Mia S's Blog

This year the grade 5s had to do energy for the Sciene Expo. I worked alone for the Science Expo  because it was easier for me. My mom went on Pinterest and we found a biomass lamp that I could do but we didn't because we couldn't find how to do it and what we needed to do it. Eventually my mom found a biogas experiment. I did a biogas experiment that tests which bottle of food scraps can produce the most gas. I chose biogas because it's different and no one else was doing it and it can help with our waste management. We started my experiment too late so the balloons didn't inflate as well as it should've. When we did the posters at school I didn't have my photos so I couldn't plan everything out but, the next day I got my photos and it looked perfectly fine. On the day of the Science Expo I felt nervous but confident. While I was speaking I forget to add something in so I had to stop take a breath and then I remembered.The judge, Mrs Pierce was very nice. A...

On Wednesday the 9th the grade 5s left for High Africa to go on camp. When we arrived we got our cabin numbers and met the leaders. We got split into groups. I was in group 5. I wasn't to happy about who was in my group but I got two of my friends. We did Walk-cries, rafting, rock climbing, leap of faith, long walk to freedom and puzzle mazes. My group did the leap of faith first. In the leap of faith you have a harness around you and you must jump to grab the bar. Next we did rafting because the knots we tied came lose and the raft fell apart. During the night we did a night walk. I didn't like it to much because it was very dark and we weren't aloud to bring torches. It was even worse because the boys kept scaring people. The next day we did rock climbing but I didn't want to go. Next we did puzzle mazes but it was very hard. Lastly we did the long walk to freedom. In the long walk to freedom you have to help each other to get across a hard rope coarse. Every time you...