Seed survival
What are the best conditions for growing plants? Wiki wants you to grow some seeds to find out the optimum growing conditions for them. You could try this activity as a group.
- Read the experiment. Concentrate on pages 2 and 4–6.
- Follow the instructions for the experiment.
- Use the digital camera to photograph the changes in your seeds daily.
- Create an animated PowerPoint to show the growth. Check out the
cool animations on the data cards to see what yours should look like.
Open a data card then click on the animate
button.
Email your PowerPoint to wiki@tki.org.nz.
Monarch butterfly
The Monarch butterfly has four stages to its lifecycle – amazing eh!!
View Emerging from the chrysalis
to find out what the stages are.
- In Paint, draw each stage of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
- Insert the images into the template
provided.
- Drag the names in Māori and English of each of the stages of the
lifecycle below each of the boxes. Use the Ngata
dictionary to check that the Māori words are correct for each
stage of the cycle.
Email your completed template to wiki@tki.org.nz.
Pūrerehua
E whā ngā wāhanga ora o te Kahukura – mīharo ne!! Tirohia te wā
e puta ai ia i tōna
tūngoungou ki te tiro he aha ngā wāhanga.
- I roto i te tauira Peita, tāngia ia o ngā wāhanga o te wāhanga ora o te Kahukura.
- Raua ngā whakaahua ki runga i te
papa tauira e hora nei.
- Tōia atu ngā ingoa Māori, Pākehā hoki, mū ia o ngā wāhanga mataora
i raro o ia pouaka. Whakamahia
te Papakupu o Ngata ki te tiro mēna kai te tika ngā kupu Māori
mū ia o ngā wāhanga mataora.
Ka imera atu i tō papa tauira kua oti ki a wiki@tki.org.nz
Star quest
Open the Te
Ao Hurihuri website. Follow the instructions below so you can
gaze at the stars and find the answers to your quest.
- Click on the "For PC" button and download Te Ao Hurihuri to your
desktop.
- Select the taonga button on the left, six new buttons will appear on the right.
- Select the te whānau a Tama nui te rā button.
- Name the nine planets in order from the sun.
- Select the music symbol to the right, what is the sound from track 7 of Whakaranu puoro?
- Click on Katia and close that section.
- Select the Haere button and listen to the story of how the heavens were created.
- How does the start of the story begin?
- How does the story end?
Copy and paste questions 4, 5, 8, and 9 into an email and send your
answers to wiki@tki.org.nz
Rapuhia ngā Whetū
Whakamahi tōnei paewhakaata a Te
Ao Hurihuri. Whaia ngā tohutohu ki raro nei kia whakautuhia ngā
patai mo ngā whetu o te rangi.
- Patohia te patene "Ma PC". Tangohia te hotaka a Te Ao Hurihuri ki to paparorohiko.
- Patohia te patene "taonga" ki te taha maui, kia whakaatu ngā patene ki te taha matau.
- Patohia te patene "te whanau a Tama nui te ra".
- Mai a Tama nui te ra, Whakaingoatia ngā ao e iwa.
- Tangohia te patene puoro ki te taha matau, he aha te rongo o te wahanga tua whitu o te taonga nei a Whakaranu puoro?
- Katia taua wahanga.
- Patohia te patene "Haere" kia rangona e koe te pakiwaitara o nga rangi.
- He aha te timatanga o taua pakiwaitara?
- He aha te whakamutunga o taua pakiwaitara?
Imērahia mai ō whakautu ki a wiki@tki.org.nz.
City of cells
Ever thought about what is inside your cells and how they work? Your cells and a big city have a lot in common.
- Open up Cell
City.
- Roll your mouse over the cell to find out what jobs the different parts of the cell do.
- Complete the cell
diagram by labelling and drawing the parts.
Email your cell diagram to wiki@tki.org.nz.
The small scope
There are so many things all around us that we can't normally see. Ed was amazed at what he saw when looking down an electron microscope.
- Open this Pfizer
Electron Microscope website.
- Draw a detailed observational drawing of either a tick or an ant. Remember, an observational drawing includes features that you wouldn't normally see.
- Use the ant
diagram or the insect
diagram to help you label your drawing.
Email your labelled drawing to ed@tki.org.nz
Chewing for results
Ed loves chewing gum. As an experiment he decided to find out which chewing gum has the longest lasting taste. He had so much fun doing this experiment that he thought you might like to try it too. Don't blow it!
- Look at the completed page for the Chewing
Gum Experiment for ideas on how to fill out the blank form.
- Save the attached blank experiment form for the Chewing
Gum Experiment to your work folder and write your hypothesis on
what the outcome will be.
- Complete the experiment and record the results.
- Graph your results to show how long the flavour of each piece of gum lasts.
- Next to the graph record your conclusion and why this was or was not a fair test.
Email the completed form to ed@tki.org.nz.
Scientific story
Wiki and Tipani were arguing about an experiment they wanted to
carry out! Ed tried to explain to them how to do it properly but they
are still not sure. Create a one minute digital
story to show Wiki and Tipani how to find things out scientifically.
- Choose one of the following ideas to base your digital story on:
- Science safety
- A science experiment
- Recycling in your school
- Using a digital camera, take photos of the theme you have chosen.
- Open the Cookbook
site, click on Storyboarding and read through the tutorial. Scroll
down the tutorial page and click on "Here's how the story board would
be laid out" for an example of how to plan a story board.
- Scroll down the Storyboarding page and download the "storyboard
planning sheet". Save it your work folder, then plan your
story.
- Create a one-minute digital story using Pinnacle or other movie
making software.
Email your movie to wiki@tki.org.nz.
Fascinating functions
Ed and Wiki were visiting a farm when they noticed that all the compound machines were made up of several simple machines.
- Find out about simple machines from the glossary.
- Click on the Start button to play the home
and tool-shed games to find out what everyday objects are simple
machines and how they fit together to make compound machines.
- Design a compound machine.
- Make sure it has a purpose, e.g., lifting, pulling, or opening.
- Draw your machine in Paint or build and photograph it.
- Label the simple machine parts and describe its purpose in a paragraph.
Email an image and description of your machine to ed@tki.org.nz.
Fear factor
Ed has been carrying out some scientific investigations back at the lab. He
has discovered how to create lots of disgusting slime and other things
to astound an audience. Carry out one of these cool experiments and
film it for wickEDtv.
- Get a movie-making team together.
- Choose one of these experiments to film:
- Use the storyboard
to plan your film sequence, dialogue and shots. Focus on keeping
your audience entertained.
- Create and edit your film to last for one minute.
Email your film to ed@tki.org.nz.
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