Science Road Show

          

        The Science Road Show

On Wednesday the 23rd of may 2014 class 5 along with class 2 went to Tamaki College to explore the wonderful Road Show that they invited us to see. Once we got there we saw signs that lead to a truck, outside the auditorium/hall. When we got to the entrance of the auditorium we saw a very tall man who came out wearing a green t-shirt with black pants, his name was Shane. He told us to come inside and sit in the three rows of seats in the middle of the auditorium.

As we sat, the presenters asked for three volunteers, my hand shoot up like a cannonball, she selected two boys, Lisa and Anthony also one girl that was me. As I went down the stairs my heart was pumping very fast, I couldn't think, I was too scared to look at the kids sitting in front of me but my friend Zariah was cheering for me so I gained a bit of confidence.

When I looked at the lady she asked the kids, how much air do you have in your lungs. All you have to do is take a deep breath in and blow it out into this cube, that is attached to this jar and then watch what happens. After a while I took a deep breath in and blew into the cube, suddenly the water started to change colour, from blue to a kind of see through colour it also started to bubble like boiling water.

Later that morning we started to play with some of the experiments they had in the auditorium. As we left to go play with the experiments they asked us that there will be some students from Tamaki College, helping us with the experiments, they also told us that the ones with the yellow flags are the ones you mostly want to look at in this competition, if you're interested in it.

The first thing you need to do is go to a table and get a card that lists Earth Magnetic Field, Bowling Ball Piston, Focus Point and Local Gravity but the second one is not here today so just skip it. Then go to the yellow flags, and read the board to see what you are doing and finding. The first yellow flag I went to was the Focus Point thats where you had to find the hot spot in this bowl that looked like a mirror, there was also a very hot light bulb that was a few meters above it.

Meanwhile Isaiah pushed in front of me and started to find the hot spot, “Hey thats not fair” I said in a disappointing way, I was here first but on the other side there was a boy from Tamaki College his name was Jonden. F but I was pretty sure the F was Fifta anyways he gave me a clue and said it was around the bottom, “THANK YOU” I said in a happy voice.

Then I called out Tyson and he came to where I was standing and said “What is it”, “I think the hot spot is around here” I said in a confident voice, as I pointed to the hot spot Isaiah pushed in and said “Yeah its over there”, I was really crossed so I started to ignore him and talk to Tyson, I said “The light is reflecting off the mirror which is creating the hot spot here”. I started to bite my lip because I was nervous but then he said “Nah, thats not where the hot spot is”, “Ohh man” I said in a disappointing way.

“Nah Im just kidding” Tyson said, my frown turned into a smile but I was also disappointed at Isaiah for pushing in line. After getting a pinch in my card I went to the next activity with a yellow flag. As I ran to the next activity I thought of the prize... suddenly I saw Isaiah follow but when I got there it was some kind of spinning thing, as I span it there were four cylinders, two had water and to red balls in it, the other two had air with two yellow balls.

As I spun Local Gravity device, the first two red balls and the water leaned in, the other yellow balls went out. That was really strange how come the red balls went in and the other two went out? Maybe because when you spin it, its like a rollercoaster  so for example those spinning things at rainbows end, they make you spin out so that might be for the yellow balls.

Then how does the red balls work then? As I thought I called Tyson, he came over fast. I asked him when you spin the Local Gravity device the yellow balls lean out, its like those spinning thing at rainbows end, they make you spin out. “Yesssss” I shouted and got a pinch in my card.

Since Isaiah was too busy walking around I ran to the next activity, Earth Magnetic Field, I didn't know what to do but when I put the magnet on the yellow spot that was on the globe it faced down so I looked under the globe and saw another yellow spot but I got another pinch in the card anyway.

Finally I put my card in the box I couldn't wait whose name will come out. When it was time to go back and sit down they showed us how much pee we can hold in our bladder, they also told us how much we do in a day and year. Suddenly they started to show us poo and how much poo we do in a year, it was so disgusting I couldn't bear to watch more but then the presenters showed us the little intestine and how the food travels through them and into the larger intestine but then it was time to go, it was really sad but after all we did have a good time.