Sunday, 31 August 2014

America favourite Panda, Bao Bao

Article Comprehension:
  1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
Bao Bao's first birthday was special because he is the second panda to be born at this zoo ( Smithsonian's national zoo)
  1. How did the zookeepers celebrate it?
He gave him lots of treats and bambo, he also got a the number 1 carved out of apple jucie.
  1. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year?
  2. She has learnt how to stand up in the monthly weigh ins, and can respond to her name.
  1. What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?
  2. She has a blue boy filled with sand.



Sunday, 24 August 2014

Dangerous decibels

At  Dangerous decibels i learnt how to keep my ears safe from hearing loss. 1-6 people get hearing loss, when i turn 30 in will be 1-4 people. The ear is very complex in many ways. There are 10,000-20,000, little hairs in your ear these help you hear, if you wipe out to many you may lose your hearing for ever.
Sound is a vibration that turns into energy, today we used a tuning for and a ping pong ball to measure how much energy that goes to our ears.
We measure sound in a unit called decibels.

Underground Tramp

  1. How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?
Bounce below is different because it's underground in an old mining cave.
  1. What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?
It is lit up with different colours and have wired shaped tramps.
  1. What are the two zip lines called? 
Velocity and Titan
  1. What is special about each one?
Velocity stands 500ft above the ground and people can reach up to 100mph.
Titan has four lines side by side, flying across at 70mph.