Digital Immersion

Today we had a session work with Garry from Digital Immersion. He taught us how to programme a robot to move from one place to another. We used a special language that robots use to deliver messages. The name of the special language is Binary.

My group had a lot of fun because we got to use an iPad to control the robots.  In the beginning it was really challenging because most of the robots were running into each other most of the time. It looked like most of us were struggling to cope with people in their way.

At the end of the day, room 10 had fun and returned  to class with smiles on their faces. I definitely want  go back to learn more about Digital Immersion the next Garry is at school.

By Candice

How to make fake blood?

What do you need to make fake blood?

Ingredients/Materials:

1. Corn Syrup
2. Red food colouring
3. Yellow or green food colouring
4. Water
5. Aquarium Tube

 Things  you need to  do:

Pour one cup of corn syrup into a cup or bowl.
Then pour inside two tablespoons of red food colouring with one teaspoon of green or possibly yellow food colouring.
Next, pour in a tablespoon of water inside a bowl or cup.
After that, get an aquarium tube as a sort of pump.
Stick the tube inside the fake blood mixture and siphon it into the tubing by inserting one end and then basically making a long straw out of it using the other.
Then attach the aquarium cubing to your arm, if you have a bracelet or anything around your hand, it can fasten it down.
Now blow on the straw or the tubing, the blood comes down either end.



I hope you enjoyed the lesson today about how to make fake blood! Hopefully you've learned something really fun to do. You can prank your classmates or even your family members.

By Anastacia

Marcus Thomas

Marcus Thomas New Zealand Cavemen - Interviewed by Susan Paris

For the past two weeks I have been reading about a man named Marcus Thomas. Marcus Thomas is a man who has been on a lot of adventures in caves.  Marcus Thomas explored the longest cave in New Zealand that is the Waitomo Cave

This book explains to the readers how to be safe and what one would be needing when going into a cave. To learn more about caving, I would suggest that you read the story about Marcus.

The caving equipment one would need are:
boots because it may be dirty in the caves
a climbing rope so you can go deeper into a cave and so you can make a way out of the cave
, a head lamp - one of the most important equipment so you can see through the darkness inside 
a helmet  to protect your head from falling rocks  and a compass so you don’t get lost
a climbing harness so it’s not too difficult to climb ropes
a tape measure and overalls
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By Tyra

Designed for Good by Philip Cleaver

 School Journal May 2017
Designed for Good by Philip Cleaver

This article is about a group of classmates who decided to design and build a trap to catch possums that were damaging the plants.

The idea came into their mind when Craig Bond, one of the designers got a   flat tyre while driving around. He was helped by a stranger who helped him by using a small canister of compressed gas to inflate the tyre.

After studying all the different types of traps, they decided to build a trap that was  affordable, easy to carry and would be reliable and last long.

In 2010 they finally made a trap that they were happy with. It was gas powered and it had a digital counter as well.




By Bianca, Ezekiel, Kalolaine, Kestrel, Kupid, Lesieli, Mahoney and Stanisloe

Science Intensive - Making things glow

Today Room ten has been doing science Intensive with Mrs. Tofa, and so far I'm having fun learning how to make things glow in the dark. To experience if it actually worked, we got some plastic cups from Mrs. Tofa and filled it up halfway with fresh clean water. We then got different coloured highlighters to put in the cups which was filled with water. After that, we went into a dark room to see if it worked, It was so amusing. I loved the way it actually glowed. It was one of the best experiences of my life!

By Anastacia