Week 8 - Neptune

Well done Room 7 on lasts weeks homework. A special well done needs to go to Porsche, Jordan and Brooklyn. An amazing effort girls. Super pride and excellent attitude.

Brooklyn spent Monday cooking with Naveah and Miss Oliver. Great stuff Brooklyn.

Also check out these amazing reading posters.

This week your homework is on the other amazing gas giant called Neptune. 

Important things this week. 

Cross Country on Friday. More information will go out.

Homework Free

Porsche

Jordan

Don't forget that we have our Homework club on Tuesday after school. This is a chance to share with others, use the computers for researching and print stuff off. 

1. Why is Neptune blue?
2. What is the length of one year and one day on Neptune compared to Earth? 
3. Who discovered Neptune?
4. How many moons does Neptune have?
5. How did Neptune get its name?
6. Does Neptune have any rings around it?
7. Compare the layers of Neptune to Earth.

Find three more facts.

These links will give you the answers.

http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-neptune.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/neptune.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/neptune.htm

http://space-facts.com/neptune/

Here is a great youtube clip about Neptune.

A great search engine for your homework.

http://www.safesearchkids.com

When looking for information on each project don't type in the questions into google - you will not find what you are looking for. A search engine (Google) is design to find all the websites which have the words or words you ask it to find. If you type in the word 'Saturn' you will get 128,000,000 possible websites! The the first website is not always the best!

Use a safe kids search and type in the word 'Jupiter'. It will find the best sites to give you information on the planet Mars for students.

Mr Dufty's Rules for a Mini-Project.

• Plan it first!!! Your homework book is for your best publishing.
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information! Show pride and complete your project with your best presentation. Mr Dufty can tell when you have rushed or haven't finished!! A great piece of presentation has information and pictures.
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• Use all the space you have so make it fun and interesting.

Here is a link to a fun quiz site.

http://www.softschools.com/science/space/

Get Mum or Dad to check that you have answered all the questions. Ask them for some help, as they will know lots of stuff!

Homework - Week 4 - Mars

This week you are focusing on Mars - the Red planet.

Check these amazing pieces of homework from last week.

You have to find 10 bits of information about Mars. Mr Dufty has seven questions for you to find the answers to. You only have to think of three more.

1. What gives Mars its red colouring?
2. What is the length of one year and one day on Mars? 
3. What is the Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris?
4. Compare the atmosphere and gravity between Mars and Earth?
5. How did Mars get its name?
6. Does Mars have any Moons?
7. What is the main gas on Mars and is it breathable for humans?

These links will give you the answers.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/mars.html

http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-mars.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mars.htm

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Kids

http://kidzsearch.com/wiki/Mars

A great search engine for your homework.

http://www.safesearchkids.com

When looking for information on each project don't type in the questions into google - you will not find what you are looking for. A search engine (Google) is design to find all the websites which have the words or words you ask it to find. If you type in the word 'Mars' you will get 742,000,000 possible websites! The the first website is not always the best!

Use a safe kids search and type in the word 'Mars'. It will find the best sites to give you information on the planet Mars for students.

This link you have a list of links that will take you to the sites were I got the questions.

Mr Dufty's Rules for a Mini-Project.

• Plan it first!!! Your homework book is for your best publishing.
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information! Show pride and complete your project with your best presentation. Mr Dufty can tell when you have rushed or haven't finished!! A great piece of presentation has information and pictures.
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• Use all the space you have so make it fun and interesting.

Get Mum or Dad to check that you have answered all the questions. Ask them for some help, as they will know lots of stuff!

Remember to have fun with your presentation but you must convince me that you have investigated your topic fully. You will be marked on your presentation and originality of your written work. If you quote a book or website you must acknowledge it.

Homework is due on Friday.

Check out this Facebook group page for our Kapa Haka group.

facebook.com/groups/ebbettparkkapahaka

Stories Can Be Shared In Many Different Ways.

Well done Room 7 for your effort with our sharing of Roald Dahl's stories. You were AWESOME!!!! I have added some photos from today. I big thank you to Miss Avie for helping. Also Myrakyll for being a great host, Sasha for running the technical things, the narrators (Macyala, Zaviar, Lauryn, Ngara and Briahna) and Michelleyah and Zareus for welcoming our visitors. It was a real team effort.

Rihari as Mr Twit

Alyiah as Mrs Twit

Nicole as The BFG

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Shaguila, Smita, Dilpreet and
Aniah as the Witches.

Joshua as Charlie Bucket, Vincent as Grandpa Joe,
Hine as Veruca, Macayla as Violet, Dontaey as Mike TV,
Dominic as Augustus Gloop, Daniel as Willy Wonka
and narrator Briahna.

Smita, Aniah and Dilpreet as witches,
Shaquila as the Head Witch and Ngara as their narrator. 

Nicole as the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and her narrator Lauryn.

Rihari as Mr Twit, Alyiah as Mrs Twit and their narrator Zaviar.

Room 7's Funky 'All About Me' posters.

Check out this amazing art world by student sin Room 7. They all had to choose seven things that represent them - favourites things, family, culture, etc. It had to be colourful and have no words.