.

For the last few Fridays, we have been making beautiful  collages with our Room 6 buddy class. We read a book called 'Window' by Jeannie Baker. All of the pictures in the book are made from collage.  Here is one of our favourites:
One of the beautiful collage pictures from the book Window by Jeannie Backer


We worked with our buddy to draw a draft of what we might see out of our window. Next, we painted the background of our picture (just the sky and ground, no details). While they were drying, we had a look through all of the materials that people had brought in from home. There were some very cool things to choose from!





Our buddies helped us glue things on to our picture and we helped our buddy to glue theirs. We mainly used PVA Glue, but if something was too heavy, we could use the hot glue guns. 


Some of our favourite things were jumping on Paua shells to break them into small pieces, using sand to make our beaches look realistic, and finding treasures in the box of materials. We had fabric and paper with pretty patterns, cotton wool, towels, pebbles, feathers, bark, dried leaves, foam shapes, glitter and so much more!

We had a lot of fun sticking everything on. It was messy, but it looked awesome. We think everyone did a great job. 







Here are our finished windows. Do you like them?






By Morgan, Amalea, Victoria and Ayaana