Part 1

I had just had a shower.

“Hurry up, Lukas!,” said my mum.  

“Yeah, I’m just drying myself,” I replied.

“Keep on warming up your voice,” she said.

“Oh, yeah,” I mumbled.

Before I knew it, I was in the car, driving to my doom. Let me reword that. We were going to a singing competition that felt maybe like my doom. North Shore Performing Arts Competition Society. NSPACS, for short. I entered that comp last year. I was very successful. Hopefully I could be just as good...

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Part 2

“Don’t forget that I gave you $20 holiday money, so if you want to spend it now, then tell me where you want to go,”my mother reminded me.

“Could we go to Smith & Caughey's, please? Then I will have lots of options of shops,” I replied.  

Before I knew it, I had bought a huge easter egg and a block of chocolate. Consequently, I ended up with something my mum calls ‘Shoppers Regret’. “Oh, man!,” I said. Probably shouldn't have bought that!

But, at least I had chocolate to eat! ‘Yay!,’ I thought.

Science in a Van

02.05.17

Today, Science in a Van came to visit Owairaka School: run by Alan and Emily Worman.  There was a morning session, (for all students) and then after, there was a session for Kauri children that paid.

In the morning session:

😀 Emily  pulled a tablecloth with cups and jugs on it and explained the                 force of ‘pull’.

😀 Alan did the opposite; he put 3 glasses on a board with strings attaching it, and swung the board around in a circle. Guess what? The glasses didn’t fall off!

In the Kauri session:

🤗Alan taught us about dry ice. He told us that dry ice has to be made at -75॰C. It’s special, because it goes straight from its solid form, to its gas form; never a liquid. He warned us never to put lots of dry ice into a container and put the lid on, because it will turn into gas (gas takes up more room than solids) and the pressure in the container will make it explode.

👶Emily taught us about the periodic table:

To make it easier for us, she told us to imagine it as The Earth’s Cupboard.

This is a cool video of some dry ice