Te Manawa

On   Monday  we  travelled  to   Te  Manawa   to  learn  about  water. First  we  piled  into  a  school  room   and  did  some  learning  on  liquid.   That  was  our   big  thing were  going  to  learn  about. I  liked  the  duck   feathers  experiment. We all got   a  plastic   bag    and  a   twisty  tie  with  a   bit   of   wax   paper .

.Every one  had   to  rip   up  the  wax   paper   and   put   it  in  the   plastic   bag with  the  twisty  tie   around.
 Then   put  it  in  a  big   container  and  and  let  it  float  over  the  water   for  awhile. Then  we  did  it   again   but  with  some  dish  wash.   It  looked  a lot  more  different . Because   the  first  time  we  did  it  the  paper  was  dry  and  sticky     but  the  second  time it  was  wet  and  soggy. That  shows  us  we    should   never   put  dishwash  down  the  outside drain because   it  affects  wild  life.  It  sticks  bird's   wings  and  makes  them  heavy because the water soaks in. They get cold It also  makes  fish gills  stick  Now  you  know why to never never  put  dish  wash  down  the out side drain. After  that we  got  some  free  time "I  loved  it"                                                                                   
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