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swimming spots this year I did get evenrything but it was cool!
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Bush walk

On Thursday the whole school went to Heritage lodge. When we got there we all sat and had our lunch. .When we were ready we all got split into three groups. My group had six people in it. We went down to see a waterfall and it was awesome ... the white water and how the end of it was green. When we went to the bridge and we were able to see the waterfall from there.

Then we started to walk all the way back. We decided to stop by a gate to wait for the others. Then we started to make a hut up a hill. The hill had shrub growing on it. As we went up the hill to find a spot a man in our group looked in his bag to see if we could use things for the hut. Then he found a emergency blanket. We used it for the hut’s roof. When we got home I put my tapos in the fish pond. By Nikki

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Learning in Science
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** PLANTS SWEATING? ** ** So you thought only animal sweat? ** ** TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS ** ** Aim: ** To find out where and how plants breathe through their leaves to live. ** Introduction: ** We think it will help us understand how plants work better. To do this we need to know where plants breathe from. ** Prediction/Hypothesis ** We think the plant with the jelly on the top of the leaf will die. ** Equipment / Materials ** ** How to do the project: ** ** Controlled variables ** ** What we did today: ** ** Conclusion ** When we change where we put the Vaseline, the angle of the stem and the leaf stalk increased because the leaf was Transpiring. This means that my prediction was correct. ** Evaluation and Discussion ** We noticed that on the days when it was cold, the leaves didn’t droop. We learnt that the cells close and don’t use water on days when it is darker and cooler. This meant that the plant was not transpiring because the water could not evaporate into the air. One thing we didn’t consider was that the leaves with vaseline are heavier than the leaves without vaseline. This means that the leaves with vaseline flop down more because of the weight. We also learnt plants lose water through their stomata. The water evaporates into the air which then it will turn into water vapour. If we shut off these holes then the plant will drop and the angle between the stalk and the stem will increase each day. This wasn’t what we expected. We wonder if it is because we used tomato plants. These do not have a waxy top or stem. Next time we would do different tests using plants with a waxy top and hairs on the leaves to see if we get the same result. ** References ** [|__http://answers.yahoo.com/question/__]
 * 3 plants in pots. (About the same size and the same type of plant.)
 * Vaseline/ Jelly.
 * 1)  Leave a plant with no vaseline. This is plant 1 ( This is for the control )
 * 2)  Put jelly on the bottom of the leaves. This plant 2
 * 3)  Put jelly on the stem of the plant. This is plant 3
 * 4)  Water each plant the same amount each day
 * 5)  Treat all of the plants the same, making sure they get the same light, same amount of water as well.
 * 6)  Check the plants for for dead leaves. Check the plants everyday for a week.
 * 1)  Sunlight
 * 2)  Same amount at water
 * 3)  Same size plant
 * 4)  Same type at plant
 * 5)  Same access to air
 * 1)  We got our plants pots (This took us awhile to find them)
 * 2)  We got our plants
 * 3)  We got our plants into our pots
 * 4)  We now put them next windowsill

Pinata Technology
We decided to make a pinata for the technology challenge. First we looked on the internet to see some designs. Next we took a vote to choose what our pinata would be. We are progressing well on our pinata. It is going to plan so far. Everyone is working well together. This has made the build easy, fast and fun. Now all we need is some toilet rolls (empty) to use as our legs. We have decorated it. We are proud of our team work to make our pinata. This has made the build so much fun to do. It looks like a horse. It was meant to look like a dragon. (Nikki) I liked the colour. (Travis) I like the way we planned and the way we worked together. (Jaycee) I like the way our pinata came out and how we work together as a team. 