Oamau stone carving

Thursday 15.11.18
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KzLBpRZWMW4yPjMwtfkG_FcR0Uo2jYe15c5Hue39xxI/edit#slide=id.g47e0c64f4c_0_14

Today I designed a koru which was copied from the Oamaru Stone Blog.

While making this I used a chisel, grater, and a mallet and that's how I worked on my koru, I also drew different korus and designs to give me an idea on what I was going to work on next.

stone sculpting

https://sites.google.com/hornby.school.nz/passionprojects2018/stone-sculpting

Hunt for the wilderpeople

In English, we are learning to think critically to identify and describe the key aspects of a visual text.

We watched a film called Hunt For The Wilder People which is about  a boy who was abandoned but finally found a family who he wanted  to stay with but sadly Bella who ended up having a heart attack so the young boy ended up running away and then his uncle went to find him and then they never went back until they were found.

After that, we did some film techniques

The magic pot

In English, we have been learning about traditional stories 

The story The Magic Pot is about a farmer who found a pot, he then placed one of his garden tools in it while he sat under a tree, he looked away then turned to find that not only was there was not only one garden tool there were hundreds of garden tools he then suspected something so he then decided to place a stone in the pot he looked away and then back at the pot to see that there were hundreds of stones, and that's how he found out that he had discovered a magic pot.

1. We made a tree out of pipe cleaners, Square beads, and clay.

2. We then created a pot and some garden tools to go inside made from clay.

3. After that, we drew an Indian man.

4. Then we decided to paint a shoe box
5. Once we were finished making things to go inside the box we waited for the box to dry and then added everything in.
6. We then decorated the sky.

Here is a link to the slide that Hinepukohurangi and I created:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_67MQAlRPRVTPeRjhDJInOsVVldg5fPOLS7QJsTwS3Y/edit#slide=id.p

Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhqqvmRcj0

Technology

1. On the first day, we searched up a puzzle design to give us an idea of what we were doing.
2. We then drew some lines on a piece of paper which we would be drawing on the wood.
3. We drew the same thing on 3 pieces of wood and got a rubber band to hold them together.
4. After that we marked out where we would be cutting out the wood, the first one was a rectangle the second was a uppercase T and the last one was lowercase t.
5. We then started cutting them out.

Aim:
To observe xylem tissue and prove that they transport water up the plant.

Equipment:
One stick of celery with the leaves still attached, a retort stand, boss head and clamp, a Petri dish, water, food colouring, a knife or scalpel.

Method:
1. Make a cut across the base of the celery stalk to expose a new section of the stem.
2. Fill the Petri dish with water and add a few drops of food colouring.
3. Place the celery stalk in the petri dish and gently clamp it in place using the retort stand, boss head and clamp.
4. Leave the stalk undisturbed for 24 hours.
5. Remove the stalk from the clamp and petri dish. Cut the stem about 1/3 of the way up the stem.

Investigating Refraction Through Lenses

 Aim: 

To investigate how different types of lenses refract light.

Equipment:

 Triple-slit ray slide, power supply, a concave lens and the convex lens.

Method:

1. Set up the ray box, Triple-slit ray slide and  power supply

2. Place the convex lens in the space below. Place the ray box at the top of the page and shine the three rays of light at the tens. Make sure the central light of ray hits the lens at 90degrees as indicated in the diagram.

3. Carefully trace the direction of the incoming and refracted rays.

4. Repeat using the concave lens