Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Milk Explosion Experiment !!! - Melvina

How to do the 'Milk Explosion Experiment'

Firstly, you need ingredients and those ingredients are: milk, food colouring, ( red ,blue, yellow and green), bowl, dish washing liquid and a cotton bud. The food colouring you choose are optional but only four colours. Next, you put the food colouring but you need to put them seperately or the experiment won't work. Then, you get your cotton bud and with one side put dish washing liquid on to it and then carefully put the cotton bud in to the middle and watch what happens.

It all mixes together and twirls around. This happens because of the milks fat and protein. They keep bumping together to find molecules. Scientists have an example of telling about fats and proteins, so you can get the idea of what they are trying to say. Scientists say, that when are at a disco you find a new friend to dance with, so that is what happens to the molecules. The fat and protein molecules are dancing around. This is a physical change because it can not change back to how it was before.

Thats how we make Swirling Milk.

Burst of colours

How do you make milk colourful?

Firstly,you get a bowl or a dish and put in some milk about halfway. Next, you add some food colouring green,blue,yellow,and red. Only put one drop of each colour. After that,you put dish washing liquid into the bowl and watch it burst out with colours.

What is happening is a physical change because it is still milk and it is still food colouring even though they are moving around. Milk has fat and protien. When the fat and protien bump together they find molecules.

You might even want to try this fun science experiment at home. Give it a try. You can tell your friends, auntys, cousins and uncles. Watch the teriffic, magnifient sight inside the bowl. 'What a delightful thing you have made' thats what your Mum or Dad might say.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Colour Disco!!!

Do you know how to make all the colours explode? The ingredients are dishwashing liquid, a bowl, food colouring and a cotton bud. Firstly, you put in milk and then you put in the food colouring into the milk. Then, put in the dishwashing liquid. Then you will see the reaction starting. The reaction is starting because of the soap molecules are bouncing off each other to find fat from the milk. I liked it because I saw a rainbow in a bowl.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Way to go Karekare Kahu's!


Today's awesome certificate recipients...

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Cross Country 11/5/11


Well at least it didn't hail!

Room 12 did amazingly well in our school cross country. All children who ran the race, finished the race, despite the pouring rain and the near falls in the mud. Their attitude was brilliant with many reflections stating "at least I could have a drink". Stay tuned for some awesome recounts! A special congratulations goes to Brody who placed 1st for the 7 year old boys and Aatif who placed 2nd for the 7 year old boys and to Cheyenne who placed 3rd in the 8 year old girls! Cheyenne has qualified for the interschool cross country, where she will compete against children from other schools. Room 12 wish her all the best!

Well done again to all Room 12 children, they have been running every morning and their efforts showed on the day... and I must say, we looked GREAT in our new pod t-shirts! go Karekare Kahu's!


Monday, April 18, 2011

Karekare Pod Picnic!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

A day on the green ...

Today, Vicky from North Harbour Golf, came and taught us some golf skills. Here is a short movie about it.