Teacher comment

It was great to see how well you and your group worked on the technology challenge today Declan.
I was also impressed with the amount thinking and effort you are putting into getting an environment project that you are passionate about and that will make a real difference. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with Declan - Keep up the good work
Darryn

Mural Designs

Today at Enrich we did some mural designs in groups of four. These designs were for our Invercargill/Environment Project. We had to use some photos of Southland/New Zealand Icons and we had a sheet of paper on which we had to fill up as much of the space as possible with either the pictures or drawings.

Later on we had a lady called Anastazia from Environment Southland come in to talk about the Waihopai River and how it is filled with sediment(Mud). She told us about how we can help and why the sediment is bad. The sediment blocks up dams and is very harmful to animals/wildlife living in the river.

Elephant Toothpaste!!!

First day of Term 3 at Enrich already!

Today at Enrich we chose a personal interest group in which we would do either Science, Maths or Art.

In Science we are doing different chemistry experiments.

In Maths we are doing tessellations.

And in art we  are doing painting.

I chose Science and I had some trouble getting in.

There was a limit of 11 people per group.

There were four of us competing in a game of Paper, Scissors, Rock for the last space.

I managed to beat all four and won the title of 11th Science group member.

The  chemistry experiment we did today was making 'Elephant Toothpaste'.

Elephant Toothpaste isn't really toothpaste but more toxic foam.

Here is a website to look at if you are interested:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/elephants-toothpaste

I am looking forward to next week when we do another CRAZY experiment.