Tech reflection

This week for tech the year 8's had the opportunity to experience what its like to be at tamaki college/college in genrell. In the beginning we were introduced to most of the year ten girls and they shared with us what their first year was like in college and what was their favourite activity at school. We then were given fruits, drinks & muesli bars for morning tea. As our first session ended we moved on to maths. In maths we learnt how to do co-ordinates. The session started off with a game called billy bug. The game billy bug gave us a example of how we do co-ordinates on paper. We then had a chance to draw an alien using a co-ordinate sheet. I really enjoyed maths as we experienced college maths ect. Science was our next rotation. I found science really fun as we got to do experiments using dried ice. We were given glasses & gloves to keep us safe and ready for our next fun experiment. In science I learnt the difference between dried ice and ice we use in drinks. Dried ice includes gas and ice dosent. One of our experiments was to put 2-3 dried ice cubes in a glove and tie a not. As we moved on to our next experiment we noticed that the dried ice we put in filled the glove up with the gas that is in dried ice. Most of the gloves popped as some dident. As we started to ease in to science we were given hard yet fun challenges to do. Such as putting dried ice into a little container, add water and quickly close the lid. The point of this challenge was to see who could close the lid faster and make the container shoot higher. The other cool challenge was to make a bubble using a paper towel(with dish soap on it), Dried ice, a container & water. For the challenge we had to put the dried ice in first, add water and then use the paper towel (Dish soap on it) on top of the container to form a bubble. All in all i'd like to thank tamaki college for a fun experience on how college is like. I enjoyed all the challenges and the students helping us. Thank you to all the staff members who helped us experience how fun college is and that being scared on your first day is ok. At the end of the day i'd like to say how much I had fun their and I am very grateful that they gave us a great tour and provide us with yummy food like chocolate ect. On a scale from one to ten on the tour I would give it a ten and I highly recommend you to go tamaki college. I am definitely looking forward to going college next year.