The Mind Lab

Yesterday the 22.09.15 Tuesday Gri11 went to The Mind Lab and we did heaps of activities.

  This activity we had to make cars that we were going to race. For this you had a one piece of card board that had cut up straws on the end of each side. Then you had a 4 CD disc's that you used for the tiers and pieces of foam to hold the tiers on, and then you also had a small motor, some wires with batteries that you had to put together and a little fan to put on the end of the motor. Last of all was tape to stick it all together.

 This is the stop motion animation and here we had a computer and a camera that connected up with the computer and the we had a scene and some toys that we could put there. For this to work you had to just slightly move the characters or else it wont look real. Did you know the Box Trolls movie was done like this.

 Next making music with wires and a computer game this was a cool thing to do. you needed some wires and a little plate with arrows from a computer on it like up, down, left, right and space. this way you could play a computer came with wires.

   This is 3D printing and we all got to design what ever we wanted on the computer and the the printed it out. Some of use got it on the day but the rest of us will het it in term 4.

This is the last one and we also need a motor and some wires with batteries in it for this one too.

these are called scribble bots and we used pens, motors, wires, a plastic cup and some tape.

my group failed a couple of times but the we got it to work it was amazing.

We all had so much fun at The Mind Lab and we are so proud of our selfs that we fund raised for it. 

The 10 dollar bill

Purpose: A fiction story to entertain the reader

Text Type: NARRATIVE

Aaaa help help as a 10 dollar bill fell down the drain. No says a little boy called Sam I need that he said. He found some rope lying on the ground and tied it around himself and got a kind old lady to hold it and jumped down the drain.

When He had finally gotten down the drain he could see the money but there was one problem whoosh whoosh he heard behind him. There was a big wave splash he fell into the water and lost site of the money up ahead was a waterfall. He took a risk and decided to go down it just seconds before he fell down the waterfall he figured he couldn't go down anymore the rope wasn't long enough. He tugged on the rope for the lady to pull him up.

On the way up he saw what he hadn't seen when he was going down and he was glad he didn't the walls were all slimy and rubbishy was stuck on it and mud everywhere well the more he thought about the mud on the walls he figured that it wasn't mud.

Once he got out he told the lady that the rope wasn't long enough. I can't get my money he said and started crying. She told him she would go buy some rope from the 2 dollar shop. He waited and waited for a couple of minutes and finally she came out with a giant rope that could go around the whole world well at least that's what he thought. They tried a second time. First they wrapped the rope around him then he hopped in down he goes again.

He reached the point he had come up to last time. Down he went and he fall down the waterfall and ended with a big hurtful splash on the hard ground. That's when he sore money everywhere from people who had lost their money down the drain too and in the corner was a lady called Tilly She said she had been stuck down here for years and she had been watching all the money come down. The money had her with her face on it. She said Every time she sore her face on one of those notes she felt like know one cared about her and made her feel even lonelier every time.

Sam said to her I will help you get out but first I need to get my money. He got his money and told Tilly to hold on to him. He tugged and the lady pulled them up.

When they were up the lady said who is this.

Sam said her name is Tilly.

Do you know who she is the lady said.

No said sam

She is the queen everyone has been looking for her the lady said.

Sam said i’m very sorry queen Tilly

No thank you sam said the queen.

I am very happy to be out of there. Thank you sam I Hope to see you again one day said the queen.

Sam said thank you to the lady and gave her a big hug

The lady left and then Sam ran into a store and got a nice little ornament and there she was his mum came out of the super market. He ran up to her and hug her tightly then gave her the owl.

She said thank you to Sam.

On the way home Sam told her what had happened and his mum promised him that she would never go anywhere without him ever again

How to make Crayon Candles

Crayon candles

By the end of this you should have a wonderful crayon candle that will be nice in your home.

For this you will need:

Old Crayons about 20

wick

container

pot

microwave

spoon

STEP:1                    First you will get the spoon, microwave if you don’t have an oven get a candle and light it then get the crayons. Get the crayons and the spoon break the crayon put it on the spoon and melt it over the oven in the pot or a spoon and melt it over the candle.   

STEP:2          Next once the crayons have melted and looks like liquid then put the wick in the middle of the container and start pouring all the liquid in any pattern you want for example on the side. To do that you will have to lift one of the sides up and pour it in time that.

STEP:3                   After you have done that repeat the last step over and over until the container is full.

STEP:4                  Now you will have to wait about an hour or 45 minutes to dry and then you will have a wonderful candle that will light up your room.