The Egg Drop Experiment.

Newtons first law of motion explains that an object will stay still until acted on by another force. This is called inertia. This also applies to a moving object. A force will stay in motion unless acted on by another force. This was the topic for today's science lesson. We got an egg, a toilet roll, a plastic plate, and two plastic cups. One big and one small, both filled halfway with water. We put the water filled cup on a flat surface, and put the plate on top. We then put the used toilet roll and put the egg on top. Now we spring our hands towards the plate knocking it away. If the experiment is done properly, then the egg should fall into the water. This experiment was fun. I liked experimenting with different ways to hit the plate and the different sizes of cup. Eventually, Me and my friend Rautaki's egg cracked and its yolk (Brains) came out. We had another try with a new egg that we named Eggy. Eggy had a little face and lasted longer than our last egg. He had a few bumps and scratches but eventually smashed. R.I.P Eggy. You will live forever in our hearts. But ye. I really enjoyed this experiment and it was one of my favourites so far.

P.S Pictures coming soon!

M&M Stacking!

Last science lesson we were learning about the art of stone stacking. It looks very hard to stack stones and we even tried to do it on our own. We used some flat stones and it was very easy. But once we used M&M's it got very hard. If you have ever eaten M&M's before (doubt that you haven't) you have probably noticed that they are round not flat. Our elective best was 3 M&M's but not many people got to that. If you watch 7 Sharp you might have seen that the Guiness world record of stacking M&M's is 5. Yes. 5. The Maori All Blacks had a try at it but couldn't break the record and get a 6, but they did tie and get a 5. My best was two. It was very stressful to get the M&M's to stack, but the best part was eating the M&M's At the end.

Matariki Logo.

 In Team Toroa we have been learning about Matariki. Matariki is the maori new year and people tell stories and have fun with family. It was recently Matariki. It was on July 2nd. You probably have heard this somewhere but next year in 2022, Matariki will be a holiday. So we will be able to stay home to celebrate with our families. Our task was to create a logo for next years holiday. I put the New Zealand flag and the 9 Matariki stars. I found it easy to think of my idea and to put it into slides using polyline. When we were on the mat on Friday and the teachers told us our instructions, I instantly thought of this. And it looked like how I saw it in my head. I found it hard to change my logo around and try different designs that would represent matariki. I originally was going to do the stars in the shape that matariki is in the sky, but then I would have to make everything else smaller so I put them around one big Matariki star. I enjoyed making this logo because I love to polyline. To me, any kind of polylining is fun and just doing art in general is fun. Next time I will get this done on a school day. Its Saturday as I'm writing this. So I guess I should stop talking to my friends and move away from distractions and just do my work.