Reflected Light and Holograms

SCIENCE FAIRS are over the next MONTH .... Projects due 12th August

There are still display boards available, for $8, from the science room.   Red, Blue, Green and White.

HAPPY investigating and presenting everyone.   We look forward to reading your projects.   

The tech challenge teams and the quiz teams will be selected soon.   Keep an eye on the school notices.

Understanding the Magic of Light

Electromagnetic Radiation ... Investigating UV and looking afterourselves in the SUN.

Time to plan your science fair project , if you are not already onto it. Science and class teachers have all the information to support you. Make sure you have a chat if you are not sure and collect some helpful ideas.

WOW. Static Energy is Everywhere!

Attract OR Repel ? Check it out ! How do we use static energy In oureveryday lives?

Dissection Fish ... Good team work guys

A few photos from 2 of the science camp workshops this week.

A few of our pumpkin growers having some fun setting up the display

Dr Siouxsie Wiles' visit .... Captivating ... The science : real lifeconnection.

47 of our lucky students got to spend an exciting afternoon with Siouxsie learning about the world of a passionate scientist researching for new antibiotics which are not resistant to superbugs.  The experiments Siouxsie performed were in a darkroom and  tested a range of substances on glowing bacteria .

Siouxsie Wiles did a public 

presentation in Napier last year, which you can watch here if you are interested..

http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/events/ten-by-ten/ten-by-ten-luminaries/illuminating-the-search-for-new-medicines/

GIANT PUMPKINS INVITED IN ...

The GIANT pumpkins can come in anytime next week ... Miss Hawtin is setting up a display in the library over Easter and you can add yours to it.  There will be name labels for you to attach to the stem.  They will be weighed, if they are not too heavy for the scales, and their circumferences measured in cms.   This is going to be sooo much fun.

If it is not practical for you to bring your monster in to school, a photo or video emailed to Miss Hawtin ....  hawtinj@hni.school.nz   ....would be great.

We are looking forward to Siouxsie Wiles' visit tomorrow ... EXCITING !!!

Siouxsie is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, and head of the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, where she combines her twin passions for glowing creatures and nasty microbes, aiming to produce new antibiotics for the future. 

Siouxsie is passionate about demystifying science for the general public, and raising awareness of the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. She is a blogger and podcaster, as well as being a regular science commentator for Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon programme. Siouxsie has also teamed up with Australian graphic artist Luke Harris, to make short animations describing nature’s amazing glowing creatures and the many uses of bioluminescence in science:

We love our space-time simulator ... Taking turns .... Working together ... So many possibilities to try out

Feel the FORCE ?

March the 8th .... Jupiter is close to the Earth .... It's moons andmaybe it's red spot will be visible, especially with a telescope.

Everyone loves marbles !

What might Spacetime and Gravity be like?

Playing with Newton's Cradle ... Never ceases to fascinate. Watch out Santa ... There may be a few letters coming your way from VERY GOOD children ... I can vouch for that !

May the FORCE be with You !

PUMPKINS ! ! ! How is yours growing? .... REMEMBER that size really doesn't matter ... There will be prizes for all sorts of imaginative categories ! KEEP UP the GREAT GROWING effort. :-)

UPDATE ... HERE's  a PHOTO !!!!    WHEW .. Mine is starting to grow at last (BUT it is still the wee one in the photo)!!!!

5 WEEKS of incredible growth TO GO (Judging is at the END of MARCH) .... Your PUMPKIN will grow very rapidly from now on.

WATER WATER WATER and FEED  .... GIVE it whatever you can ... COMPOST ... HORSE / CHICKEN. MANURE ... SEAWEED ... Whatever Mum or Dad might suggest .... 

Remember to remove the growing tips so that all the plants energy now goes into the BIG PUMPKIN ... Have FUN :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ... Aurora Australis light-show heralds in 2016

Dr Ian Griffin, a professional astronomer, captured the aurora in a series of photographs taken from Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula.

The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, is caused when the Earth's magnetic field interacts with a flow of highly charged particles from the sun.

The different colours come from the various elements in the earth's atmosphere - the green is from oxygen and the red from nitrogen. The display lasted until dawn.

The HNIS Periodic Table Competition .... that is ... who can recite the most elements of the Periodic Table in order .... Our 2015 school champs ARE: Joe Robertshaw ....who can recite well beyond 94elements in order Paige Bloor ... up to 71 Matthew Apperley ... up to61 Will Tidswell ... up to 57 Madeline Kitchener and Connie Wilson ...up to 49 .... WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED UP TO TRY OUT ... YOU ARE ALL AMAZING :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsWTkCBvYzk

Photograph, "Canterbury's Castle Hill" illuminated by an arch- shaped Milky Way, by Paul Wilson ... A long exposure time required.

This picture is among dozens of dazzling images captured, others celebrate the kaleidoscope of colours from the Southern Lights or the reflection of stars on a waterway.

Christmas Cheer Everyone and have Wonderful Holidays .... THANKS forbeing such great budding scientists this year. What a lot of fun andlearning we have enjoyed.

Science In A Christmas Tree, Electric-Buzzer Trees, Crystal tree decorations, Air - Powered Sleigh Races and Why does tinsel Sparkle?

A     F U N    Last lesson in ScI tech for 2015

Time to collect your GIANT PUMPKIN plant ... Plus a handy hints page to help you grow something impressive. Can you beat the two 30 kg monsters in 2015? Perhaps you are good at videoing, or writing a humorous diary, or poetry or ..... Maybe you have a secret strategy !?!?!? Whatever your talent, have heaps of FUN!

Celebrating 100 Years of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

Ideas That Can Change the World

Testing ! testing ! testing ! Could do this all day ..... SOOOO much FUN !

Questions GALORE ! 

  "Can we neutralise citric acid with quickees?

Could I cure my brothers arthritis  by finding out more about acids and bases?

What is the best pH for my fish to live in?

NOW I know how electrolytes work in the body:-). .. That is helpful because I ' into sports.

You can see quickees work on indicator paper as it neutralises an acid.

I am going to make my own indicator paper to use at home.

If you get sick a lot / or feel unwell , it could be something to do with the acid and base balance in your body 'cos it should be about pH 7.4 .... "

Satisfying our CURIOSITIES about ACIDS and BASES through research, sharing and careful taste testing.

Did you know that the logarithmic scale applies to the pH scale as well as the Richter scale?  

We had such fun calculating how much stronger or weaker different substances are, based on their pH .... It is all about the potential of hydrogen.

The "What is it?" 10 minute challenge. .....

We learned all about the incredible world of parasitic worms !!!!!!
Parasites that take over the minds/behaviour of their hosts  turning them into vulnerable ZOMBIES !
SOOOOO gruesome,   SOOOO incredible,   SOOOO  fascinating and, some of them,  SOOO gross !
Hope your lesson was memorable guys !!!! :-)

Studying Air Pressure and Density, Testing Rockets and Some of the Variables that influence Flight.

Room 16 testing household substances with cabbage juice indicator , then, universal indicator paper. ... Acid or Base ?

Super Blood Moon Eclipse Sequence (Northern Hemisphere photo) ... September 27-28th 2015.

HNIS students visiting the Science Roadshow ... lots of exciting interactive (hands-on) challenges and 2 demonstration sessions.

The Squishy Circuits table on Open Night .... THANK- YOU to the great group of little scientists who demonstrated various activities for our incoming year 6 students.

Room 16 Explore Lichen and Chromatography

Squishy Robot Designs by Jack Graham ... check out this amazing science project. !

Click here to view

Having a go at the periodic table song during 'free choice' science time.

Science Fair Projects 2015 ... The top 15 will be announced next week. Well done to everyone and what interesting science. Our guest judges were very impressed !

Convection ... The movement of heat energy in fluids. Making the invisible visible.

School Science Fair

HNIS Science Fair is on the 5th August 2015 .. parents welcome 
Students, please have your projects in no later than the  3rd Augus         t 
as judging is the next day, on the 4th August                                                            .
Winners will go on to the HB Science Fair later in August                              
For general science fair information, view the science webpages :                        
http://www.schoolground.co.nz/hniscience/                                 OR                 
http://www.sportsground.co.nz/hnisciencetechnology                                                
See Miss Hawtin for 2015 info, to see exemplars and for the display boards. 
                                                         THANKS                                                            

Room 12 having A little rocket fun after the serious testing was done ... How high can you go?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jMIK7Xboug

Jupiter and Venus align over New Zealand ... Have a look ... So easy to spot :-)

Tonight Venus and Jupiter will be Closer than they have been in 24 years!

Venus is named after the Goddess of Love, and Jupiter after the God of Thunder, look like a bright and dramatic double star.  While they will look similar in size, Jupiter is actually the largest planet in our solar system and Venus is smaller than Earth.  Thanks to the clouds for keeping away.

We are loving our new garden !! THANK-YOU everyone.

"Imagine feeling leaves, rushing through your skin, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine the beautiful sound of tui calling through the blue sky, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine under the bark, life will be found, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine the waves of soft breeze tickling my freckled face, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine swaying plants growing, by time, to the tune of their rustling leaves, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine NATURE running through your hands, THAT's TREEMendous!

Imagine the lost love of NATURE returning, THAT's TREEMendous!"

Thanks to Room 6 for this lovely poem .... IT'S TREEMendous !

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Earth and ALL it's Occupants NEED TREES ... So let's Get DIGGING!

It is ARBOR DAY and WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY on Friday the 5th June (and our school community TREEMendous Day on the 6th June). 

   See you there :-) ..... 

Help us finish this unique project, our OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.

Check out this video by Room 2, "Dig This TREEmendous"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvPK0IAeXs

A Magic Trick? .... pH indicators are SOOO much fun ! Not to forget those spectacular acid : base reactions !

The International Space Station will be visible on Friday night, 8th May, from 6.39-6.43p.m. over Hawkes Bay. Look to the northwest. Let's hope for a nice clear sky :-)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11443166

Physical Change, Chemical Change, Capillary Action, Gravity ........ What is there not to observe as a candle burns? Room 5 test for new substances formed as a candle burns.

2B ... It's Rocket Science !

Jolly fine pumpkins, girls ... 28 kgs and 30 kgs !!! WOW !! ... needing two adults to move them ... monsters indeed. Ooooo, I can see Ben, our smallest pumpkin, nestled between the two giants ... You go, Ben !, From small beginnings great pumpkins grow :-) .... Thanks to all the growers for your enthusiastic efforts.

The curious behaviour of cornflour in water !!! Altogether, too much fun to be had .... Watch your cornflour, parents !

Maddie's oxidation experiment

Water, Water Everywhere but not a Drop to Drink ! Use your science knowledge and skills to produce drinking water from polluted, sea water.

What would you do if you there was no clean drinking water? Good designs and Great models .. Well done everyone.

Super Science today, Group 12BB

Starting to think about what to do for your science fair project thisyear ? AND How to Make your Presentation LOOK A M A Z I N G !

Science Buddies is a site with lots of great ideas ... Do have a look around.  School 'science fair learning' is planned for term 2

Heads down working out the pH of household substances ... Delicious blackberry indicator ! Ooops not supposed to drink it!

WOW ! What a wonderful day enjoying the enthusiasm and learning generated by Ruud Kleinpaste, the 'bugman' ... And Caroline of Project Crimson. Thank-you so much.

Eagerly awaiting our visit from Ruud Kleinpaste, the 'bug man', thisweek ... Very exciting.

Types of Matter ... Oh Yeah !! ... We're sparking today:-)

Changes of State .. The ENERGY connection