Danielle's Inquiry Project ~ How Magma reaches the earth's surface

Danielle made a flow chart to show the cause of magma rising to the surface.  Well done Danielle. 

Desire and Erina's Inquiry Presentation ~ Top 10 Volcanoes

Desire and Erina learned about the top ten Volcanoes in the world. Well done team.
They also made a replica volcano

Anamanu's Guided Inquiry Project - How do Volcanoes affect people?

Anamanu learned about how Volcanoes affect people. She presented this in a flow chart.
Well Done Anamanu!

Hannah's Inquiry Project - How do natural disasters occur?

Hannah learned about Natural Disasters, in her presentation she explained Tornadoes, and Volcanoes.

Well done Hannah

James & Anthony's Inquiry presentation - Why do volcanoes erupt

James and Alex learned about Volcanoes, they also made a replica volcano.

Well Done Team. 

Shake it up!!

Monday's Museum visit was an exciting day, we got to explore the World War I and II exhibit's the Land and Sea, Weird and Wonderful, Wild Child, Dinosaurs and most importantly the Volcanoes and Geology exhibit. The Volcano exhibit and the volcano room were really valuable to us because our inquiry topic this term is Shake it Up!! Where we are learning all about natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes. 

We learned a lot about lava flows and different volcanic rock types, then practiced sorting them. 

 














In the Volcano house we watched a simulation video which explained a series of earthquakes and a new volcanoe that had erupted. The room then shook following an explosion and there was another video about the potential effects if there was to be a natural disaster right here in auckland. Our next steps are to learn how to be prepared if there is an earthquake or volcano. Stay tuned for more learning in this area!