Term 1 Week 1 2019

4 Revolutionary Riddles

Term 4 Week 6

Planet Earth Research Task

Your task is to research a mineral resource found on the West Coast.

You can choose one of these four resources

Your can present your research as an essay, a poster, a pamphlet or a powerpoint presentation

Your will have to research the answers to these four questions

You will have three periods of class time to work on this, but you will have to do some homework too. The presentation should take you 6-10 hours to research and complete.

Your report is due

You will have to keep to show your references (where you got your data from) as part of your presentation, so keep track of this while you research!

I am going to research...

Coal Gold Limestone Pounamu

I am going to present it as a...

Essay - Powerpoint - Poster - Pamphlet - Stop-Motion

Term 4 Week 4

Geology

Evolution of New Zealand Over Time

Zelandia

Plate Tectonics

How Do We Know Plate Tectonics Are Real?

New Zealand Plates

Rock Cycle

Term 3 Week 9 2018

Mitosis

Meiosis

Stop Motion Animator

Mitosis
by Joel D, Clark F and Connor H

Term 3 Week 2 2018

Trebuchet

Designing a Trebuchet – Optimizing Weight and Length

Optimisation of Trebuchet:

1. The length of the payload arm should be 3.75 times longer than the counterweight arm.
2. The length of the sling should be the same length as the payload arm.
3. The initial angle between the counterweight arm and the support should be 45 degrees at launch.
4. The counterweight needs to be 133 times as heavy as your intended projectile.

Optimising a Trebuchet

Wheels on a Trebuchet

Student's Trebuchets

Term 3 Week 1 2018

Velocity - Distance - Time

• Speed (Velocity) is a change in distance per unit time. SI unit: meters per second (m/s)
• Distance is a length. SI unit: meters (m)
• Time is needed for things to change. SI unit: second (s)

Distance Time Graphs

Term 2 Week 7 2018