Coke and Mentos

We have been busy being scientists again!
Along side our human body work we have been having a look at physical reactions.

We tested 3 different types of Coke and Mentos - we had to keep all our variables the same and only change one to make it a fair test.
We changed coke types first, but kept everything else the same.
The types we tested were Coke Zero, Budget Diet Cola and Pepsi Max.  All the research we did said that Coke Zero worked the best - but that is not what we found!
After we had tried the three types of warm cola we tested a Coke Zero that had been in the fridge - that made a big difference.

 Here are some videos showing our results.

This one wasn't all that flash

This one was  the one that we had in the fridge - it didn't work at all.

And . . . the Budget Cola was the best!!

Then we did some thinking and modified the top so it only had a little hole, because the pressure built up, it was fantastic!  The coke shot higher than the top of the basketball hoop backboard!

Skeleton pre thinking

Zentangle Doodling

We have spent the rainy day Zentangling!! It takes a lot of concentration to get the patterns right but we have found it relaxing. The key is don't over think, just doodle!

Best Camp Ever.

On Thursday the Middle class went on camp to Dunedin. We slept at the Otago Museum in Discovery World. At the museum we went into the butterfly room. I got about 8 of them on me. The butterflies all liked my big shiny and sparkly bow.You pick them up by putting your finger underneath its front legs,and it should slowly climb onto your finger. Lots of the butterflies where lying on the ground. In the butterfly room there was a water fall. Surrounding the waterfall was a big butterfly. I think it was the only one that big. There was a big furry looking caterpillar. When it was dark and quiet, and all the alarms were on, we went out on a night walk in the museum. I heard lots of shuffling from feet. We were at the place with all the animals. It was really quiet until the girl who was looking after us told us a story. She said if you listen you can hear the sounds of these creatures. It made me worry about the noises that would be heard. The first noise that we heard was the lions waking. They sounded like real animals. Lots of people said they could see Mrs Glover, Mr Copland and Mr Dassen making the noises. After we got to have a look around at all the animals in the room.This was the best camp ever.  

 

Camp Fun

Camp Fun  William

On Thursday the Middle class went to Dunedin. When we got to Dunedin we went inside the ice skating rink.  

I got to go on the ice because of the trolley. Mrs Glover nearly pushed me into the wall then they put the disco ball on.  

After ice skating we went to the to the dinosaur park and we had lunch,  after lunch we played and we got a go on the dinosaur.

Next we went in a camp groups to do the town challenge my group was Zoe and Henry and I.We had to answer the things on our list and I bought a mermaid, a tiara and ice cream rubber.

The Mackenzies

Scottish Family

This is our Scottish family, the Mackenzies.

Little Keith is three

Alice is six

Dougal is eleven

Douglas is fourteen

Ma is thirty two

I am eighty nine

We are travelling to NZ because

Dad died in the mines and we want to earn more money while doing folk dancing.

That’s why we are travelling to NZ.   

A Rippa Day!!!

RIPPA

YAY we made it to the FINALS.

We won all our games and the we played another Warepa team in the Semis and won it 8-4, and we made it to the finals and lost 9-8 SO CLOSE!

Warepa Purple we lost to Rosebank Chiefs.

Liam T and Tyler