Tuesday 27 August 2013

Project Energise lesson - Sugary Drinks

Today Courtney came to Paerata to talk to us about sugary drinks.  First of all, Courtney told us that our bodies are made up of 70% water and our brains are 80% water!  We learnt that it is important to replace the water that our body loses.

Next Courtney brought out some drinks that lots of us have had before - water, Powerade, Mizone, Coke, e2, V, raro, milk, and Mother.


After that, a few people had a go at putting the drinks in order, from the drink with the least sugar to the drink with the most sugar.  We were very close to getting it correct, Courtney put the drinks in the correct order for us.  This photo shows the order - water has the least sugar, e2 has the most!

Last of all we had to separate the drinks into everyday drinks, sometimes drinks and occasionally drinks.

It was a very interesting lesson and we all learned a lot!


Sugary Drinks from mbolton on Vimeo.


Leave a comment saying what you learnt from Courtney's lesson.







NZ Maths Challenge

Last week Room 8 took part in the nation wide New Zealand Maths Challenge, run by Mathletics.

 After a frustrating start (the website crashed!), we were able to get onto the site and challenge the rest of the country.


Here are a few photos of Room 8 taking part in the challenge.







Friday 16 August 2013

Our new games!

At the end of Term 2, our profits were added together from our Enterprise unit. We worked to earn money by selling soup and we had our Market Day. Below are a few photos and clips of Room 8 enjoying our new games.