Walking water science

Today I'm Science we made water walk! It was cool to see the water move from one cup to another through the paper towel. We learned this process is called the capillary action and it's what happens when plants move the water from the ground through the stem. It looks awesome with the colours too😊

Butterfly Ballet in Team Tekau

What a beautiful sight this afternoon! 3 new butterflies performed this wing dance. Well actually two did the one in the middle just posed. Tomorrow we will let them go. Check out both video clips. The second one shows one of the chrysalis doing a wiggle dance and getting ready to push its way out.
We also learned an amazing word today - metamorphosis - which is a word to describe how some animals change after they are born into something completely different. Comment and share any animals you can think of that go through the process of metamorphosis. I wonder how many we can list?

Looking Beneath the Surface...

On Wednesday last week Jessie and Carly from the National Aquarium came to talk to us about Seaweek. We went on an undersea journey. We all had to put on flippers and wetsuits so we could 'look beneath the surface'. We saw some really interesting artefacts from under the sea and learned that as well as amazing sea creatures, sadly there is a lot of rubbish in our seas.
We are going to look at how it gets there because we all know its there because of US!
Team Tekau are starting to think about...
* What we can do to stop rubbish from spoiling the sea
* How do sea animals adapt to their environment
* How can we keep safe when we visit the beach

Carly and Jessie... and a gannet

Putting on our goggles for our underwater adventure

Yuk! This is not how we want our seas to look!

A beautiful turtle shell

Did you know toothpaste has seaweed in it? 

Fletcher has a new set of jaws - shark jaws!

This is a piece of baleen from a humpback whale.
Look at the little hairs on it.

Butterfly Number Rua Caught on Camera!

We were the most excited classroom in the school to actually see butterfly number 2 emerge from the chrysalis yesterday afternoon. We actually saw the whole thing happen and it only took about 50 seconds!! Mrs Perry even videoed it and is going to put it on our blog so we can watch it again and again. It happened soooo quickly.

We have been writing some amazing stories about our monarchs - caterpillars and butterflies. Team Tekau kids are showing they are awesome writers. Here are just a few little snippets for you to enjoy...

Once upon a time I hatched out of a tiny, winy egg. I started to feast on my egg. After that I went to hunt for my real breakfast. I found a nice lush, green leaf and I started nibbling away.
By Martyn

Clinging to the edge of the pot was a monarch butterfly. Ouch! It fell a little. It's wings were a bit heavy for it. Then it dropped and walked.
By Elijah

CRACK! Out came a little teeny, weeny little Miss Caterpillar. Then I crawled all around my new home. I nibbled on my new home after my birth. A few weeks later I got fatter and fatter and fatter until...
By Emily

Once upon a time I hatched out of my egg. The colour of my egg is pink. When I came out of my egg I started munching away. A few days later I was fat and then I turned into a chrysalis.
By Kimberly-Ann

CRACK! A tinsy, winsy little caterpillar emerged from its egg. The little caterpillar felt a bit hungry. Rumble! Her tummy rumbled. She found a nice green leaf.
By Alex

At lunch I was watching the monarch butterfly emerge out of its chrysalis. After a while the monarch butterfly slipped out!
By Fletcher

She was so beautiful. She was as beautiful as a rose. Also her wings looked as delicate as silk. I felt like she was the most beautiful creature in the world!
By Elise

On Wednesday 11th another chrysalis hatched. I got to see it hatch! It is so cool how they hatch. I love butterflies.
By Chanelle

At lunchtime our butterfly broke out. We rushed to the class. We all stared at the butterfly and after school we took it outside.
By Sam

I went up to the blue pot because there were people around it. There was a monarch butterfly! The butterfly fell off the pot and landed on the green table.
By Taiaha

Once upon a time there was a little chrysalis hanging off a big blue pot plant. I ate my way out. My wings were small at first but when I pumped fluid into my wings they got bigger and bigger!
By Campbell

Molly just hatched at lunchtime today at Mahora School in Team Tekau. We were so excited that we crowded around it. It has already started to pump fluid through its wings.
By Keira

The caterpillars eat green leaves and then it turns into a chrysalis. In 2 weeks it hatches and a butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.
By John-Paul

Halfway through Homework Reminders another butterfly hatched. We saw it slip out and stick to the chrysalis. It started pumping fluid. Mrs Perry got pictures and a video of it.
By Tihei

It has beautiful wings like orange and black with white spots. First it stayed there for 1 hour and then it started to fly.
By Ella

The butterfly dropped off the chrysalis and then off the pot but it was ok. It has a little look around. It was very wobbly and couldn't walk properly. After a while we let it go in the lavender bush. Bye little butterfly - you really made me happy!
By Milly

At lunchtime the new butterfly hatched. First it has small wings then they were big.
By Kyla

The chrysalis is very, very black! Now it has just come out of the chrysalis. The butterflies wings are very colourful.
By Lockie

Then it started to come out!!! It was fun seeing his colourful wings. It was so wonderful seeing it.
By Iziah

While we were doing our reminders something happened. Another monarch butterfly hatched and we saw it emerge from its shell!
By Rapaira

A Monarch Emerges...

It was super exciting when a monarch butterfly emerged from its chrysalis in Team Tekau. We even wrote about it!

He, or she (we don't know if it was a male or a female butterfly) spent a while hanging out on the edge of the pot before it was ready to try out it's new long legs. We all thought the butterfly was waiting for its wings to dry but we watched a you tube clip that told us it was pumping fluid into its wings to get ready to fly!

The butterfly was a bit wobbly at first. Check out its gorgeous colours!

After school we took it out to the lavender by the office and set it free. I bet that butterfly is busy eating nectar and laying some new eggs. What do you think?

Here is the link to the you tube clip we watched. We learned a lot of new things, so check it out.

Monarch Butterfly Time Lapse Video