Current Electricity

1. Electrons.
2. It could burn the objects around it.
3. An electric current causes a heating element to turn on.
4. DC current produces solar panels, transformers, and car batteries. AC current is used to power homes and businesses.

Static Electricity

In science today we had to write answers to 4 questions about static electricity.

1. Proton is positive, Neutron is neutral and electrons are negative.

2. When there is an equal amount of negative and positive charge.

3. Where electric current doesn't flow freely is an insulator, a conductor is where the flow of charge can go anywhere.

4. An example of static electricity is when you rub your shoe on the carpet, your body collects extra electrons.

Maori language week

Hi Readers, this last week in Wananga we did some learning on Maori as it was Maori language week. We had to answer some questions about a documentary of a song completely sung in Te Reo. I did mine about Drax Projects song Tukituki Te Manawa here is mine. I also had to listen to the story of how Maui slowed the sun. A long time ago the sun went too fast for people to do many things. So Maui devised a plan with his reluctant brother to tie ropes made of flax around the sun as Maui beat it with his Grandfather's Jawbone. They then did this and the sun has now slowed down.

English Learn from home choice board - Summary

Hi Readers, Today in English we needed to read chapters 9-11 on a book called the cay, then we had to write a summary about what happened in those three chapters so here is mine. Timothy has started to get Phillip to do some work around the island. Phillip at first doesn't want to do any work and then lashes out at Timothy. Phillip then realises why timothy is going him more work and that is because timothy thinks he might die on the island and wants to teach Phillip on how to live on the island. Timothy thinks that stew cat could have Judas inside of him. Phillip is then scared that timothy might try and kill Stew cat that timothy might try and kill  him.

Digital learning task board

In wananga, our teacher set us to do some tasks from the digital learning task board for the week and I did some google earth stuff. So I watched how our world was changing and then had a look at I found cool that it even had my house on it.