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The year 7&8 went down to wellington to the te papa museum while we were they we look at amazing parts of the museum like the earthquake house the colossal squid a whale hart and many more cool things but my favorite part was world war 1 expedition we got to look at cool sculptures were large and tall they also looked so real and interesting to look at.

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MPI

We went to Ministry for Primary Industries but MPI for short.  We talked to 2 very intelligent ladies from the MPI about farming, horticulture, Forestry, viticulture and fishing.  MPI are growing and protecting New Zealand. For example sorting out the water problem in Havelock North.

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When we went to Wellington we went to Te papa. We saw a whale's skeleton and a blue whale's heart, we could squash 18 people inside of it. We also saw the colossal squid, it has been there long enough it,s falling apart. We went into the earthquake house, it simulates a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. The wharenui in Te papa was built so everyone had a Marae. The Gallipoli war exhibition was really cool I was amazed on how the giant statues looked so real.

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M.P.I

M.P.I stands for Ministry of Primary Industries. The 2 ladies were talking to us about how what M.P.I does. They control and manage Horticulture, Viticulture, Fishing, Forestry and farming. They work with food and water to make sure everything is healthy and safe for everyone to consume, like the Havelock North water problem.

Space Place

Space place is an observatory that observes the stars and constellations. They have  been studying the star for a very long time learning about what is out there. This reminds me of how scientist research about the ground and how they found out about the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.

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Weltec is a university which specialises in technology and we were lucky enough to go to Weltec while we were in Wellington and made robots. Making the robots was both challenging and fun but we had help by the robotics lecturer. This reminds me of STEAM, because we also made robots while we were there.

Also while we were in Wellington, we went to space place. Space place is a Planetarium or also known as observatory and you learn about all about space. This place is located on the hill in Wellington. The space place reminds me of Te Papa because each room specialises in a certain thing

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The year 7 and 8 went on a wellington trip one of the places we went to was Space Place. We learnt different things about the galaxy and how it was created one billion years ago. We watched a movie where the screen was above you it felt like you were there we learnt how the different planets After we watched the movie we got the look at the stars. Once we have finished the movie we took a tour around space place there were lots of different places you can you to to learn different things about space and the galaxy.
TE Papa
The year 7 and 8 went on a wellington trip there were lots of different places we visited but  one of them was the Te Papa museum. One of my favourite exhibits was the gilapy exhibit there were huge real like models of the people who were in the war. You could look at all the weapons and gear they had as well as listen to facts about the war using headphones.

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Te Papa
At the Yr 7 & 8 Business & Careers Trip in Wellington, we went to the Te Papa Museum. At the Te Papa Museum we saw a huge female Colossal Squid that was more than a 2 metres long. We also saw huge sized model of a Blue Whale's heart, we got challenged of fitting more than 14 people inside the heart we fitted 18 people inside. We also saw the Gallipoli Exhibition when we were at Te Papa. The Gallipoli; The scale of our war, is dedicated and was made for the World War ll. In the World War ll 2,779 Kiwi's lost there lives. Te Papa makes me think of the olden treasures of New Zealand and the World War ll.

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Space place

On our wellington trip we went up to the space observatory that stands on top of the Botanic gardens, we watched to space and back  we also got to look around and go into a room and watch videos.

Meridian building.

This building is earthquake and tsunami proof the building is a five star energy building . also jed works in their 24-7 and mostly everything is reused in the building like the elevator walls are made out of milk bottles

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In Wellington, we went to Weltec which is a polytechnic.

In the robotics department we got to make an electric remote controller. Now i know how to put the wires together to connect it, so it goes forwards, backwards and turn side to side.I can relate this to lego because it is a similar concept to robotics.

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Meridian Energy building

On the last day of Room 7’s Wellington trip the class walked to the 5 star energy efficient Meridian building. This means the building is eco friendly and pretty much runs by itself. At this building 1 third of New Zealand's power is run by Jeff from Meridian.

When we visited Jeff's office he was interrupted by many calls from around New Zealand with people from power stations asking Jeff to do something to increase or decrease New Zealand's power situation. He also showed us the amount of power New Zealand's use at certain times of the day and night It was amazing because on the graph we saw in the morning the power was at its highest, at night the graph showed a dramatic decrease. This is because we use little power whilst we are sleeping, However in the morning when everyone is rushing to get out of the house everything in the house is turned on, this relates to everyone because we all use the power that the Meridian building manages.

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Physics

We went to Weltec. We met James in physics, and one of the activities was timing weights to see which was the fastest. Another activity you do is you put some weights on a contraption that stretches a rubber tube from a speargun. You measure how far down it goes and how far up it goes at a time depending on how heavy the weight is, is how far up or down it goes. The thing we were proving was a spring stretches more regular than rubber. We also had to put weights on a contraption with different places to put the weights on, to balance a block of wood. This relates to everyday life.

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In Wellington we went to weltec which is a polytechnic. Weltec stands for Wellington technology and when we were there we did three different activities, robotics,physics and land surveying. Land surveying was my favorite because I never knew what land surveying was before I went to weltec. Land surveying is when you measure how high the measurement is and if it is above or below sea level. Roadworks companies use them to see if the road is flat or uneven. This relates to scopes on a gun because you have to sight in the scope so then when you shoot the gun it is agreit.

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SOLO Paragraph-Meridian Energy Building

On the last day of our trip we went to the Meridian Energy efficient building. This building has a 5 star energy rating. When we went there we met Kelsey who took us round the building and talked to us about her job. Then we met Jeff who ran the control room. Jeff’s job was to run all the power stations. He controls how much power is made and where it goes,like to us. It was an amazing building to visit because of how they recycled things to make the building better. Such as tyres for grip on the stairs.

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We went to Wellington to see  robotics and made robots Sam we also watched the video they were playing a ping pong  game a human was facing a Robot the Human win the ping pong game because the Robot current hits some places but the humans can.

We also went to Te Papa and saw the biggest squid it is shrinking and breaking. They found the squid at Antarctica

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Te papa

We also went to Te Papa where we learnt about how big a whale's heart we could squash in 18 people people.A whale’s heart is 1.5 meters and 181 kilograms.We also had the opportunity to see Rongomaraeroa which was carved from people all over the world it was made out of.And out of all my best part was going to seeing Gallipoli it shows how hard it was and also remembering those loved ones it was a great tribute to the war.Gallipoli reminds me off poppy day.

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The very first place we stopped on our trip to Wellington was the RNZAF base Ohakea, which is located 22 km West of Palmerston North and it is also New Zealand’s Third largest base.  Dan, a pilot at the base and Nikki, a ground technician took us around and talked to us about the helicopters and about his job. We learnt all about the jobs that are involved with the base, and had the opportunity to sit in two of the helicopters, one being one biggest in New Zealand. The RNZAF base in ohakea reminds me of an airport,  because there were planes and helicopters everywhere and some were even being taken apart to be fixed.

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I will be talking about Weltec that we had visited where we got to make robot and learn about land surveying and physics, I will also be talking about the Observatory or as people say a Planetarium.

Weltec is where people over the age of 15 can go to learn about robots, Physics & Land Surveying, but my favourite would have to be the Robots, the interesting thing was that we got to make it, without help and we had to guess how to work it.

Now I will be talking about the Observatory, the Observatory is where we got to study the stars and watch a 45 minute video to show us what really happens outside of our reach.

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Ohakea Air Base holds two types of helicopters, one much larger than the other. The smaller of the two is called the Mako or the A109 and the other being the NH90 which is used for combat and military force. These two types of helicopters are held in two hangers apart from each other,  with each hanger holding around about four aircraft in each of them. This makes me think about the Bridge Pa which is a smaller air base/port where they have a few hangers holding aircraft.

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One of the activities we did in wellington was visit  Te papa were many historical items are kept  which we got to see such as a blue whale spinal cord, the colossal squid, and my highlight of Te papa was the Gallipoli memorial section where there are heaps of cool stuff, I  can relate this to one of my relatives who served in world war II.

On our last visit through wellington we visited meridian energy building while visiting this building we eventually came to the control room or Jeff office where he was receiving many calls from around New Zealand by many power companies to   decrease or increase the power in different locations at different times.I can relate this to me because I use power.

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Space place...
Space place is located near the balsamic gardens on top of a hill in Wellington. Space place is also called a Planetarium or a observatory. We were introduced to a lady who worked at Space place and we were shown a movie about space and the different planets in our universe. After the movie we had a little wander around the museum there. There were many cool experiments and facts about space in the museum that were interesting and amusing. I think this relates to the museum in Te papa because there is also a cool area there to do with space. This makes me think about what actually is up in space in all the different universes and if there are many other living things in space. I think this is effective because space is probably one of the most interesting things that people always wonder about and people would love to discover what else is in space.

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Land Surveying...
The intermediate students of Twyford school were offered to go to Weltec, Wellington Institute of Technology, while on our visit to Wellington.

Weltec had many options on creating and experimenting things but  we did 3 specific subjects such as Land Surveying, Physics, and Robotics.

Land surveying is a technique used for measuring and other things to do with measure, level, etc. A scope and a stand is supplied to use and also a ruler to find out how high the scope was pointing to. I think this relates to the scope on a sniper or any other gun with a scope because it's used to aim. I think this is effective because it helps you measure the ground and how high something is. This makes me think about how long it would take to learn all about land surveying.

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WelTec (or the Wellington Institute of Technology) is where the intermediate students of Twyford School visited to learn about Vex Robotics, Land Surveying and Physics. Many of the student’s favourites was the robotics, my favourite was also the robotics. The most challenging part was when we had to find where to put the battery. This was very similar STEAM when we created robots which we used to fight the others.

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One of the many activities we took part in during our trip down to Wellington, was visiting Weltec and looking into physics. There were a few stations, set up in the physics room, one of which being weights and different springs and contraptions. We had to place 1 kg weights on the scales before measuring how far its gone down and how many times the dial has turned. It wasn the most entertaining task but we did learn a bit about weight and measurement. This topic reminds me about the Ohakea Airforce base and the helicopters as physics are part of helicopters, taking off, flying etc.

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The Space Place is a museum and theatre located in the building of the Carter Observatory.  We were able to take a tour through the stars using the power of technology. Using the theatre, we learnt about the different constellations and planets that were able to be seen in the sky that night. This could also relate to New Zealand history because of the Southern Cross. You were able to see the Southern Cross constellation in the sky that night too.