Information Report about Argentina

                                              Argentina
Intro

Hi my name is Rico and i'm writing an information report about Argentina.

People,places and items
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina. It was first found on February 2, 1536. The official name for Argentina is Argentine Republic. The population is 43.42 million. Argentinians speak Spanish. Their climate is hot, hummid summers and cool and they have dry winters. The natural resources are zinc, copper, iron ore, petrolium and uranium .

Famous landmarks and people
Argentina's famous landmarks are Igauzu falls, Perito Moreno glacier, Flitz roy and Los Glaciers National park. Also the famous people are Sergio Aguero, Mauro Icardi and Wanda Nara.

Foods they eat
Argentina's eat red chimichurri, Berejena en escabeche, boxed empanadas, sliced pizza and Argentina puchero.

Holidays and traditions
In Argentina the holidays and traditions are National Festival of Folklore, New Years Day, Good Friday, labour day, day of the flag and Independence day. They also have an anniversary of the first national Government.

History
The Spanish, led by Juan Dios de Solis, visited the territory which is now Argentina in 1516. In 1536 Pedro de Mendoza established a small settlement at the modern location of Buenos Aires, wich was abandoned in 1541

Fun facts
The name "Argentina" come from the latin word for silver argentum. There are over 30 national parks in Argentina. The currency of Argentina is called the peso. By the land Argentina is the 2nd largest country in South America and the eighth largest country in the world

Maritime Museum

                           Maritime museum

On Friday 30th of June the year 6 syndicate went to the amazing Maritime Museum. When we went inside there was this little gap in the floor and it had water in it. Next we went to this area where we ate our morning tea and lunch.  After we ate morning tea we hopped into 2 groups. It was room 17 as

a group, 16 as a group and room 18 was split up. Room 16 was first to go sailing and room 17 went to a movie room. We were watching how people got from one island to another. After the 

movie we went out and went into the Maori room and made a cross sign with sticks. When we finished making it we had a quick look around the area. When we were finished it was finally our turn to go sailing. Once we got on the boat there were some rules. The number 1 rule was DON'T FALL OF THE BOAT. There was another rule that you don't go past the line. When we took of we went under the harbour bridge. We saw 2 people 

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jumping off. Then we went all the way back and ate our lunch. After lunch we got to do activities. We were looking for items like the america's cup, the lighthouse, a waka that has Rewa Auckland on it, a whales tale made out of junk and the titanic. After we found those items we had to leave because we didn't have enough time. Then we hopped on the bus and went back to school.