Launch Reflection 2

Welcome to launch reflection 2! After launch reflection 1 we were told to change one thing about our rocket we were thinking and thinking and… we’ve got an idea! We have decided to change our fins by adding two more above and parallel to each other. Then after that.. were launching our second time! It was really windy so we didn’t go as high as we hoped for, but still it was really fun! This time I was at the pump. We didn’t go as high as last time, but our rocket survived! I hope you enjoyed my second launch!

This is a video that documents my rocketry experience. Come check it out!

Launch Reflection

Hello! This is my rocket launch reflection. Yes, we launched rockets today. So lets get started! This is my research process. I think all this research we did wasn’t my favorite. It wasn’t my favorite because it was hard work, really hard work. Next, we did our inspiration boards. These we’re really fun because we got to print stuff out, cut stuff out, glue the pictures on to colorful paper, and glue them on to a giant poster! It was also fun because me and my teammates worked really well together. After that we built our rockets. This was one of the best parts. We got to roll paper, make a nose cone, glue cardboard fins on our rockets, and decorate them. This was great because I love to build stuff with cardboard. Then we prepared for our launch. We practiced using the clinometers, which were much easier than I thought. We also prepared by by setting up our clipboard buckets and decorated them. Finally, we launched our rockets! So for the first launch, my group wasn’t doing anything. For the second group my group was doing something. We were measuring and recording. I was recording. For the third group, we launched! Ours went really high!! And after that we were really excited because ours was the second highest! I hope you liked my launch process!

Coming Up Next: Launch Reflection 2!

Teatown Reflections

  1.  I liked when we did the sand thing because it was fun to watch the scene changed when you made a sand mountain and it was also cool when we made it rain. We also made lakes and we all got lots of time to play with the sand at the end when we finished the lesson.
  2. One thing I learned about how land and water are connected are is that they are connected because if there is  a  mountain (land) and it rains it will go down the mountain and make a puddle on more land. Another thing I learned about land and water connections is that dirt with grass is easier for water to go through clear.
  3.  I think when we find an animal, we look at it then set it free.

Plant Blog Post 2

For the controlled the colors are Green, yellow, and purple. There is a  Zig zag leaves and there is fruit. The tallest plant is 11 cm and the smallest plant is 5 cm.  They shrunk!

The manipulated is green, yellow, purple and brown. The biggest plant is 10 cm and the smallest plant is 5 cm. There is a zig zag leaf also and some fruits growing.  I think this happened because we pollinated the plants with our fingers.

 

Plant Blog Post 1

We are doing experiments with plants. We were wondering what would happen if we added 5 extra fertilizer in each cell. My hypothesis is that the plant that got the extra fertilizer would grow taller that the normal plant. My control one has Light, Water, Air, Soil, and fertilizer. My manipulated plant has Light, Water, Air, Soil, and 5 extra fertilizer in each cell.

For control the tallest one is 11 cm. The smallest one is 7 cm. On the plant there are flowers now.  The colors are green and yellow. For manipulated the tallest plant is 10 ½ cm and the smallest plant is 5 cm. There are bigger leaves than the control one. Although the flowers have not bloomed on the manipulated one. They are still buds.

 

 

 

 

Maglev Day 2

We used two strip magnets for the track, and two strip magnets for the train. Knowing the properties of magnets helped me because I that like poles repel, and opposite poles attract, and if I didn’t know that then I might of put opposite poles together and it would attract.

 

Most of the stuff that my group did failed. For example when we used disk magnets it did not work because they were all opposite poles. Another time we use magnets instead of tape the magnet on top attracted and it flipped over. I learned that I should listen to my teammates ( which I did not do ). But I changed and I listened to my teammates and we got it to levitate.

 

I learned that EDP can be frustrating i but it inspired me to keep going and to not give up.  I also learned that failure is okay you should also always think before you do stuff it also never ends.

 

Maglev Day 1

A Maglev train is a transportation system that transports people from place to place safely and efficiently. It works because there is no friction. The only friction that there is is air friction. My groups idea was five disk magnets on the train, and two strip magnets for the track.

Nothing worked on Friday. We failed on Friday because we put some magnets north to south. They were supposed to be  south to south.

 

Our group did not agree on everything. Some of my group were getting angry because nothing was working. I think we were a good group together because we finally agreed on something.

 

Technology is…

What makes something technology? I think technology is something made by human beings. Its not just electronics.

My Object (Scissors) is technology because they are safer than knifes. Imagine kids going to get a knife to cut paper? I bet you can’t imagine that. It made life better because scissors are easier and safer to use than knifes. Where can you put knives after use if someone touches the ridges they can cut themselves but not with scissors they are super safe. My object improved knives.

 

The Scissors are considered technology

 

 

Sunflower

I live in the beautiful Heathcote Garden

I have little long leaves I have big beautiful petals I have long tangled roots

I am a sunflower

It is funny sunny and Beautiful breezy

I live next yummy tomatoes and delicious eggplant

I am a sunflower

Beautiful butterflies and buzzing bees surround me

A month before now I was not that tall I had not as much big beautiful leaves

I am a sunflower

A month after now I will be taller and bigger and way more big beautiful leaves

I am a sunflower