Making the earthquake!

Deathly Damage

Your task this week is to find a place in the last 50 years that has been hit by an earthquake. Once you have found it answer the following questions:

Where did the earthquake hit?
What was the magnitude of the quake?
How many people were killed?

MP2 Speech Competition

 This week saw the MP2 speech contest and I can definitely say that I'm very proud of 4X. Manasi did a fantastic job and I was really impressed with all of the technical language that she used. Another big well done to Bach.

Sorry Manasi the battery on the camera ran out just after you started to talk, so your speech is not here.

Investigation

MP2 Speech Competition

Can you find different types of volcano?

Did you know there are three types of volcano? If you didn't, research using one of our favourite volcano sites and find out the difference. Once you understand the difference, can you locate each type of volcano on three different continents? When you have, post your answer in a comment below. 

An Explosive Day in Year 4!

 Wow, what a great day we have had today.  We all followed the instructions carefully to make our own volcanoes explode! First we added two cups of water to our jug. Followed by 3 level scoops of bicarbonate of soda, a few drops of red food colouring and a squirt of washing up liquid. We mixed it all together and poured it into our volcanoes.  After taking great care to carry our volcanoes downstairs, we took turns to add one cup of vinegar. This made a chemical reaction and it looked as if molten lava was pouring out of the main vent of our volcanoes! Now watch the exciting video of Bach and Chi Nhan's volcanoes exploding, and look at the slideshow of pictures from this morning.

Book Week Tricky Question

This week, I will be giving 10 house points to the first person to answer The Tricky Question. So get busy doing some research, NOW!

Tell me who the best selling children's author of all time is.

This is a very tricky question and I would like to know where you got your information from, so please include a web page or other source.

 

The Reading Jedi!

Luckily for us, we were all sitting reading when the Jedi came in, but he delivered a very important message about the power of reading!  Don't forget to read at home every night so that your House will get the clues you need to win lots of House points!