What is an argument?

A battle,

an army of words,
an enemy, a friend,
a share of knowledge,
a loud battle of minds,
screaming to be heard,
must be believed,
a point to be conveyed,
the anger continues to swell,

That is what an argument is.

By Jackson Ian Burt

Drama Academy Production Part

We are having a school Production at Tawa this term. I have be chosen to play the role of Brian - a seasoned traveller and is crazy for CCTC(crazy, camels, travel, crew) and is the happy kind of guy and really enthusiastic. The production is about the old trade routes "The Silk Road" . Miss King runs all the rehersals at lunch times and after school and on Wednesdays

Durell

touch rugby

This week I have tryed out for the mixed touch rugby team.5 girls made the team including me and 7 boys made the team. We had two trails to work through to find out who made the team. We are playing in a inter- school intermediate competition in Seaview, Wednesday next week. by Ash

Making Ice Cream

Today, for science we made ice cream.
The learning intention was to find out how cold if affected by salt. Salt makes the freezing level lower.
1. We filled half of the snap-lock bag with ice then put in 6 tablespoons of salt and closed the bag.
2. Then we put milk, vanila and sugar into a smaller snap-lock bag.
3. We put the smaller bag into another bag so it doesnt leak, then put it into the bag of ice.
4. We shook the bag of ice until the milk turned thick and more like ice cream. The longer we shook it the colder it got.
5. Eat it. Yum Yum!!!!

Explanation:
Ice Cream involves the incorporation of air during the freezing process to make the water freezing in small crystals. the incorporation of fat and sugar changes the properties of the ice cream mixture. the salt lowers the freezing level of the water to below zero - gets really cold

LOUISE, KELSEY AND SAM

Seeing is Believing

This morning we have been looking at illusions. Illusions are when your eyes and brain get conmfused because your eyes see one thing and your rain thinks another.
Optical illusions are like "Visual Vibrations" - basically meaning that when you see patterns of black and white your eyes sometimes confuses the two and blends them into forming another pattern into the picture you see
We had a look at heaps of different illusions. I thought the spiral illustion worked the best for me.. so check them out on the web.

Amber

Cultural Fusion

Last Thursday Tawa Intermediate was invited to participate in Pasifika Fusion. South Wellington Intermediate School (SWIS) hosted over 300 people from 6 schools.

The day started with a Powhiri, in which all the students from SWIS participated. Then Each Kura was given 15-20 minutes to perform a range of items. The first three kura to preform were SWIS, Brandon and us. Then SWIS provided lunch for all the students and a karakia. The next three schools to perform were Titahi Bay, Newlands and Raroa . We finished with karakia and we headed home.

I was impressed to see the students supporting each other across the Kura. All the students were a great audience, representing themselves and their Kura well, and there was a really positive vibe throughout the day. Each kura was lifted by the support of the audience, as the students know what it’s like to get up there on stage and perform.

The festival reaffirmed the value of these sorts of groups and activities. I would like to thank Lasi Hunt, Andrew Leilua, Colleen Epapara and Pam Clarke for their support.

Biodegradeble Packing Peanuts.

This morning I showed the class biodegradeble packing peanuts which are actually made from potato shavings. They are from my mums packaging for her Nutimetics sales, so that the products don't bang into each other and break druing transport.
This is what I did.
First I got a plastic container lid and filled it with cold water.. Next I put the potato shavings in the container lid and squashed them down. Students then observed the Packing Peanuts starting to foam up and disintergrate.
This type of packing material is better for the enviroment because unlike polystyrene it is biodegredeble.

Kelsey

Today for Science we did

Why Does the Water Rise?

You’ll have to watch closely...

You’ll have to watch closely and use everything that you know about air in order to explain the mystery of the rising water. You heard right! Air is the key to why the water rises in this experiment... but you'll have to do the experiment yourself to find out just how air affects the water.

Materials

• Candle and matches
• Pie pan or dish
• Juice bottle, jar, or clear vase
• Water
• Food colouring
• Matches

We followed the instruction and set on our way to discovery. Then we had questions to ask and talked our way to understanding.

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000198 - Great website to check out

The Why.

Why are there bubbles when you place the jar over the candle?
The candle flame heats the air in the vase, and this hot air expands. Some of the expanding air escapes out from under the vase — you see some bubbles escaping

Why does the water go up the jar?

When the flame goes out, the air in the vase cools down and the cooler air contracts. The cooling air inside of the vase creates a vacuum.

Simply put, the water would rise at a steady rate if the oxygen being consumed were the main contributing factor (rather than experiencing the rapid rise when the flame is extinguished).

What has air pressure have to do with it?

This imperfect vacuum is created due to the low pressure inside the vase and the high pressure outside of the vase the expansion and contraction of the gases within the bottle.

Room 17