Tag: Matariki

Waipuna-a-rangi

This week we learned about the star Waipuna-a-rangi, Waipuna-a-rangi is the star of the weather and is connected to  rain. We learned about the water cycle this week. We learnt different words that relate to the water cycle like Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation, Transpiration, Runoff and glacier. We had to create a water cycle. I chose to do an animation about the water cycle with Aumaarire. Here is my water cycle:

Waita Week

This week we are focusing on the Waita one of the Matariki stars, Waita means salt water and salt water creatures. We had to create an inquiry DLO about the sea creature we chose.You had to have three open ended questions about your sea creature. I chose to do a Mantaray. I made a Podcast using garage band I had to answer my three questions. Here is my podcast:

We also went on a walk to Tupe Tupe farm. We looked at the river we took 4 tests: Water clarity, PH, Water flow/ Speed and temperature. We also had a look at the waterfall at Tupe Tupe farm, The waterfall is very loud. Our task was to write eight sentences about what we learnt or what we did at the farm, We also drew a picture of the river. Here is my work: