Galileo Experiment

Room 10's Science Experiment
On the 7th of March, 2013 Room Ten did a science experiment to see which out of a heavy shotput and a light one would fall to the ground first. Before we did the experiment Room Ten guessed which one shotput we thought would hit the ground first. Most of the class thought the heavier one would be the first to hit the ground but a few members of the class thought that it would be the light one.
Room Ten went outside and the five people with the shotputs climbed up to the top of the fort.Allof the shotputs were different sizes: big, small, medium and large.
The first few times we tried the experiment it didn't work because the shotputs weren't all dropped at different times.
Mr Barr decided that we should just have two shoputs instead of five, one small one large. This time the shotputs were dropped at exactly the same time. Both of them also reached the ground at the same time.
This proved to us that no matter what the weight of something gravity treated it the same.
I was rather amazed!

By Sammi Lu

** Mr Barr: 2 years ago I surveyed my parents and teachers on whether they had a scientific or non-scientific
understanding of gravity. The bad news was for BOTH groups the majority had a non-scientific understanding. The good news (from my perspective) was that the teachers weren't as bad as the parents :))  ** 

IXL Homework Wk 9

Topic: Geometry
Group 2 (Yr 8): Q1, P26, P23, P24
Algebra
Group 1 (Yr 9): T2, T3, T4, T5 

IXL Homework Wk 8: C5, C6, G 10 & 11 (Group 2, Yr 8); R5, R6, R7 & T1 (Group 1 Yr 9)

 My Taonga

My Taonga is a very old book. It is special because several members of my family have read it and also because it is one of my favourite stories.
The book is called Pride and Prejudice and is by Jane Austen.

Pride and Prejudice isn't actually mine, its my Mums. Pride and Prejudice is a classic. It is by a very famous author called Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austens second novel and was first published in 1813. I think that my book was the second edition published.

The book was first owned by someone called Joan Tretherway who is not a member of our family. My Nana was given the book in high school she read and detested it so she gave to her sister(my great aunt). She was given the book in 1948. At some point my Mum was given the book. My cousin has read it too. When I was nine I read the book for the first time.
Pride and Prejudice is written in very old-fashioned language but I managed to understand it because I'd seen the movie hundreds of times.

The book is hard covered. I think it is made from blue canvas. The book is very old and a bit tatty. On the front is a pressed picture of a fountain. On the spine is the name of the book and author in silver writing.
The pages inside the book are yellow and the text is very small and black.

The story in the book is set in the 1790s and is about political dating. It is about a family of five daughters and their searches for husbands. The main character is called Elizabeth(Lizzy)Bennet. All boys and most girls will not enjoy this book.

There have been three movies made based on this book. One was made in the 1930s.Another was a telivison series made by BBC in 1995. It goes for about five hours. The best move was made in 2005.

Pride and Prejudice is a very famous book. I think that it is a very interesting story that allows the reader to understand what life was like in the late 18th century.