Mt Ruaph Alarm Test Knowledge

Kia ora

Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information.

Haast's Eagle

Last term we did a slide show about extinct birds. I was put in a group and our was the Haast's Eagle. Our teacher gave us six questions to answer by researching. We had to have separate slides for each person in our group. I found it easy to answering the questions. I found it hard get information for the answers. The learning behind this task was to help us learn about extinct birds in New Zealand. Here is my slide.