Hurumanu - Mars

Mars

How to get to Mars

Aim: To learn about Mars exploration.

1. Rover facts 
2. Design, Draw and Make a Rover
3. Mars facts

1. Rover facts: 

What are the 5 parts for? 
Link: Rovers 5 parts

Fill in the table below.

Name: Kaedun	Purpose:
Wheels	6 to make it move all ways possible and to make it go over the rocks because it needs to get through everything in its path and also each 6 wheels have it's own motor. The two front and two rear wheels has individual steering motors.
Solar Panel	1 Without power, the rover cannot move or communicate with people on earth. The power source is called "Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator" the electricity in the rover is like fuel for the rover to help it do everything it can do.
Laser	1 the laser is part of the cameras and a laser and a camera search for organics and minerals that have been altered by watery environments and may be signs of past microbial life. But it also uses a macro camera to take extreme close-ups of the areas that are studied by scientists.
Camera	1 the camera on the rover help the people on earth see what the rover is seeing without the camera on the rover there would be no point in the rover even being there, with the camera you can collect samples and you can find out more things about that planet.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	1 The shovel on the rover can dig to find more facts about mars and its life form the drill helps the rover get through hard rock or stone and the pick can pick up items and find out more about it for the scientists on earth.

2. In groups of 3 you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:

1. Lego Technics
2. A4 paper
3. Pencil
4. Ruler
5. Eraser

The drawing and model must have:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 tool at the front than includes a shovel, pick and drill.
• 1 solar panel
• 1 laser that points at the ground

 ( Take a photo and upload  your mars rover onto your blog.)

3. Mars Facts
Link: Facts

You will need to find out the following:

Fact	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days	687 days
Length of 1 day	24 hours
Distance from the sun	93 million miles	142 million miles
Distance from Earth.
Gravity:	2.66 times that of Mars	0.375 that of Earth
Colour:	brown, yellow and green and blue	golden, brown, tan, and greenish,
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	-140 to 30c
Rainfall
Atmosphere
Surface
Moons and names

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.

Revolution tour

On Tuesday morning all students from yr 7 to 10 went to the Revolution tour inside of the auditorium.
Those of you who don't know what that is it's like a group of people who preform for us and talk about kindness and love. A man called Reggie also talked to us about how his life was and how we should take care of one another. I personally loved the performances they did like singing and dancing and how they put students on the spot, they made us sing the chorus of a song while Reggie played a saxophone. I learnt from when Reggie talked to take care of everyone, and be kind also always give others hope, because anyone can make a difference in someone's life, they just need hope and love. When it ended some students high fived the people who put the performance on for us. I would love to see them preform for us again because they are amazing.

Hurumanu - Plants

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1.  Pine tree

2.  Magnolia tree

3.  Pohutakawa tree

Deciduous;

1.  plum tree

2.  Maple tree

3.  Oak tree

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound   

Activity: Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing. Once you have done the rubbing, cut it out and glue it on the tree.

LEAF COLLECTION

1.

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf: 

2. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

3.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

4. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

5.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

RESEARCH 3 TYPES OF PLANT GROUPS

1. Carnivorous plants
2. Fruit trees
3. NZ Native trees

Plant group:

Habitat: (Desert / beach / mountains / swamp / plains / forest) 

Climate ( 1. Hot / warm / cold, 2. Rainy / dry 3. Windy / still )

Image:

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These are photos of the Buddhist Temple From last year...

The case of the Barefoot Burglar

The case of the Barefoot Burglar

In groups of 3 you are going to need to use your forensic knowledge to solve a crime. You must use the web page: Barefoot Burglar Evidence

1. Determine which of the four suspects is the "Barefooted Burglar"? 
2. What do you think was the motive for this crime? 
3. Write the results of your findings and convince a jury of your peers

The Crime

At approximately 7:15 a.m., Friday morning, Mrs. King, the science teacher, thought something was fishy as she walked down the hall and noticed that her door was open. She walked into her classroom and immediately discovered that the small aquarium had been broken and her prized gold fish were gasping in the sink. Beside the broken aquarium were the shattered remains of the pink piggy bank that had been on the shelf above the aquarium. A can of blue paint was spilled on the floor. Footprints of a barefooted burglar led to an open window. Bits of a white powdery substance were found next to the broken, empty, piggy bank. The only other item found was a half-eaten large chunk of chocolate candy.

When the police arrived they immediately began to gather forensic evidence.

Dan the Man Height : 176 cm Alias: The General Dan was wearing a woolen general's uniform with small holes when apprehended in the woods. He claimed to be gnawing on wood for moisture and insects to practice his survival training. His teeth look like a beavers from gnawing. His wife complains that she never has any baking soda due to Dan's compulsion about storing clothes in mothballs. He thinks the baking soda takes away the mothball smell, so he stuffs his pockets with the substance. Also, his wife reports that her giant chocolate kisses continually disappear from the candy cupboard. He blames their dog Patton, an English bull terrier, who patrols the neighborhood. His neighbors report that Dan loves the military. He was very regimented about playing taps on his bugle every day at sunset until an irate neighbor broke his bugle. Dan has been trying to save money for a new one. Peg the Leg Height: 152 cm Alias: Lucky Lady

Peg is a librarian known for hanging horseshoes and four leaf clovers in her library. Employees say she is so superstitious she insisted on carpeting in the library instead of laying tiles so she would not step on the cracks. She wraps construction zone tape around open ladders so no one can walk under them. Cola bottles litter her office, which she drinks with chocolate chunks. Her teeth are chipped from knocking the bottles against them. She is always throwing salt over her shoulder for good luck and keeps a salt shaker in her purse. Her alibi is that she was busy closing open umbrellas the morning of the crime.

Jake the Jock

                                                                         Height 201 cm

                                                     Alias: Armchair Quarterback

                                                                                         

Jake the Jock is known for quoting statistics on every sport from boomerang throwing to sled dogging. His neighbors report that he is the neighborhood pitcher for baseball games. Last year a baseball hit him in the mouth and knocked out his front tooth. This has cramped his eating style of chocolate chunks, candied apples, and corn on the cob. His wife claims that on the morning of the crime Jake was rubbing his hands with cornstarch to keep them dry in preparation for an important baseball game.

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Lou Lou Height: 160 cm Alias: Sweet Tooth

Lou Lou is so addicted to sugar that she never leaves home without it. She loves to bake sweet things and has an entire pantry full of sugar bins. She claims to have been baking her famous chocolate chunk cookies the morning of the crime (although not a morsel of cookie or chocolate chunk was left when the police arrived.) Lou Lou rarely wears shoes, which often causes her to slip and break things, especially her collection of ceramic pigs. Evidence:

• Fingerprints: Sticky, 'swirl' fingerprints were lifted from the aquarium and piggy bank. 
• Footprints: The painted footprints were measured and were for 26 cm feet. 
• Teeth: The chunk of chocolate candy was collected for examination. It appeared there were teeth imprints.
• White Powder: The white powdery substance by the piggy bank was carefully placed in a plastic bag and taken to the forensic chemist for identification . It had very small grains and when mixed with Iodine it reacted making the colour brown. It did not have a smell.

Name: Dave

                        

Fingerprints: No.

Mouth prints: Has a chipped tooth.
Shoe size: 16
White powder: None found.

Name	Evidence
Dan	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: Shoe size: White powder:
Peg	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: Shoe size: White powder:
Jake	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: Shoe size: White powder:
Lou	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: Shoe size: White powder:

Findings: ( what did you find. Summarise what you have written in the table above)

Verdict: ( who is the burglar and why)

http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crimescene.html