Mars

How to get to Mars

Aim: To learn about Mars exploration.

1. Rover facts 
2. Design, Draw and Make a Rover
3. Mars facts

1. Rover facts: 

What are the 5 parts for? 
Link: Rovers 5 parts

Fill in the table below.

Name:John	Purpose:
Wheels	6 wheels to go over terrains including rough terrains it could go 0.6-0.3 miles per hour on earth it could go about 0.1 miles an hour
Solar Panel	2 to charge batteries those batteries are 2 8-amp-hour lithium  they can last about 16 hours.
Laser	the laser is powered by a Chem cam instrument it is part of the cameras it can detect soil from a 23 meters away.
Camera	there is 23 cameras the chem cam has been already talked about. 22 others are probably for vision on different angles.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	the drill is something that spins around. it is made to extract materials from mars or core.

2. In groups of 3 you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:

1. Lego Technics
2. A4 paper
3. Pencil
4. Ruler
5. Eraser

The drawing and model must have:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 tool at the front than includes a shovel, pick and drill.
• 1 solar panel
• 1 laser that points at the ground

 ( Take a photo and upload  your mars rover onto your blog.)

3. Mars Facts
Link: Facts

You will need to find out the following:

Fact	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days
Length of 1 day	24 hours
Distance from the sun
Distance from Earth.
Gravity:
Colour:
Temperature	-88 to 57 C
Rainfall
Atmosphere
Surface
Moons and names

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.

revolution tour

On Tuesday at the revolution tour we met Reggie for years 8s its 'we met Reggie again' in the auditorium he introduced him self he talked about him being a professional playing a saxophone and told us to clap or sing  while he plays his saxophone. when we finished he told us about the revolution dancers, of course as they're name said they danced to a music. they finished dancing and then Reggie told us his secret about that him being thrown away but he talks about a true bond of a son and a foster father.

Plants

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1.  

2.

3.  

Deciduous;

1.  

2.   

3.  

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound   

Activity: Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing. Once you have done the rubbing, cut it out and glue it on the tree.

LEAF COLLECTION

1.

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

2. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

3.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

4. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

5.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

RESEARCH 3 TYPES OF PLANT GROUPS

1. Carnivorous plants
2. Fruit trees
3. NZ Native trees

Plant group: 

Habitat: (Desert / beach / mountains / swamp / plains / forest) 

Climate ( 1. Hot / warm / cold, 2. Rainy / dry 3. Windy / still )

plant pitcher

Plant group: (Carnivorous) 

Habitat: (forest/swamp)

Climate (cold/warm/hot/rainy/still)

Meyer

Plant group: (Fruit Trees)

Habitat: (plains / forest) 

Climate ( 1. Hot / warm / still )

Rimu

Plant group: (Nz Native Trees)

Habitat: (forest) 

Climate ( Hot / warm )

Image:

Crazy Crystals

Aim: To learn about a saturated solution and how to make crystals

Crystal video

Definition of solution: 

A liquid mixture, when something is dissolved into a liquid (eg: sugar in water) 

Definition of saturated: 

Having or holding as much as can be absorbed of something (when no more sugar or borax can be dissolved into the water)

In groups of three you will make three different types of crystals and compare the results.

Borax Crystals

Borax Crystals time lapse video

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Borax

2)Cups

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add Hot water

Step 2:Add Borax

Step 3:Mix with Stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Make a star with some wire like shown above

Step 5:Use a peg and clip it to the star

Step 6:Put the star in the water and make sure the pegs not in water with it

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Sugar

2)Cups

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add Hot water

Step 2:Add Sugar

Step 3:Mix with stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Get a string and tie it to a ice cream stick

Step 5:Put the string inside the water and the stick at the each end of cups

Step 6: 

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Salt

2)Cups

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add hot water

Step 2:Add salt

Step 3:Mix with the stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Get a string and tie it to the ice cream stick

Step 5:Put the string inside the water and the end of stick touch both side of cup

Step 6:

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	One big crystal	Large, Medium, Small.	Hard
Sugar	Cube	Small	Hard
Salt	Cube	Small	Hard

What crystals worked out best and why?:

Conclusion:

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After watching the videos as a class, explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	People have a big ocean of salt water and when the water evaporates the salt is found underneath the ground.
Sugar	People pull plants out of the ground and inside of the plant is  sugar and people go through a big process to get the sugar out and ready.
Snowflakes	Snowflakes are formed from dust and when a lot of dust are formed it makes a snowflake but the weather has to be cold and icy for the snowflake to evolve.

CRYSTAL TYPES

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE 7 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYSTALS

Salt Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Borax Crystals

7 different crystal shapes

The 7 types of crystals

Type	Number of sides	2 examples	Image
Triclinic	7	Turquoise Rhodonite
Monoclinic	6	Beta-sulfur Gypsum
Orthombic	7	Alpha-sulphur Cementite
Trigonal	4	Trigonal trapezohedral
Hexagonal	12	hexagonal crystal
Cubic	6	diamond, fluorite
Tetragonal	7	monoclinic limestones