SCIENCE FAIR

Transdisciplinary Theme

How the World works

An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.

Central Idea

People’s understanding of the properties of physical phenomena has led to technological advances.

Physical Phenomena: Light, Heat, Magnetism, Forces, Waves, Sound and Electricity.

Feedback form others:

Clara and Grace:  
'You did super well guys, loved the way you decorated the borders of your interesting facts. Your whole presentation is great!
'Well done! Loved the facts and presentation. Lots of research done.

Kika and Jemima L:
'Fantastic experiment and although probably predictable, very scary result, it makes me think of my own exposure/risk.
'Really interesting girls! Love all the detail and a great visual aid!'

Charlie and Ben:
'Amazing that you can recall the information Charlie. Kapai!
'Well done Charlie. You are very knowledgable!

Jay and Joe:
'Very informative about how magnetism works with different objects.'
'Well done, great research and well presented.'

Jai and Balazs:
'Thanks for sharing and being so knowledgable. I liked hearing about magnetic levitation train.'

Amber and Evie:
'What a cool experiment Amber and Evie.'

Mattheus:
'Thank you for your very informative talk about water, gravity and thoughtful experiment. Very nicely presented. Well done.'

Jude and Jamie:
'Awesome display of magnetic levitation. Clear and well explained.'

Aron and Cody:
'Very interesting.'

Zahn and Fionn:
'I am amazed what you brought in and your amazing ideas.'
'You guys have so much information. I love it and the hovering magnet is magic!'

Rebecca and Jemima D:
'That's and amazing experiment girls, maybe I'll try that at home!'
'Creative work!'

Earth and Tiffen:
'A good explanation. Well done!'
'Excellent! Well researched and clear presentation.'

Maija and Cole:
'I like your ideas. You have a lot of knowledge and a very good way of explaining.'

Cody and Leroy:
'You are a great team. Well delivered explanation.'
'Fantastic! You really know a lot about magnetism. I loved your enthusiasm and your facts.'

Eli, Dylan and Kingi:
Well done, good demonstration.'

CALENDAR ART

I love the colours and patterns you have used Kingi, well done!

Great perseverance Balazs, a beautiful piece of art.

A great job Zahn, I love all the different patterns you have selected to use.

A beautiful piece of calendar art Rebecca.

Something different Tiffen, great patterns and using just blue is very effective.

You have done some stunning calendar art Jamie, I love the piece that you have selected.  You have such creative talent.

Fabulous combination of patterns Charlie and great colour selection.

You have great creative skills Jai, beautiful colour combinations.  Well done!

A fantastic job Ben!  You have shown great perseverance and I love the patterns and colours you have selected.

A beautiful piece of art Grace, great perseverance and stunning colour combinations.

Great perseverance Jemima, lovely colour combinations and I love the different line and dot combinations you used.

Well done Eli, you have shown such perseverance to complete this lovely piece of calendar art.

A stunning piece of calendar art.  Such amazing colour combinations and you have completed such a perfect piece of art.

Well done Dylan, I love the line and hatching pattern you have chosen for your calendar art.

Beautiful colour selection for your pom-pom art Jemima.  Well done.

A fabulous piece of calendar art Kika, I love it how you have chosen one of the line patterns and made it your own.

A great job Evie, you have shown such perseverance completing this fantastic line and dot calendar art.

Wow Cole, what a gorgeous piece of calendar art.  Beautiful colour selection.

ENVIRO HOUSE DAY 2015

Finding out where our food in wrappers and packets comes from and what is in it.

Tree Planting

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Identifying trees 

Seed planting

Identifying different leaves and making beautiful leaf rubbings

Time to move on to the next session

Using ipads for a treasure hunt

Digging a hole for a banana plant

Helping Pete labelling the trees that we palnted

Buddying up with the juniors was a lot of fun.

Sorting rubbish.

A workshop on composting.

Working in little groups to solve a cross word puzzle on composting.

Great support from the seniors, helping the juniors during the composting and tree planting session. 

Making little seed pots from newspaper.

Maija and Cole working together on food consumption.

Flax planting behind Manuka and Puriri

Tree planting