2040 Documentary - Science

Today in science for period three and four, Sh, Ds, Ts and Mt meet in the auditorium for Science. We were watching a 2040 documentary movie about Climate Change. What surprised me in the documentary was all of the information that was said by this guy named Damon Gameau, and also all of the machinery things that could change peoples lives in 2040. It was very interesting.

What was Exciting? What was exciting for me in that documentary was all of the machines and cars in there that looked really life changing and looking forward to what is going to happen in 2040. 
What worried you? What worried me was some of the machinery things because there were some huge machines and somethings could happen to it if it is used all the time.

     

Art Hurumanu

Today in Hurumanu Art, my group and I have been still currently working on our Characters for our Stop Motion. Unfortunately Keyana wasn't here to carry on with hers but I was still making my character Trinity and Chloe and Kineka are still working on theirs.  It was also the last day to make some few changes on our characters because we had to start packing our classrooms to get ready to head over into our new building next week in week 10.

What I found challenging was still making our characters because, you have to try form the right shape that you are aiming for and also make it look really creative and colorful for people to find attractive in your film. 

Here is a photo of our Characters that we are still working on:

Summer Learning Journey

Today in Cybersmart we are doing another Summer Learning Journey activity. A few weeks back in Cybersmart, I have made a blog post about me leaving to England, so today I will be searching up what is like in England school. 

In England school, some children would rather be home schooled instead of going to public school. Children's education in England is normally divided in to two separate stages. They begin with primary at age to five and lasts until age eleven. England school starts normally around 8:30 - 9am and then around 3-4pm ends. 

England school celebrates new years day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, early may, spring bank holiday, summer bank holiday and Christmas holiday. 

The England school names: Slough girls leadership academy, Spalding Bilingaul free school, St Mary's Church of England Primary School and Steiner Academy Bristol.   

Alchemy - Science

On Friday the 21st of September, in science class we did a new experience called Alchemy. I was in a group with Axle and Tukotahi. Alchemy was a old study and philosophy of how to change mental into gold. In the experiment, we used zinc nitrate solution, Zinc metal and copper/ten cent coin. We added the zinc nitrate solution in a beaker then started boiling it over orange fire. After boiling the zinc nitrate solution, we switched the fire into blue then held the coin with scissor tongs to try make the coin change to gold. 

I had fun doing the experiment but I was hoping that the coin would turn fully gold. I think we should of kept the coin over the fire for a little bit longer then the coin would of changed. 

I hope you enjoyed this.

           

Orana Park Recount

Orana Park Recount

On Tuesday the 18th of September, all of the year 7s
went on a school trip.
Our location we were going to was Orana Wildlife Park.

The first animal we went to learn about was our native Kiwi.
We learnt that a Kiwi doesn’t have hollow bones in their legs,
has no tail and their wings are underdeveloped.
They also carry their babies eggs for 28 days.

A female kiwi is bigger than a male kiwi because the female has to have enough room in there belly for the baby eggs. When the kiwi’s are six weeks old, they will be leaving their mum. Kiwi have strong legs to kick predators. They’re legs aren’t hollow like birds who can fly.   

   

After the Kiwi’s, we went to learn about a native Keas. Chocolate is toxic to Keas. Never feed your food to Keas, it is not good for them. Make sure you chase a Kea off your car before you start driving because they will fall off and die or hurt their self badly.

Did you know that Spider monkeys
has a thumb print on the end of their tail and
also use their tail for balance?

Lions have the loudest roar of all wild cats.
It can be heard from 5 miles away.  

Tasmanian Devils are marsupials and carry their babies
in their pouches.
Only the strongest four survive because the mum only
has four teats to feed from.
They cling onto each others backs to be carried.  

Tigers live alone and spray to mark their territory.

Zebras are born black and then develop their white stripes.
Every Zebra has unique stripes.

Cheetahs need to rest after they hunt and sometimes their
food gets stolen by lions or hyenas.
Cheetah are the only large cat that can purr.

The oldest ape is dominant and the young apes must give
him whatever he wants.

Giraffes tongue changed colour so it doesn’t get sunburnt.
Giraffes can kick in every direction.

 

Rhinos eat the giraffes grass at Orana park so that the giraffes
don’t eat it and get them sick.
Rhino horn is made out of the same stuff as our hair and nails
(Keratin).

Water buffalo love to swim in water, but hide from the rain.

Orangutan place bags above their heads to keep them cool and
safe from the sun.   

I hope you learnt something about these awesome animals.

Market Day

Today for business and enterprise my group and I are aiming to finish our poster by Wednesday the market day. As we finished our poster, our next step was going to make our cupcakes because we planned to make 60 and it will take a long time to make. 
I enjoyed working will my group and hoping our cupcakes will turn out great for the customers.