Bao Bao -- Dogo News

Questions:

1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
2. How did the zookeepers celebrate it?
3. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?

Answers:

1. It was special because the last lot of pandas all passed away.
2. Bao Bao was given treats of all sorts including three bamboo sticks coated in honey.
3. To wrestle with a buoy like object. She'll be moved to another enclosure.

Dangerous Decibels

Today we went to the "Dangerous Decibels" program which was run by Toni from some non-profit organization. Toni briefed us on the program and handed out a tuning fork and a pingpong ball with string mounted onto it. She instructed us to it the fork against the wooden floor and touch the pingpong ball. As a result, the pingpong ball bounced off of the fork due to the vibrations.

Afterwards, we learnt about safe and dangerous decibels. Decibels are what the volume of sound is measured in. A safe limit of decibels is 0-85, and anything over has a time limit. E.g: a washing machine is definitely safe to be around, unlike a bass drum of a drum set.

Mining Cavern -- Dogo News

1. Q. How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?
   A. It is located underground and features an amazing cavern.
2. Q. What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?
   A. Deep Caverns, lit up caves, an old mining train ride to the trampolines and truly amazing experiences.
3. Q. What are the two ziplines called? What is special about each one?
   A. Titan and Velocity. Velocity is one mile long and Titan has multiple zip lines right next to each other, giving you that amazing family experience of your mum screaming.

Homework Challenges -- Library

Today, we visited the library as part of the Rimu Homework Challenges (And I also wanted a book on PHP/MySQL). I asked for information on the Library's services, and this is what I got (Just realised we do one every now and then, so lets make it one service) :

  - DVD's

    At Tauranga City Library, they have an extensive range of DVDs for education use and just plain         old entertainment. From really young kids to about the age of 7 is their age range, to my mind.

    Some discs even involve computer games such as Scooby Doo, which I may've played a few times.

    In conclusion, this is a great service targeted at younger kids with education in mind.

    I give it 3 books out of 5.

Homework Week 5 "Myths And Legends"