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Process of design
Have you ever wanted to invent something? Room 5 did and they took on the role of mini inventors, turning their own imaginative ideas into models and …
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Beautiful Butterflies
The butterfly life cycle is a thrilling process to observe, especially when it is happening right in front of you. In Room 16, watching tiny caterpill…
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Our Virtual Learners
Participating in VLN has become a long-standing tradition at Wairakei Primary School - one of the many perks of being a Year 6. VLN stands for ‘Virtua…
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Water Fountains - Science Fun in the Junior School
Children are born scientists – they are innately curious about the physical environment and naturally open to making meaning through their exploration…
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Wave Creators
Exploring sound waves by the properties of sound, pitch, loudness, speed, and reflection of sound. Using different instruments we created different pi…
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Lake Taupō and Its Special Creatures
We have learnt about the ecosystem in Lake Taupō, including the creatures that live in the lake.
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Geothermal Ambassador
Thirty of our inquisitive students were given the opportunity to dive deeper into understanding our local power source. Three ambassadors spent 2 hour…
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It's all rubbish
About removing rubbish and plastics that are suffocating our world requires some dirty work. The mission is to sort out typical recycling bins from re…
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Geothermal Wonderland
During Geothermal Week, students are asked to explore Geothermal systems and what lies beneath… The challenge is to investigate and build a model of a…
