Aim: Our Investigation is about “Can Water Make Music?” Elizabeth and I chose to work on this project because we saw on TV someone make music with water and we wanted to test this out and find out for ourselves if we could use water to make a simple musical instrument.
Question: Can we make music using different levels of water in glass tumblers? And which level of water would make better music?
Hypothesis: We think that we can make music with water. We predict that the smallest amount of water in the glass tumbler would make a sharp sound and a nice tone.
Experiment
Equipment: 4 drinking glass tumblers
Water in each tumbler at a different level
Wooden stick such as a pencil
Procedure:
1.Line up each glass next to each other and fill them with different amounts of water.
2.The first glass should have a high amount of water and the last should have a small amount of water. The ones in between should have a slightly more water than the last one.
3.Tap the glass tumbler with the least amount of water and observe the sound, then do the same for the other glass tumblers.
4.Now tap all glass tumblers and in any order to see if you could make up a tune by just tapping them in order.
5.Observe which glass tumbler makes better music.
Observation: When we tapped each one to see which glass tumbler had a lovely sound, it turned out to be the glass with the least amount of water in it. Our hypothesis was correct.
Conclusion: From our experiment we learned that we can make music with water. It sounds quite good.
In India some musicians play this kind of musical instrument and make beautiful music with it. They call this musical instrument “Jal Tharang” (Water Music.
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Eastern Zone Netball Tournament
On Thursday 18th August 2011, Tamaki Intermediate’s boys and girls went to Morrin Road to play Netball. For the girls we had to wear short skirts and dark blue T- shirts with our school logo on it. We played against five schools who were to participate in the game.
First we had to make sure that we put on our sports shoes. We had to then do some warm ups and make sure that we were prepared for our first game against St. Heliers. Our first game started at 9:55 a.m. on a very cold day.
When the alarm went on to say that we had to start our game, we were fully prepared and had a lot of energy. Our games took about half an hour and our break for half time was just for 5 minutes. We won against St. Heliers 6 goals to 1. We were all jumping up and down with excitement.
Our next game was against Stanhope who had some good players, and we won our 2nd game. Our coach Miss. Valoa was a really good coach, because Stanhope’s players were really tall and huge. Miss Valoa told us that they had the height but we had the speed and we weren’t nervous any more.
Next up we had to play against Churchill Park School. They were little but had very good communication amongst themselves. We won this game we were going to play in the semi-finals.
To prepare ourselves for the semi-finals some of us were playing in half court and practiced our our steps, passing skills, pivot skills and shooting skills. We played against Glendowie and won the match.
Then we had to played the final match against Baradene. We lost to Baradene. As we walked off the court our heads were still held high as we were proud of ourselves.
At the end of this busy day, we had to go to sit down on court 4 for the prize giving. The Year 7 girls were placed 2nd. We were tired and exhausted from the games that we participated in. Even though we lost one game we were proud that we represented our school well and earned the 2nd placing.
First we had to make sure that we put on our sports shoes. We had to then do some warm ups and make sure that we were prepared for our first game against St. Heliers. Our first game started at 9:55 a.m. on a very cold day.
When the alarm went on to say that we had to start our game, we were fully prepared and had a lot of energy. Our games took about half an hour and our break for half time was just for 5 minutes. We won against St. Heliers 6 goals to 1. We were all jumping up and down with excitement.
Our next game was against Stanhope who had some good players, and we won our 2nd game. Our coach Miss. Valoa was a really good coach, because Stanhope’s players were really tall and huge. Miss Valoa told us that they had the height but we had the speed and we weren’t nervous any more.
Next up we had to play against Churchill Park School. They were little but had very good communication amongst themselves. We won this game we were going to play in the semi-finals.
To prepare ourselves for the semi-finals some of us were playing in half court and practiced our our steps, passing skills, pivot skills and shooting skills. We played against Glendowie and won the match.
Then we had to played the final match against Baradene. We lost to Baradene. As we walked off the court our heads were still held high as we were proud of ourselves.
At the end of this busy day, we had to go to sit down on court 4 for the prize giving. The Year 7 girls were placed 2nd. We were tired and exhausted from the games that we participated in. Even though we lost one game we were proud that we represented our school well and earned the 2nd placing.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
A Fun-filled and Exciting Term 2
Term 2 was a fun-filled and fantastic term. It was a term in which we did a lot of learning.
The subject that I enjoyed learning about most was maths, because we did fun activities and learned a lot more about Measurement, Algebra and Number. We learned multiplication, long division, addition, percentages, fractions and much more. My group Kakariki made loopy people with Miss. B. a student teacher who worked in our classroom. Maths this term was really fun and exciting.
In topic study we were learning about “Unity and Diversity”. It was about how we are different but we are all the same despite our differences. To start with the year 7s had a fashion show. Each person had to dress up in his/her own cultural costumes to represent their culture. We loved the catwalk and proudly walked to the stage as different people but we stood there as one united group. During the term we learned about tolerating all races and being kind to different people who live here in New Zealand. We learned that we should live in peace and harmony even though we are all different.
Out on our fields most students practiced every lunch break and at P.E. for various sports tournaments we participated in. We had some very good results in the Eastern Zone and Inter Zone championships in Rugby and Soccer.
Later on in the term, we went to the careers expo at the ASB show grounds at Green Lane. We learned about a lot of careers we could take up later in our lives. At school we researched for information about careers that we wanted to take up. We processed our information and then prepared our displays for our very own school Careers Expo. This was a fantastic experience.
Learning about Matariki with Mrs. Bailey was always fun. Performing our class action song with long sticks was a proud moment for Room 12. This term was an extremely busy term in which a lot of learning went on.
We are all looking forward to a good break after 11 long weeks of Term 2.
By Alyson
The subject that I enjoyed learning about most was maths, because we did fun activities and learned a lot more about Measurement, Algebra and Number. We learned multiplication, long division, addition, percentages, fractions and much more. My group Kakariki made loopy people with Miss. B. a student teacher who worked in our classroom. Maths this term was really fun and exciting.
In topic study we were learning about “Unity and Diversity”. It was about how we are different but we are all the same despite our differences. To start with the year 7s had a fashion show. Each person had to dress up in his/her own cultural costumes to represent their culture. We loved the catwalk and proudly walked to the stage as different people but we stood there as one united group. During the term we learned about tolerating all races and being kind to different people who live here in New Zealand. We learned that we should live in peace and harmony even though we are all different.
Out on our fields most students practiced every lunch break and at P.E. for various sports tournaments we participated in. We had some very good results in the Eastern Zone and Inter Zone championships in Rugby and Soccer.
Later on in the term, we went to the careers expo at the ASB show grounds at Green Lane. We learned about a lot of careers we could take up later in our lives. At school we researched for information about careers that we wanted to take up. We processed our information and then prepared our displays for our very own school Careers Expo. This was a fantastic experience.
Learning about Matariki with Mrs. Bailey was always fun. Performing our class action song with long sticks was a proud moment for Room 12. This term was an extremely busy term in which a lot of learning went on.
We are all looking forward to a good break after 11 long weeks of Term 2.
By Alyson
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Mother's Day Letter
Dear Mrs. B
I think my nana deserves the Mother’s Day gift because she is the most caring nana in the world. Whenever I’m naughty and do not listen to her she forgives me and forgets about it or gives me a growl. From the time I was born, she has been taking care of me and my family. She always makes sure that I have lunch and always asks me if I have any homework to do and helps me with my school work.
I think she deserves this prize because she is honest and caring, is always happy and loves her grand children very much. Please give her the honour of getting this Mother’s Day gift.
Yours sincerely
Alyson
Room 12
I think my nana deserves the Mother’s Day gift because she is the most caring nana in the world. Whenever I’m naughty and do not listen to her she forgives me and forgets about it or gives me a growl. From the time I was born, she has been taking care of me and my family. She always makes sure that I have lunch and always asks me if I have any homework to do and helps me with my school work.
I think she deserves this prize because she is honest and caring, is always happy and loves her grand children very much. Please give her the honour of getting this Mother’s Day gift.
Yours sincerely
Alyson
Room 12
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
A Different and Challenging Term 1 at Tamaki Intermediate!
What a busy yet lovely term I had at Tamaki Intermediate!
First memory and reflection I am going to write about is our swimming carnival we had last month. We had two groups called “Sharkies” and “Nemos.” I was in Sharkies. Our house Leaders and Captains asked us whether we would freestyle or backstroke. I decided to choose backstroke. When the groups finished deciding, the year 7’s had to go in front of the pool. First it was freestyle then backstroke. I came 2nd in the first race and in the next race I came 1st. I was very happy and proud of myself. We had a great time.
For the year 7 girl’s softball tournament, we went in a white van with Mrs. Takarei. Shamine, Aluat, and I went to play 5 schools. I was a sub. We won 3 games and lost 2. We had a big smile on our faces when we came back to school. The next morning we heard great news we came 2nd in the whole of Auckland! That was the best I have ever played!
Learning at Tamaki Intermediate is very good. I love learning to read and write, I love solving maths problems. I enjoyed term 1 and am looking forward to Term 2.
By Norbegun Room 12
On the 10th of March 2011, the Year 7 students of Tamaki Intermediate visited the Museum of Transport and Technology. A wonderful lady called Elaine showed us around and answered our questions. We went because it was to help us with our learning about ‘Kiwiana’ of our Amazing Aotearoa. After she answered our questions my class got spit up into 2 groups. I went with my cool teacher Mrs Andrews. My group saw lots of these old fashioned clothes and transport. As we looked around and walked past the different things about our beautiful country, we saw lots of signs that said DO NOT TOUCH.
We had a wonderful time learning about New Zealand. Term 1 was busy yet excellent because we learned a lot in this short time.
By Alyson Room 12
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