Spaghetti Experiment - Whiria te Tangata

Aim/Purpose

In this experiment, our aim was to see how much mass a certain amount of spaghetti strands could hold.

Method:

1. We used reusable cups to hold the mass.

2. Then put the strands together and taped the ends to two tables approximately 20cm apart. 

3. We used String and a paper clip to attach the Cups to the Spaghetti Strands.

4. We continuously added mass until the Strands snapped. 

Results:

This graph shows that you are more likely to hold more mass depending on how many Strands you use. Some Strands did not hold as much mass as the others did. It all really depends on how we did the experiment, some people did it in different ways so it wasn't exactly fair.

Link to Whakatauki:

This links to the Whakatauki "Strength In Numbers" 

because it shows that the more spaghetti strands there are, the more mass they can hold together.

 

The Trip to Lake Ianthe

 When we went to lake Ianthe yesterday, We harvested Kuta, KieKie. First We went to get some Kuta from the lake. Some of the boys went into the lake with gumboots that did not keep any water out whatsoever. We had to pull the Kuta out by the roots. Because we are using them for weaving, we needed longer pieces so that we have more to weave with. After that, we went to get the Kiekie. Kiekie is like flax but it has two white lines in the middle that are good for weaving. We had to take out a whole branch to get a sufficient amount of it, and we split the white lines with our fingernails and put the rest back underneath the bush. We were also allowed to go swimming. We were jumping off the jetty and it was so fun.  

Hangi Report

 Highlights of the hangi on Friday 19 March

My favorite part of the hangi was the bonding when we were digging the pit and preparing the food. I had fun when we were digging the hole and we found big slabs of concrete in the pit, we found a black stained glass that was like 2 centimeters thick. Prior to the hangi, We went to Whare Manaaki and made the kai that we were gonna put in the hangi. While others were preparing the food, Some of the boys were digging the pit. First, we put the baskets on the ground, Then we marked around the outside so we knew the boundary of the pit, We dug another hole because we needed more dirt to cover the pit. After all the preparations were done, we went back to school. On the day of the hangi, we set some wood on fire so that it would heat up some iron pieces to put underground with the hangi. When the Iron pieces were hot enough, We put the fire out, Dugout the ashes, and then put the food baskets in the pit. We covered it with some wet fabric to keep the steam in the pit so it cooks the food. and we waited until 5 pm to dig it out. When the hangi was ready to be dug out, we dug the dirt off the sheets and uncovered everything. We gave out all the food for everyone to eat. After the hangi, we cleaned all of the dishes and covered the hangi pit, Then we went home.