Hi Katlyn.
I have been so impressed with your organisation and time management this term.  You proceed with your Must Do and Pick sheet with such a positive attitude, prioritising what needs to be achieved within your day.  Your blog posts are so detailed and you have shared so much with regard to our science talent development this term.  You always make the most of the opportunities that are available to you at Enrich and have completed talent development in a range of areas this year.  Well done on a very productive term.
Katie

Reflection 2011

	Name:  Katlyn BS                              Date: 1/12/11
Look back What did you do? What could you improve?	I did almost everything  that was on the Must Do sheet each week .   I think I planned my time pretty well. I could try some new things, like maths.
Questions What questions have you answered? What questions do you still have?	I have answered questions about things that I like, things like art, science and narrative writing.  I still have some questions about some other things, like ICT, how to work scratch and alice and different kinds of art like painting.
Pull it apart What factors contributed to your learning? What challenged you?	The factors that contributed to my learning was having the resources and environment to do lots of different things, like having cameras and lots of computers and supplies. It helped having three teachers because you could be sure one of them would be free to help you if you had a problem. At first Debating and P4C challenged me because I didn’t know that much about them but when we started doing it every week I got much better at it.
Make connections What did you learn to do better? What sort of thinking helped you?	I learnt to do lots of things better, like how to work better in a team. I learnt about narrative writing, mosaics, and science. The workshops also helped me learn about P4C and Debating, plus extras like Fibonnaci numbers. Thinking outside the square helped me to think more about topics like the 7 billionth baby for where in the world and current events.
Make judgements My progress was...	My Progress was pretty good. I did loads of things and now I’ve learnt loads as well since I started enrich, and I’ve learnt how to work in a team

Science

Today for science we did three experiments again, and my favourite was the one called lava lamp. We used Berocca tablets, a small fizzy bottle, some oil, and some water, plus food coloring.
First we poured the water into the bottle. Then we poured the oil in, and when we did that it started to sink but then got pushed back up. Then we added the food coloring and it sank through the oil to the water and started to mix, but that changed when we added the Berocca tablets. It started to react with the water causing the food coloring to be lifted up in droplets to the oil which gave a lava lamp like effect. It was really fun.

              

Science

Today in science we did four experiments. My favourite one was the one called fire extinguisher. We used a plastic piece of tube, some baking soda, some vinegar and a coke or pepsi bottle with a hole in the lid. We poked the piece of tube in through the lid, then made sure in was in properly by sealing it with blu-tack. We poured vinegar into the bottle, and then quickly added baking soda. When we sealed the lid, we put a finger over the end of the tube that was outside of the bottle, and pointed it at a candle that had been lit. My group was the only group that sucessfully blew out the candle, and it was a lot of fun, along with the other three experiments.

Science Talent Development

Today for Science Talent Development we were looking at solids, gases and liquids. First we did an experiment where we had three ice cubes. One of them was just plain frozen water. The other two were frozen sugar water and frozen orange raro. We put them in a petri dish each and checked up on them every three minutes to see which was melting the fastest. It turned out that plain and sugar water ice cubes melted the fastest. The raro ice cube melted the slowest because the raro was holding all the water together and not letting go.

We did another experiment after that. This one was the same except instead of having different kinds of ice cube, we had three plain ice cubes,  one without anything on it, one with salt sprinkled on top, and one with sugar sprinkled on top. The one with salt on top melted the quickest, because the salt is kind of like an acid.

First day Back !

This is my first day back, and I've already had a really busy day. We've jumped straight into the new talent development, and I'm loving it! I chose to do science out of science and maths because I wanted to try something different. We had a look at the science trolley and it was packed full of cool stuff, like test tubes and beakers. My favourite part was the experiment. We used a light sensor that was hooked up to a computer and tested whether the light coming out from a candle, remote control, a lamp and a dinoscope was constant or fluctuating. It turned out that the lamp and dinoscope were both constant, while the candle and the remote control were fluctating. I had a lot of fun, and I can't wait for the next session.

Writing Talent Development

The last few weeks for Writing Talent Development we have been learning how to use GarageBand and Kid Pix. My favourite one to use is GarageBand, because you can get all kinds of different voices, sounds and instruments like helium breath, alarm and kazoo. I have also been busy writing my story for the MADE awards. I have already written three pages and I am pretty close to finishing it off so I can start turning it into a mini-movie.