Seed dispersal

In Room 8 we watched a cool clip that explains all the amazing ways that seed disperse themselves. You will be amazed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQ1jWl3AOM

Here some of our own designs:

Waterwise!

Here is some pics from our awesome first day at Waterwise: Post your comments below and let us know how awesome it was!

Holidays

What have you been up to?

These holidays have you been out on holiday, shopping, friends house, theme parks or just hanging out? 

whatever you've been doing post it on this blog page.

rate this holiday.

are you saving your pocket money for the gr8t day out ( i better get started )

Inspirational Art for Art week

Art week is upon us!

Here are some videos of some amazing art to get you pumped up to create!

Sand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1XgDkyu9cw

BBq sauce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3pz2VgIM7E

Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3vlRtpMZGo&feature=related

Coffee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zEvTRVYGO8&feature=related

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDRFDdhdxvI&feature=related

Movement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPB92a6v7U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-AUVBuZ-4&feature=related

Some pictures from the Turanga Olympics.

Room 8 was outstanding in the Turanga Olympics 2012. Both the Dare Devils and Golden Spirit represented our class with spirit and skill. We all had an amazing (muddy) day.

Special congratulations to Oliver Ng, who was one of Year 7's top athletes and to Golden Spirit, picking up the award for Excellence.

Basketball Rules

Hi Basketball Players at Balmoral School,

Here are some helpful videos to make you a better player.

Rules: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTmR57BMzQ

Shooting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxRBtmCsfBc&feature=relmfu

Passing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENOg0LgwHHI&feature=relmfu

Defense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSa5sVMvNEk&feature=related

Happy dunking,

Jesse

rich task

Who do you think will win the olympics?

Who do you support?

Who is your favorite athlete?

welcome back

welcome back room 8 to term 3
what is your favorite thing this term?

Check this kid out, he built his own arcade!

http://cainesarcade.com/

Click the link above to watch the awesome video.

Week 7 Homework - Create an event ideas.

homework

SUMDOG

This is the link to sum dog a fun maths game
what rank are you?

http://www.sumdog.com/

Working on our rich task.

In rich task at the moment we are researching an Olympic nation. Finding out about some of the important things that make up the life of people in these countries and how they help their athletes. The emphasis is on visual images in the presentation. Here we are at work:

Storybird!

We had a great time yesterday creating our own stories using the amazing website Storybird. If you wish to continue at home, use your login at this address http://storybird.com/accounts/login/

Gap Minder Graphs

Today in class we looked at some very interesting graphs on Earthquakes and Pollution. If you would like to look into this further here is the link to the programme http://www.gapminder.org/. Click on 'Load Gapminder World'.

Olympic Values

This term we are investigating the Olympics for our rich task, specifically the values surrounding them.

In the comments section below let the world know which sports team or sports person you think does a great job representing 1 of the 3 values. Include a link to their website and say why you think they do such a good job of it:

EXCELLENCE

FRIENDSHIP

RESPECT

Some more photos from India.

You don't have to be in the jungle to spot wildlife in  India.

This was a parade at night in Jaipur, ten men were carrying huge lamps  on their shoulders.  I don't think they liked it, but everyone else was having fun.

Hopefully you recognise this building (and the person standing beside it)!