I Know What It Was

I Know What It Was

They said it was just an owl in the tree

an owl in the tree

but they didn't fool me!

I saw teeth

not a beak,

red eyes

not gold,

and I wont be told it was only fluff and feathers

round its throat

it was a collar

and those weren't wings

but silky folds

of black,black cloak

That was no

Too-wit, too woo

I heard

It was

I’ll get you - ou!  

                                                                      

Science Investigation-Gravity

I carried out an investigation about gravity and how does it affect the movement of falling objects.

We each had two objects to use to see which would fall on the floor/desk first.

Materials:

1. Marble
2. Ping Pong ball
3. Sheet of paper
4. Rubber
5. Pencil
6. Paper clip
7. Feather  

We dropped two of the items at the same height so the results could be much fair.

Here is a diagram of the results:

Object Dropped		Which hit the ground first?	Which actually hit the ground first?
Marble	Ping pong ball	Marble	Marble
Rubber	Paper Clip	Rubber	paper clip
Marble	Pencil	Marble	Pencil
Flat Paper	Feather	Flat paper	Feather
Crumbled Paper	Feather	Crumbled Paper	Feather
Feather	Paper Clip	Paper Clip	Feather

 

Learning mathematics outside the classroom!

Ko te Ratu 10 o te Mahuru o tenei ra

This morning the children in the aLim (accelerating learning in mathematics) group,had a mathematical trip to Panmure.The mathematical thinking started at the Settlers Tours Travel  Agency.Pauline the travel agent told us about the  mathematics involved in the  travel agency business.

It was interesting to find out that a children under 12 receive a 75% discount in fare cost from an adult fee. Once your 12 you pay the same as an adult!

We also spotted some:

• plate numbers
• prices
• bus stop
• ATM
• patterns

Previously,on our mathematical adventure, we noticed the use of decimals in the fruit shop telling people how much it would cost for a kg of fruit such as apples.  

We visited a cafe and again saw decimals in money and read the specials board and did some calculation about the cost of items we might like to buy.  It was interesting too, that we learnt you need to compare costs on the board with those on the special of the day blackboard - this could mean you might get a discount or a bargain.

Following this we visited the ASB Bank.

The Manager came out to talk to us as we looked at leaflets about interest rates that were recorded as percentages.  She told us about how because we were children we didn’t have to pay interest but we could still earn interest if we had a bank account.

It was very interesting.

Mathematics is a waste of time?

As a intermediate student I think that mathematics is not a waste of time.

First of all  people will be able to calculate prices,discounts when they grow up.If you did not know the answer to a discount at a shop is pretty embarrassing.

Secondly,most people would rely on electronic thing like calculators but sometimes the calculations are wrong.

Now to conclude my argument mathematics is not a waste of time.