What causes seasons and Why we have them.

Do you ever think about how we have seasons? I used to think about that all the time, but now I know how they work.

Seasons are caused on the tilt of the Earth’s axis. Half of the earth is leaning towards the sun meanwhile the other side is faced away from the sun, but as the Earth spins, the other side of the earth gets sunlight.

When it is Summer, the days get longer and the nights get shorter, but in winter, the days get shorter and the nights get longer, isn’t that confusing? The days are longer in summer because the Earth’s Southern hemisphere (Where I am) is faced towards the sun which direct heat, meanwhile the Northern Hemisphere is having winter.

The seasons all depend on the sun, the tilt of the Earth’s axis and the way the Earth rotates. Without seasons the Earth would probably be boring and cold. There would be no fun too.

Stardome Observatory

Today, the senior students of Glenbrae School got to go on a school trip to the Stardome Observatory. What we had to do first was sit down outside of the Observatory and have a 10 minute snack time. I sat down with a group of friends and my mum, she also came along on the trip.  Room 7 and Room 8 went inside of Stardome first while room 9 and 10 stayed outside until we were done. We went inside and saw all of the exhibits and presentations. Room 7 went inside of a room called the 'Space Room,'. Inside of the Space Room, there was a lady waiting in there for us, I forgot her name but she told us a lot of information.  We learned a lot about how the Solar System works, how the sun was formed and a lot more. I also learned that Venus is hotter than Mercury, even though Mercury is closer to the sun! After we had learned about the Solar System in the Space Room we went outside to the Room with all of the exhibits and got to look at everything and read a lot of facts. When we finished looking around, we got to go into another room but it was a different room. We all lined up and went into the room. There were a lot of seats and when I looked up there was a hole in the roof, but it wasn't really a hole, it was where we were going to watch the movie on. I went to the back and sat down, the seats are leaned back so that you can look into the sealing to watch the movie. We all took a seat while the show started. The lady told us some things about what we are going to watch. We all looked up as the movie started. The movie started with two children, one older sister and one smaller brother, the older sister was working on a project about the seasons and the little brother was playing with his toy robot. He bumped his robot into her project and crazy weathers and seasons were going on in her room, but most of it was just imagination. All of a sudden, her brother went to go get his toy space ship to go for an adventure into space to see how the seasons work. The trip to space was just using their imagination, but as they went into space they could see how the seasons work and she learned all about the Earth's axis. When they tried to go back home, they accidentally landed in Antarctica! They looked very cold, eventually they ended up getting home. When they did, she started to fix up her project and get it done. After that session we went outside while the other classes went inside for their turn. We had our lunch and play time. The classes were done, then finally it was time to go. I was very tired, so I fell asleep on my friends shoulder.

No Escape!

In week 6 I have been learning about black holes for reading activities. Our task was to get information out of a book, and put all the information into a Google draw which our teacher made for us.

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My kind of Super Power

SUPER HERO POEM

My super power is Controlling things with my mind

I am Quick, Unbelievable and Hypnotising

If I could, I would change the way others use their SuperPowers

like a Sorcerer, so that they use them for good, not evil.  

People would see me and be relieved

because I can control the way the world works with my mind

With my SUPER power, my mind is like a super computer

I'm as forceful as can be

When I use the SUPER powers within me.

Sending a Post Card from Cape Reinga

For reading this week, we have been working on a book called " The Vege Car," I bet it sounds weird, but it is still very interesting. The story is about a Man named James Nui building a car the can only use Vege oil not gasoline. The car has been equipped to only be used on Vege Oil. It also saves money and doesn't pollute the air. He proves that you can use Vege Oil by traveling from the top of New Zealand to the Bottom of New Zealand! Isn't the crazy!

The first activity I had to do was pretend to be James Iti writing to one of his friends on a post card. This is what I have done. I have used Google Draw to make this, but my Teacher, Mrs Parker has made the post card. I have also made up a name to use on the letter. (I'm sorry if there is a person actually named Jake Henare)

The second reading activity I have done is a PMI ( Plus, Minus, Interesting) I have read over the book and written down what is good about the Vege Car and the book and what isn't so good. It has created a table which I had to divide what is Positive, Negative and Interesting. I haven't done much, But i have been doing as much I can in this amount of time. I also shared a Doc with a few friends in my reading group so that we could all work together. 

Names: Davarni, Honey and Shannon Topic: The Vege Car      Date: 04/11/15

Plus (Positive)	Minus (Negative)	Interesting
Vegetable Oil doesn’t cost Vegetable Oil doesn’t pollute air Drive over 3000 Km with no breakdowns using Vegetable Oil	Gas cost a lot of money The car's exhaust fume causes Pollution, which affects health problems The car was damaged when they travelled to south. James Nui got a Speeding Ticket.   Staying up over night trying to fix the fuel system	Cars can actually run on Vegetable Oil It can travel 3000 km without stopping using Vege oil Went around the whole of New Zealand using Vege Oil