Welcome to our class blog. We are a year 8 class and our teacher is Mrs Lee.We live in Richmond, Nelson which is near the top of the South Island of New Zealand.We hope you enjoy reading about our learning activities. We would love to read your comments.
This week, nearly 2 000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius in Italy exploded in a spectacular and devastating way.The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried under tons of volcanic ash. What is truly amazing is that these lost cities were perfectly preserved by the ash.
A man is sitting in a cafe feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a bunch of $50 notes out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed." The rich man laughs.The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?"The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?
Did you know?Do you have imagination? Do you like to solve problems? Can you think outside the box?
If so, you could be the next great inventor. “But I’m just a kid,” you might say! Don’t worry about a little thing like age. Some of the greatest inventors in the world got their start as kids.
Do you have your own bright ideas for some new inventions? How about a toothbrush that brushes your teeth while you’re sleeping? Or a robot that does your homework while you’re at soccer practice? Maybe even a pencil that knows the answers to test questions!
Post your ideas as a comment.
The Opening of the Panama Canal - 15th August 1914
Looking back in history, we find that ships were used for much of the transporting of goods around the world. Take a look at the map above. How would a ship have managed to get its cargo from the west coast of the United states to the East? The ship would have needed to travel all the way down to Cape Horn at the bottom of South America and then all the way back up. There had to be an easier way. And in 1534, King Charles V of Spain decided there was. He planned to create a canal through Panama so boats could cut though and enter the Atlantic ocean more quickly. In fact, a journey that was once 20, 000 kilometres long could be reduced to just 8000 kilometres by building an 8 kilometre canal.
The Panama canal has been called one of the modern ‘Seven Wonders of the World’. It is an example of what can be achieved through hard work and determination. However, it came at a very high cost - the loss of 26 000 lives.
The Panama Canal is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in the world.
The following landmarks are also examples of incredible engineering.
In which countries would you find the following?
a) The Hoover Dam
b) The Eiffel Tower
c) The Golden Gate Bridge
d) The Channel Tunnel
Can you think of any other famous man-made landmarks?
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out
what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual
though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if
you work at it a bit, you might find out.
In literacy we have been learning about maori culture and have been makeing maori canoes (nag waka) and have 30mins to make a canoe with stable sides and have to be able to hold one person in it.
we had to make it out of *news paper *ice block sticks *stiky tape and scissors.
This morning Valerie Adams won a silver medal in shot put. With the score of 20.40m. In first place getting the gold was Nadzeya Ostapchuk from Belarus and the bronze medal went to Evgeniia Kolodko from Russia. Comment what you think about this By Alani and Sophie
A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water.
How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?
1988 - Seoul Olympics - Ben Johnson Canadian, Ben Johnson, beat the great Carl Lewis with a run of 9.79sec. It was four hundredths of a second better than his
old record. Then news broke that Johnson had been taking
performance enhancing drugs. The yellow eyes Lewis had
spotted as they lined up were a sign of steroid use. From that
point on, drug-testing has become an important part of the
Olympics and references to staying drug-free are made in the
Olympic oath.
What you believe to be the most memorable moment of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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This is our ad for super high bouncing shoes. We had to create a new inventionfor our Olympic thinking keys activity so we decided to make shoes with springs on them. After we had made them we decided to make an advert and this is it, we hope you like. By Chelsea and Sophie<3
