Museum Reflection

The senior classes of Glenbrae School were learning about Natural Disasters at the Auckland Museum. The thing I found the most interesting was the type of ways how a volcano can explode. They can explode many different types of rocks. Something I learned was that volcanoes are everywhere, and to be specific there are 55 volcanoes in Auckland. Mount Wellington is known as the most visited mountain in Glen Innes. I’m lucky because I could see Mount Wellington from my house.

Our Trip to Museum of Technology and Transport

We went to Motat to learn and explore Simple Mechanisms.

At MOTAT we first explored around the old vehicles.My favourite vehicle is a Morris Eight.The Morris Eight was the most sold out car in year 1930 in England. My group and I watched how a car engine worked in the olden days. While we were in the cars exhibition area we saw the huge black plane engine also.

Then we moved to the Victorian Village. While we were walking around  the Victorian Village we walked into a classroom of the olden days. We also found a pencil sharpener, an abacus, a bell and a weird looking heater. Then we went to the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. We prayed inside the church and enjoyed the experience of the small church. The church was built in 1898 and transferred to MOTAT in 1974.

After that we went to the tram station. We nearly  missed the tram as we were late. So we  quickly went through the shop and onto the tram. The tram that we were riding on was built in 1944 in Melbourne.Our Tram driver was Paul O’ Ryan.

In class we learnt about simple mechanisms. A simple mechanism is a mechanism that makes our life easier by using a simple object. Such mechanisms are pulleys, wedges, levers, wheels and the axle. An Axel gives a point of rotation for a wheel. In the 10 last minutes we got to make a simple machine. My partner and I made a small vehicle.

There were new exhibits outside the car exhibition. It was an army collection of Armoured tanks and huge guns.The FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier was used for the army and was built in 1964. Its speed was 52 km/h.

It was a cool experience to explore MOTAT learning about Simple Machines.I had an awesome time at MOTAT learning about things I never knew.

The Maori Drill

When we got to the Museum we went to the Wharenui.In this photo my group and I are testing an ancient tool that the Maori People built.They used it to start fires instead of lighters.The fire provides light,food and heat.This tool is made of wood and a strong piece of string. It took a while for me to spin the drill and let it twirl and twirl until it worked.

What I learnt about plants !

Know:	What I want to know:	Learnt:
I knew that soil helps our plants grow.	Why is there  3 different kind of type of soil ?	Clay is very bad to plant with.
Leaves can be different kind of colours.	Why is there heaps of leaves in the forest ?	Leaves do not grow well in the shade.
I knew that the female name for the flowers are pistil.	How do flowers grow in water?	I learnt that the male part of the flower has 4 parts.
I knew that seeds can be anywhere.	Which is the biggest seed?	The Largest seed is coconut.