Week 3 STEAM
Activity 1
What did we do?
For this activity we poured some water on the court and traced the outline with chalk. We were doing this to see how long it would take for the water to evaporate.
Where did it go?
The water evaporated into the clouds. This took about 13 mins to happen. Since the court was not flat some of our water ran into the soil. This made it become ground water. Eventually the water would flow into the ocean or some other body of water.
Here are some photos we took during the evaporation process:
Activity 2
For this activity we had to choose a New Zealand mountain or hill. Then we chose a river or stream that ran down the mountain or hill. We then had to find out what ocean the river flows into. I chose Mount Taranaki for my mountain and Stony river for my stream/river. I also added Oaonui stream. Stony river runs into the Tasman sea and Oaonui stream runs into the South Pacific sea as well as the Tasman sea. Here is the drawing I made of it.
Week 1 STEAM-water cycle
Week 1 Water cycle
What do I know about water cycles:
I know that there are three main points to the water cycle; evaporation, condensation and precipitation. Collection is the last step of the water cycle,but not as well known as the others. Precipitation comes in three forms; snow, rain and hail.
What do I want to learn about the water cycle and cycles in general:
Im not sure what I want to learn but I’m sure whatever we do/learn will be heaps of fun! 🤩
What did I do in Tuesdays session:
In Tuesdays session we had big pieces of paper with different subjects; rocks&soil, air, water, plants and life cycles. We then had to write what we knew about each thing on the piece of paper. After that we tested if ice would weigh the same when we melted it.
Here is my work for the initial water cycles of lake Taupo:
The stars of our galaxy
Introduction
Did you know that some of the biggest stars in the Universe can engulf Saturn? Stars are very important to us humans, as they make life on Earth. The information here will make you a star expert with information that will vary from the Sun to constellations.
The sun
The Sun is the only star in our solar system! It seems massive compared to other planets, but it is only a dwarf star with the diameter of 1.4 million kilometres! To humans the sun appears yellow or orange to our eyes but all colours mixed together it is actually a white colour believe it or not. All the other 8 planets of the solar system orbit around the sun.
What they are made of
Stars are extremely dense objects. They consist of mostly hydrogen a bit of helium and other elements. Every star will have different amounts of the elements. Scientists estimate that there are about 100 billion stars in our Milky Way. Thats a lot!
Constellations
A constellation is a cluster of stars that forms an image or shape on the sky. But not every star is a part of a constellation. Each of the Zodiac signs have its own constellation. The word “constellation” comes from a Latin term meaning “set with stars”.
Conclusion
It is very important to know about the solar system and stars because we need to know about the environment we live in as it is always changing. This information report talks about the Sun, what stars are made of and what constellations are. But if you would like to know more about stars you can visit the website NASA.govt or NASA kids club-NASA.
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