Making Ink Traps

Last week , we made lnk tracking tunnels to see what pests we have at school .

Equipment 

. 1 sponge

. peanut butter

. Food colouring for ink

. Cardboard

. 2,x empty 2litre milk cartons

Making the trap

. white paper

steps 

1. cut the ends of the milk boltles.
-save 1 to hold the sponge

2. join the two milk boltles together.

3.wrap them with black plastic .

4. put a piece of white paper inside.

5.put food colouring on the sponge and a blob of peanut butter.

6. Put the tunnel in a outdoor space to see what happens.


When we checked our trap, the pests had stolen the sponge! We replaced it, and they stole it again!!! Other traps showed rat and mice footprints, and poop! They also chewed the sponges.

Evidence of Pests from another trap

dog looking at a book about food

The dog was cute.

Wearing glasses makes the dog smart.

Thoughtfully, he is reading a book about food.
He can cook a delicious pizza with sauce and black olives and cheese on it.

Making elephant toothpaste

Today in science we made elephant toothpaste.

1. The first step was to pour hydrogen pyroxide into a bottle.

2. We added blue food colouring into the bottle because it's my groups favourite colour.

3. Then we added dish washing liquid into the bottle.

4. Next we put warm water into a container with yeast and mixed it.

5. Lastly we added the yeast to the bottle and it exploded with blue foa

Planting

Yesterday the class planted kowhai seeds. We had to roughen the seed with sand paper. We put the soil  pod in water and mixed them. Then we put our finger in the soil and made a space for the seed. WE put seed in and covered it with soil.