Experiencing college life at tamaki college

Today at Tech at Tamaki College was great. The Yr 8 students were invited  to a day at Tamaki College to experience what college is all about. We learnt about the different rotations that college offers. We got to learn about other students first time at college and how they felt when they started college. Today our first rotation was Maths in Maths our teacher gave us our task which was learning about coordinates.
We played a game called billy bug primary games, This game helps us to learn the direction and number points to find out where something is, How to draw something using points/ dots. I found maths quite fun because it helped me learn a new strategy to find the direction of where to go. The next rotation was Science in science we designed rockets made from dry ice. Dry ice is a type of carbon dioxide gas which we used with water to blast the rockets into the air. When we did a test  on our rockets we worked in groups of 4 with Tamaki College students. The first test we did was
testing the dry ice in a glove. The next test was testing a cup of dry ice and water to blow out alighted candle. The next test we did was testing a rocket full of dry ice to make it launch into the air. This process turned out successful so were ready to move onto the next test the second to last test of the science programme. We tested a bottle of dry ice and water to see what will happen. At the bottom of the bottle the water of dry ice started vibrating. The last test was testing a plastic bowl of dry ice and water and using a damped paper towel to make a bubble. This test was amazing because It was a new experience for me and my group to create a experiment made from ice.


Define coordinates: Coordinates is a type of Maths which you use numbers and boxes to find out the direction your going.

Thank you to all the teachers and students for helping us with our rotations.