kiwi kids news current events-how to power a light bulb with a balloon

Current Events Date:______ WALT: recall and summarise information from a text.

THREE Headlines that took my interest:

1Swiss Army battles bed bugs

2 How to Power a Lightbulb with a Balloon

3 Scientists prove '5 second rule' works

Chosen article - title and author: How to power a lightbulb with a balloon

THINKING QUESTIONS

1 Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future. This was discovered quite a while ago and I think people are going to discover other things that can be powered with static electricity.

2 Explain in your own words why this event took place. This event took place because energy  saving light bulbs use power similar to static electricity.

3 Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article: Fluorescent = giving off electromagnetic radiation (especially in the form of light); bright, glowing (of colors). Typically =  in a characteristic manner Static. motionless, stationary; unchanging; of or pertaining to static electricity; acting by weight alone (Physic) Static =  motionless, stationary; unchanging; of or pertaining to static electricity; acting by weight alone (

4  In your own words describe what happened in this news article. It was discovered that fluorescent/energy saving light bulbs could be powered by static electricity.

Egyptian art inquiry.

                     

For the past week our class has been doing art inquires. I did my one on Egyptian art because did you know that there pyrimads and hieroglyphics where art! watch slideshow above to find out more. 

Bowl a fact

Today my maths group played bowl a fact. I got all the numbers except 1 and I recon the hardest one to get that I did get would be three what I had to do was cube 4  then subtract 6 squared then divide it by 4 the answer was 3.

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