Whetu challenge (egg carton)

This week for our Whetu Challenge we created something using egg cartons.

I really enjoyed this whetu challenge because I have some experience with egg cartons because I did it in lockdown.

What I used in this egg carton creation was: a egg carton, pom poms, blue and green paper, buttons, and some rocks.

Matariki writing challenge

 Today I finished the Matariki writing challenge, I coloured it with felt tips but I didn't colour the whole thing in. For the first worksheet →
I had to fill in the missing words and I had to design my own kite.




 For the other worksheet I had to make my own calendar to show when Matariki starts and then
I had to write three facts from the fact card.     

Matariki reading challenge

For this task, we had to do some true or false facts about Matariki. For the facts, we had to see the answers on the doc. We had to tick or cross off the true or false facts. The last question was a little tricky because it didn't come up with anything so I thought that if it didn't come up with anything it was a false statement.     

whetu challenge (paper plane)

Whetu Challenge - Paper Planes

Today our challenge was to design an accurate paper plane. We were given a draft piece of paper to trial and a good piece to use once we had tested the accuracy of it.

Before we started I thought this challenge was going to be about how high and how long it goes but instead we had to do a landing and a bullseye.

I decided to use the design because it worked well but I just had to aim.

The hardest part was to aim because the plane went the other way.

During our competition time I managed to get it on the runway.

Synthesis eggs week 10

For my synthesis eggs, I researched on the biggest beetle (which is called Titanus giganteus).

 I thought that it was the size of my hand but it was a bit bigger than my hand (I checked with a ruler).

it can grow up to 16 cm and my hand is 15cm. These beetles are harmless but will defend if necessary with there spicky spines and there very stong jaws.