How to Identify the Oak, Elm and Plane Trees

How to Identify a Plane Tree:
Leaves: The leaves on a Plane tree are big and have three points. It is kind of like a the leaf on the flag of Canada.
Bark: The bark on the Plane tree is a lighter then most trees. It is smooth like a pebal. There is a pattern on the bark of different colours.
Size: The size of the tree is large.
Latin Name: The latin name is Platanus


How to identify a Oak Tree:
Bark: The oak tree has large trunks of bark that are very rough.
Leaves:the leaves on a Oak Tree have eight points. They are a meduim size.
Size: The size of the Oak Tree is large.
Latin Name: The latin name is Quercus


How To identify an Elm Tree:
Leaves: The leaf of an Elm Tree is small. It is shaped like a normal leaf and has points that go around it.
Bark: The bark of an Elm is small and thick. It is all over the tree.
Size: The size of the Oak Tree is Meduim.
Latin Name: The latin name is Ulmus

Technology - Anti-Theft Device

Anti-Theft Device for a bike

Materials

Bike
Buzzer
Alarm Disable device

How to set it up.

You need to put your Shiny Light bike in the bike lock. Put the buzzer on the front of your Shiny biek. Put the Alarm Disable device on the front of the dark myterious buzzer. Think of a code that no one else would think of easily. Put in the code to enable the Buzzer. Once the code in input walk away and feel safe. If someone tries to steal your bike the buzzer will shock them. They will not be able to touch it.

When you dont want the buzzer on Put your codde back in and your free to ride it.

The day I worked at Cirque Du Soliel

One day I was walking down the dark windy street when I saw a stand. I walked over and saw a Music box glowing. I looked at it. Suddenly a dark mysterious man walked out. I asked him how much the box was. He told me that the music box was $5. I checked my pockets. I had only $5 dollars in them. I thought to myself. I should ask what music it plays before i give him all my money.

I asked him what the music box played. "This doesn't play music, If you turn the key three times you will get one wish." said the man. I really would like this I thought. I gave him the money and he handed me the music box. I ran back down the street and towards my home. When I got home I went and hid under my bed. I though what I would like to have as my wish. I thought about many things but the main thing that i would want to do is work in Cirque Du Soliel.

I turned the key three times and it disappeard. Then I heard a car pull up outside. I looked out. I had not seen this car before. Someone got out of the car and ran to the door. I heard a knock and then i heard my name called. I ran down the stairs and my mum told me at they were from Cirque Du Soliel. I got in the car and we drove towards the National Library. When we got there they told me that i had to go on the trapeze without a net.

I got on the trapeze. I swung and my arms started slipping. I fell down and down. I hit the floor hard. When i hit the floor I opened my eyes. It was all a dream.

Alien Word Bank

slime
eyes
alien
green
U.F.O.
Roswell
space
planet
space
ship
unusual
asteroid
meteorite
astronaut
discover
Mars
martians
moon
galaxy
abduction
Stealth Bomber
weather balloon
Milky Way
invasion
antennae

The Cabbage Patch Fib

1. Who wrote the Round the Twist Series? Paul Jennings

2. In the scene where Bronson is fishing with Nell in front of the jetty, does the camera zoom in or out? Zoom in.

3. Where do the Twists keep their goldfish? In a tank on the wall.

4. When Bronson is outside at night in the cabbage looking for babies, how does the director show that it is night? Blue Lighting

6. What special effect does the director use for the baby? The baby is green.

7. What is written on the newspaper headline?

A. Blue boy alive and well.
B. Aliens invade a lighthouse.
C. Green baby found in cabbage patch.

8. What does the director use to change scenes after the teacher tells Bronson to change the baby's nappy? Clockwise direction of disappearing and reappearing.

Books by Paul Jennings
Round the Twist Website

Test Tube Alien

- First we put the alien into the container.

- Then Josh started pouring the water into the tube.

Skeleton

Make Mine Slime

You can make your own cornflour slime to learn about fluids and viscosity.

What you need:

cornflour
food colouring of your choice
a bowl for mixing
water

What to do:
1. Pour some cornflour into your mixing bowl.
2. Stir in small amounts of water until the cornflour has become a very thick paste.
3. To make the slime colurful stir about five drops of food colouring into the mixture.
4. Stir your slime slowly, this shouldn't be hard to do.
6. Stir your slime as fast as you can.
7. This should be almost impossible.
8. Now punch your slime hard and fast.
9. It should feel like you're punching a solid.

What's happening:


Anything that flows is called a fluid. This means liquids are fluids. Fluids like water which flow easily are said to have low viscosity, whereas fluids like cold honey which do not flow so easily are said to have a high viscosity. Cornflour slime is a special type of fluid that doesn't follow the usual rules of fluid behaviour. When a pressure is applied to slime, its viscosity increases and the cornflour slime becomes thicker. At a certain point, slime actually seems to lose its flow and behave like a solid. Cornflour slime is an example of a sheer-thickening fluid.

We have honey, slime, tea, golden syrup, coke, milk, whipped cream, juice, tomato sauce, jam, water, yougurt

High viscosity

slime
honey
yogurt
golden syrup
tomato sauce
jam
whipped cream

Low viscosity

water
tea
milk
juice
coke

High to low viscosity

ice
chocolate
icy - pole

low to high viscosity

water
egg
mud

Invisible Script

Materials:


Twig
Cup
Lemon Juice
Onion Juice
Water
Milk
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Pumpkin Juice
Soft Drink
Cordial
Vinegar
Heater or Oven
Piece of paper
Adult Helper

What you need to do:

Put the liquids into a cup and stir it. Then get a piece of paper that is not too thin. Dip the twig into a cup and then write with the twig on the paper. You will need some heat otherwise the invisible writing won't show up. you could use a heater or a oven. (If using the oven get adults help.)

What I think will happen:

I think that when you put all the ink on the page all the liquids react to the heat and they all will light up and you will be able to see all of the writing.


What Happened:


None of the liquids we tried worked.

Dancing Popcorn

Materials:

Water
Plastic cup
Popcorn kernels
1 Teaspoon
1Tablespoon
Vinegar
Sodium Bicarbonate

What to do:

Fill a plastic cup until it is 3 quarters full.
Measure half a teaspoon of Sodium Bicarbonate.
Add the Sodium Bicarbonate to the water and then stir it until it dissolves.
Add 4 Popcorn kernels into the cup.
Add 1 Tablespoon of vinegar to the cup.
Watch closely for about 2 minutes.

What Happens?

The popcorn kernels will sit in the water for a bit and then the bubbles will attach to the kernels and will start floating to the top of the cup and then the bubbles will pop and then the kernels will fall back down to the bottom of the cup. This will happen over and over again.