Week 2 -Sir Edmund Hillary, Jean Batten, and Ernest Rutherford
July 28, 2025
This week in steam we learnt all about famous people in New Zealand like Sir Edmund Hillary, Jean Batten, and Ernest Rutherford they all did some important things to change New Zealand.
Jean batten- broke the flight record in 1930 and was awarded all around the world
Sir Edmund hillary- first to climb Mount Everest and make it alive.
Ernest Rutherford- a scientist that was the first to spit atoms in parts.
all of these people are important by changing the world in different ways
I learnt lots from these people like what sir Edmund Hilary brought on his long trip and what school Jean batten went to to learn how to fly a plane and atom parts that Ernest Rutherford found out about.
