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7 days or not

On the 27th of April 2006. We set off on a journey like no other. Our journey that we  did not know what was ahead for the next few days.

The dirty cracked roads where shattering as we drove all we had was a two black chests one filled with water and food one filled with clothes. Our journey we thought would take us to the mud flats in Australia. The mudflats we where looking for where an hour drive out of Tasmania. Just finished the packing I drove to Antons to pick him up. I rung the neighbors and asked them to feed bruce for the next week. I got to his house the sun was in the sky the birds were flying and there was not a gust of wind to be seen. We set off through Tasmania we kept driving. We where a while outside of tasmania now I presumed there was only 45 mins to go. " So Greg mate hows the weather looking for the next few day?" " I looked on weathernet.com and they say it will be over 30 everyday dont worry I've got enough water to last us."

At last we where here in the mudflats " Oh aren't they beautiful Anton said suprisingly" " I always actually thought they where dusty and yuck." We kept on driving and driving until I remembered. " Anton I forgot to get extra fuel the next gas station is back in tasmania 1 hour away from the gate of the mudflats." Well what are we going to do we've been driving for two hours in the mudflats now how much petrol do we have." Anton we dont have much at all" It was all very quiet from then i think we were both just waiting for the car to stop. "Greg do you think we will make it out of here alive" Theres only one person that knows that and sadly thats not me."  I closely watched watched as i saw a tear come out of Antons eye.

I kept on driving and the fuel was getting lower and lower. I could feel my heart beat like the boston marathon bombs. I was getting more nervous bye the second.  Every kilometer I drove my heart

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Heart rate is how many times your heart beats per amount of time. the normal heart rate for a child our age is about 70 bpm ( beats per minute). when you exercise you're heart beat increases in beats and when you rest it goes down. there are heaps of different ways to get your heart rate some of them are you get you're two fingers and put them on your rist and count how many per minute you can also do that but put it on the side of your neck. A pulse is very important its a matter of life and death if you have no pulse you have no life.

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Yesterday the satellite class at our school moved in to the temporary classrooms in front of us. They have moved in because a couple of weeks ago there was a fire in their old room. The satellite class is different to all the other classes at our school because they need a little bit more help. Yesterday we got the chance to walk through all of their rooms. They have three small classrooms and there a two students in each one. They also have a main classroom where all the kids like to hang out and play. All of the students are different in their own ways but they are all really cool. One of the boys named Bobby gave us a tour of their place. I think its really cool to have a classroom like them infront of us and I hope they feel welcome in their new classroom and I hope they feel safe and happy with our two Rimu year 8 classes next to them.

Issues

1. Teenagers drinking alcohol. More than a quarter of females and males teenagers said they drunk till they blacked out.
2. Teenage smoking. Smoking cigarettes each day 3,000 kids try their first ciggarette
3. teenage bullies. 30% of secondary school student report of  being bullied
4. teenage pregnancy. New Zealand is the second highest teenage pregnancy rate in oecd countrys
5. young crime. 31% of New Zealand boys go to court before their 25th birthday.

I think that all this is crazy especially the teenage pregnancy and New Zealand being one of the highest.

The Moa

The moa is a original bird from New Zealand. The moa is a very big bird with a big sharp beak. But this bird is flightless. Its body kind of looks like an emu. It ranged from a height of 3.6 metres and weighed 230 kg. This bird was a very dangerous bird the power of it is so strong it could tear through you easily. The Moa came extinct because of how big they were and flightless. They were easy to catch because of being flightless. The Maoris used to eat them and they came extinct I think the moa is a really unique and cool bird because of its beak and huge body.

Periodic Table

The periodic table is a table with heaps of different elements. Theres over 118 in the world today. An element is used to make something for example silicon + oxygen creates sand. There are over ten different groups of elements. Some of them you see every day but some of them are very dangerous you can not touch them.

science discovery

The earliest known time of a working telescope was in the Netherlands bye two men named Hans Lipperseyand and Zaharias janssen. They first created it in 1608 it was a version thats not as flash as they are today but it still worked. The Telescope is very important thing to have for astronomers because it gives you a good view of space and can look way up in to the sky. Telescopes have found a lot of different planets. I think they are very useful you can use them for other things like looking at your friends down the road or looking at planes in the sky

Science Experiment

In year four at primary school I remember doing a science experiment. The science experiment we did was the baking soda and vinegar volcanon in the sand pit. I remember Making a volcano out of sand and putting a tunnel down the middle. We then put baking soda down the middle. After the teacher told us to watch as he poured in the vinegar, Suddenly a big rush of white foam came flying up the top.  when the vinegar hits the baking soda a reaction is caused and it creates foam