Today Kea had awesome Experiment! Kea was so Excited to do this challenge. We had to make a newspaper article on the tornado that hit South Aukland in Papatoetoe. What I found easy was finding inspiration articles and what I found hard was putting all my information together.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to witness/ experience a tsunami? When kea got the chance to make this epic D.I.Y tsunami, we split into groups of 4-5. Kea made a D.I.Y tsunami with a large tray, Sand, Bark, and other optional decorations. First we filled the tray with sand and sooner the bark and rocks. Secondly, me and Sulia made paper houses to demonstrate how the tsunami would affect the buildings and towns. We made a total of 2 houses and put one of the houses on a higher ground, whilst the other one was on a lower ground.
Our bioshield was made of bark and of small rocks.
Me and Sefa were assigned to make a google drawing of all the things we did and are doing. We did this to see how the waves would affect both houses. Then we went out and got some leaves, more bark, and some more sand and shells. After, we went to demonstrate our tsunami dioramas to the class we were in.
Foki and Talitas group was first to demonstrate. Whaea ocea went and got a small clipboard to make the tsunami waves. She pushed the board back and forth until the wave got more force and pushed itself toward the structures. Water splashed out of the tray as we continued to create more pressure on the waves. She did the same to all the groups. There were only 3 groups inside the class I was in.
Then we all got back to the Fale and shared what we did, how we did it, and why it was fun. And that's the end of my tsunami experience.
