How are your sunflowers coming along? Still time for their 'FLOWER POWER' to develop. When you are ready, do take a photo (with you in it) and email to: hawtinj@hni.school.nz

This sunflower is called 'Moulin Rouge' and is over 3 metres tall ... 

NOT in the competition, though, as Miss Hawtin's husband grew it!

Tomorrow, four students are going to make a Lepidopterarium for our Monarch Butterfly caterpillars and chrysalis ... Nikolai is helpfully organising a few bits and pieces today. UPDATED 20 Feb and 9 March

Such excitement .... 

Video of caterpillar pupating at lunchtime:...  https://youtu.be/DIvxjXSaAgk
Some reach maturity and can be released ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2U25-Wrmj4
Not all eggs / caterpillars / pupa / butterflies survive ... https://youtu.be/azNpIouphe8

A short video of the metamorphosis of the Monarch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3VMl-EY2DM

and a time lapse of the butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTa-HMMi7yc

Update: The team have been busy all lunch-hour ... making progress on the lepidopterarium and ... planting swan plant seeds.

62 plants for next season ... will that be enough for such hungry caterpillars ? 

Now to look after everything !

8 days later and the seeds are germinating !

SUPERMOON coincides with perigee tonight ... keep an eye out for a large, bright full moon ... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12205237

Maths and Science combined in Úsing a Tape Measure AND studying Áir Pressure. Action packed, of course!