The Lorax - Term Three Production

The 2008 school production is based on the Dr Seuss book ‘The Lorax’
The Lorax has an environmental message that we feel is very relevant to student learning and links nicely with Muritai’s environmental commitment. Planning is well underway and it should be a wonderful show.
We will keep you updated on the progress!

Take Action For Energy.

The students in Room 23 have created some amazing inquiry work.
Based on their findings they created presentations and resources to inform/change the opinions of the people they interviewed and others with the same views. Here some of the informative posters.

Solar Powered Torches

On Tuesday the 1st of July we were lucky enough to have Stan Swan come into our classroom to show us how to make solar powered torches out of a garden lamp and card. They can also double up as a battery recharger too.
Stan gave us a short talk on energy to begin with, which was very interesting. I learnt that most of the energy in a light bulb is used up by heat and not light. It wastes 90% of its energy on heat! That is amazing! Stan also spoke to us about how amazing the sun was. Every form of energy traces back to the sun. For example we get energy from food that has been grown by the sun.
To begin with we dismantled the lamps and had to cut some of the plastic to make it small enough and portable. We had to be careful not to chop any of the wires.
After this we sanded the sharp edges to make them smooth and began to make the box to hold and protect the solar panel and wiring.
Stan drilled us a hole in the torch so we could poke through the LED (Light Emitting Diode).
The final step was to put the torches inside the box and make them look great.
What a great afternoon!