Fizzing and Foaming - Experiment 1

Today we started off a science unit called Fizzing and Foaming, learning about chemical reactions.  We made sherbet using the following recipe and process:

We learnt when a carbonate, in this case the baking soda, and an acid, the citric and tartaric acids, are mixed together with moisture present, it creates CO2 (carbon dioxide) which are the gas bubbles fizzing on our tongues.  What a tasty way to learn!

French lesson

Today we had a visit from a teacher from France.  She spent the afternoon in Room 19 and at the end of the day she taught us to say Hello, what is your name?  My name is ............  How are you?  I am ..................  We had fun practising and here is a short clip of some of us.

Hello - Bonjour!
What is your name? -Comment tu t'appelles?
My name is....... - Je m'appelle...
How are you? - Comment ca va?


Try out your french here or here

National Astronomy Speech Competition

So, are you a star... or at least have an interest in stars? Perhaps you'd be interested in entering the National New Zealand Astronomy Speech Competition?  All details are here:

http://www.earthandskynz.com/earthandsky/competition/competition.html

Let me know if you are interested.

Golden Girl Strikes Again

What was the amazing news that Valerie Adams received this morning?

How do you feel about the result?

What do you think about drug use at the Olympics?

Building blows up

What were you doing Sunday morning at 8am?  Many people were in Christchurch's city centre to watch the Radio NZ building being brought to the ground in 7.7 seconds.

See it here:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/radio-network-building-imploded-video-5007073
 or
http://www.3news.co.nz/Hundreds-watch-Christchurch-building-implosion/tabid/309/articleID/264175/Default.aspx
 or
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/christchurch-landmark-imploded-5007055 (best footage in my opinion)