Monday, June 11, 2007

parachutes


okay, so i'm supposed to be writing your reports but this is more interesting....

think about parachute design.

post links to interesting sites about parachutes.

add links to sites with good templates for making parachutes.

think about today's lesson on calculating the area of a circle using pi. can you find similarities between some of the diagrams here and what we covered??? see the image above. do you see what i meant about a square or circle cut out might not make a very effective parachute canopy?
we can use the big white plastic rubbish bags as a source of material to make parachute canopies.

Congratulations Room5ians!

Wow! you guys are just soooo amazing!
By beating Mr Wilson in the factathon fundraiser you have made history. I am soooo proud of you. WELL DONE!!!
You are setting a fine example to other GATE classes to follow. Even Anthony's class wasn't as fantastic as you guys. [sorry Mantos]

Post your ideas here to see what you want to do with your winnings. try to include some ideas that aren't just to do with gorging yourselves.
opinions posted here count as double votes when we come to voting.

Go you good things!
:-)

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

other NZ class blogs

you could visit blogs like this one and meet other kids keen on writing and other stuff.

http://room9writing.blogspot.com/

also, have you heard of wiki's?

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Miss MArtin, student teacher extraordinaire!

Welcome to Room 5, Miss Martin. We are thrilled to have you in our class. I'm sure the students are looking forward to having lessons with you and will treat you with respect.
We hope you will make a blog and join us here to make comments and give feedback.
Hooray!
:-)

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Super DoopeR!


wow - great posts some of you - giving feedback on each other's work - wow - Room5ian - great effort! And your science fair sounds amazing too - you should all talk more about your ideas and give each other feedback. You are so innovative and talented you can learn off each other.


Literature circle for all who are keen on socio-dialogical collaboration.


Anyone interested in Alice in WOnderland? Whats it all about? I bet it's another real code cracker.


Have fun learning people! All ideas and enthusiasm welcome.





Tuesday, May 29, 2007

world cup year begins in earnest


the greatest team in the world - the ALL BLACKS - Mr Henry announced his first team of the year to take on the understrength French team in Auckland this Saturday - you may as well know i am a fanatical AB supporter.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka_of_the_All_Blacks
i love the ALL BLACKS and i hope we finally win the world cup again after a twenty year wait....but no pressure ;>)

homework quiz


a. Name 2 monotremes, 1 prosimian, 3 ungulates, 1 pseudopod.


b. During WW2 who were the leaders of Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the USSR, USA, NZ, Australia, Japan, China, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Canada?


c. Explain who you think was the most powerful or influential of the Roman emperors.


d. What is 3 plus 2?


e. Who is the coolest person in Room5?