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Volcanoes are mountains that erupt. It is a vent in the earths crust through witch magma and gasses erupt. The word volcano comes from the god of fire, Vulcan. Volcanoes are all over the world. Most volcanoes are on the edge of the tectonic plates. Some volcanoes form on hot spots.

How are they formed?

Below the earths crust the pressure of the magma builds up. It then is forced up and it makes a vent in the earths surface. After it has erupt the lava then dry's up and forms a mountain

How does an eruption occure.

An eruption happens when the pressure builds up inside the magma chamber. When the pressure is high it makes the magma thick and gooey. When the pressure is low in the magma chamber the magma gets thin and runny. When it is like that, it flows more easily.

The different types of volcanoes.

There are different shapes and sizes of volcanoes. The three basic types are shield volcano, cinder cone and stratovolcano.

The shield volcano got its name because people thought it looked like the shape of an ancient warriors shield. The shield volcano is low in silica. They are shallow sided and has a flat bottomed crater. It has a long fluid lava flow witch can also flow into sea. Shield volcanoes can also be found on the ocean crust.

Cinder cone volcanoes are the smallest volcanoes. These volcanoes are formed by low silica magma that is runny. They are steep sided volcanoes that are cone shaped.

The stratovolcanoes are the most famous volcanoes. Mount St. Helens, Mt Vesuvius and Mt Fuji are stratovolcanoes. When it starts to erupt it begins with an explosion of ash and cinders. These volcanoes are often found on subduction zones.

Volcanoes are amazing. I feel lucky to be living in Auckland. There is one volcano that is nearby named Maungarei.

The Dunker

Missing the target three times in a row wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It was time for both teams to swap over. When it was my turn to be the dunkee, I felt a bit nervous while climbing up the little ladder. I was sitting above a tank of cold water waiting for someone to hit the target. Then finaly Tevita hit it. It was like a surprise falling down because you wouldn't have known when a person had hit the target. When I got out I wasn't really cold but I was really excited to go again. Out of the whole game I never got someone dunked but it was heaps of fun. This was one of my best camp Kindness highlight.

Hard Material at Tech

Walking into Mr Grundy's class made me feel like I was in college. Everyone had taken a seat. The class was very different. Instead of chairs we sat on stools at a big table with only four sides to sit on. The class wasn't the same as our regular classes.

Mr Grundy gave us a sheet of safety rules. We had to tick the boxes safe or not safe. This was so no one would get hurt while building or making something. The material that we use is wood. But before building we have to design.

Pakiri Beach

Running along white sand towards rough waves was really cool. But jumping into it was more fun. We were at Pakiri Beach jumping and swimming with big waves.It was me and my cousins. We were looking for a good spot where there were neat waves.

Camp Bentzon

One of my highlight for the camp at Kawau island for year 6 2009, Camp Bentzon was Mr Coop's food. Every day he would bake a whole lot of buns. It would be nice and hot , freshly baked and its taste would be yum . My favourite food that was made by Mr Coop was very delicous and it was Lasagne. For lunch we would have Hot dogs or Burgers.

At Camp Bentzon there are 4  groups . The 4 groups are called different names like Katz, Kawau, Bentzon and Mansion. In the groups there are A's and B's , Katz A & Katz B, Kawau A & Kawau B, Bentzon A & Bentzon B, Mansion A & Mansion B.The team I was in was Kawau B.

My Blog Wordle

In extension Mrs Burt showed us how to use "Wordle". Wordle is a website that shows you how many words you have. It also shows how much you have used it by how big it is. You can change the colour and also change the fonts.

Video Conference With Hamish Campbell

                    
On Wednesday the 5th of August at 9'am the extension group had a video conference with Hamish Campbell and also Diana-Grace. Hamish Campbell is a very famous Geologists in New Zealand. The reason for this conference is for us to learn about the Fiordland earthquake and more.

 Hamish taught us a lot of interesting facts. There are a few that I remember. He told us that there are 2 kinds of plates called the "Pacific Plate " and " Australian Plate ". The earthquake was called Dusky Sound. 

 He explained to us how the earthquake happened. The 2 plates hit each other and pushed against the other one. It was meant to crash but instead the Pacific plate slid 5 meters under. The earthquake lasted for only 30 seconds.

He also told us about the earthquake that happened in 1976 in Tangshan, China. It only lasted for 15 seconds and was very huge. There was a big amount of people that had died during the earthquake. 242,000 people had died in a building.

 Thanks to Diana-Grace and Hamish Campbell for sharing very interesting facts about the Fiordland earthquake and also thanks to Te Papa museum.