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. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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 

   

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.