Thursday, 19 November 2015

Bridges

This week we've been exploring the special considerations builders need to take into account when creating structures in Wellinnton. Our inquiry task is to build a bridge that is strong enough to hold a specific weight and withstand some of Wellington's unique natural forces: Wild weather and earthquakes!

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Wellington's Weather & Renewable Power

Yesterday in Kake, we explored Wellington's unique weather and how it changes throughout the year. We discovered that Wellington has a lot of wind, fast moving tides and a surprising amount of sunlight hours. We then set to work, designing inventions that harness this natural energy to generate renewable electricity. Check out some of our work...

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

What makes a great suburb?

What makes a great suburb? See what our class thinks...

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Inquiry Questions

Today we generated some inquiry questions about what we want to learn about Wellington. They needed to be deep questions with more than one possible answer. These are all the questions Kake class came up with.

Tuesday, 8 September 2015