Maze Runner!

For a couple of weeks we have been learning about the government systems in films. One interesting thing that I learnt while doing this was learning about the four governments and what they are and what they mean. One thing I want to know about the WCKD government is how does no one know about them.

Adrenaline forest

 Today I created a Brochure on Adrenaline forest, in it I explained the location and the opening hours I also wrote a paragraph defining adrenaline forest. I done this because in a couple of weeks I will be going there for a school trip.

Turanga Library

 Today I created a DLO about the Turanga library, I included Where it is located the opening hours and all of the things that there is to do there, I created this DLO because in a couple of weeks we are going to be going the this library. 

Water saftey

 Today we had to create a google DLO explaing 8 water safety tips and what we need to remember while we are swimming. We are doing this because in a couple of weeks we are going  to Jellie Park,

 This is my DLO that I have created.

100 word challenge

 This morning when I woke up I got a massive surprise, there was a gigantic Bubble floating on my front lawn. I went up to it to investigate when out of nowhere it sucked me in and It said “If you could go anywhere, where would it be?” In a quick flash I said my dream location, The moon. Within a second I was on the moon Jumping around and enjoying the view of the earth. Then My vision was gone and everything was black I woke up the next morning confused and wondering what just happened.

Steroids in Sports.

 In Health we were set a task that required us to research facts about the topic that we choose to research Our set success criteria that we chose was pro. The topic that I chose was steroids in sports. Steroids in sports and the sport we chose to focus on was the ufc. Firstly we had to Research what steroids were and why they are harmful towards athletes or just to any human. Once we had our 5 BIG questions we started to write all the answers down as we researched the answers. We chose to make/create a DLO, we chose to do this so we could show others how bad steroids affect your Hauora. We have learned that these strategies are helpful to use if. It was challenging when we had to create a DLO because we weren't sure what information to add to our poster. I coped with the challenge by working with my buddy and sharing my ideas with my buddy. I worked well with my buddy because we managed to get our topic finished.

Next time I will have to do two topics between two classes not just one in between two classes. I am really proud o# me and my buddy because we're happy with our work and we've managed to finish our first topic successfully.

Dream shoes

For the past week we have been creating and designing our dream shoe. These are the dream shoes that I have created. These shoes will give you powers. They will give you super speed and make you become bullet proof, while also giving you the ability to fly. 

Dystopia

Today we had to create a DLO on hat we think the worst dystopia world would be like.

Adolf Hitler DLO

 Today I had to create a DLO about Adolf Hitler explaing is career.

Kyrie Irving basketball career timeline.

 Kyrie Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia on the 23rd of March 1992. 

Kyrie Irving a 6’2 guard, was picked 1st overall in the 2011 draft out of Duke University, 

getting drafted to the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

In his rookie season he won Rookie of the Year.

He won a Championship with Lebron James in the 2015/2016 Nba season.

He has also played in the all star team 6 times.

And he has been a part of the all Nba team 2 times.

And he won a gold medal in the 2016 summer olympics.

Then in 2017 he joined the Celtics where he played for them in two seasons.

Then in 2019 he joined the brooklyn nets where he has played 20 games so far.

And in the 2021 season he will be combining forces with Kevin durant.  

100 Word challenge

 This morning I woke up to fresh snow, as I was walking to my car to go to my job I realised something weird. There were adult size footprints on the hood of my car and my lawn. I was so confused about who was walking on my property and my car and why . I went to work but when I got back home I checked the security cameras I have outside of my house. When I got the video I started to watch I realised something was wrong when I kept on seeing footprints appear but no sign of a human.

Gymnastics

 Today during PE we were doing gymnastics.

Three of the activities I done where.

- Trampoline.

- Balance beam.

- Parallel bar. 

- Mat 

The hardest activity I done today was using the parallel bar and doing a forward role.

This was difficult because it was scary to roll ford on the bars.

200 word challenge.

Splash!  And I was in the deep dark water, me and the boys where diving looking for paua it was going pretty good we were getting bags full of it when all of a sudden we saw are boat rocking and there was blur behind the boat. We started to panic then the blur in a quick flash was heading right towards in a quick pas then we realised it was a whale shark we quickly tried to swim away as it was getting closer and closer to us I swam as fast as I could back to boat and when I got back  I climbed back onto the boat as fast as I could I looked out over the water looking for my friends they where no where to been seen. Next minute I woke up, I just had I nightmare.

Spring rolls

 Vermicelli - It contains; Carbs, Copper, Fiber, Zinc, Calories, Calcium, Iron and Magnesium.

Carrots - Biotin, potassium, vitamin A, K1, B6.

Capsicum - Vitamin A and C, Dietary Fibre, Vitamin E, B6 and Folate. 

Cucumber - Vitamin K, Vitamin B and C, Copper, Phosphorus, Potassium and Magnesium.

Lettuce - Folate, Vitamin B, Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Potassium, Calcium and Iron.    

Bean Sprouts - Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Calories, Protein, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Potassium, and Sugar. 

You cut all of the vegetables up and then get the wrap and put it under water for 30 seconds then take it out and put all of the Vegetables on and the wrap then roll it up and wait till it is dry then when its all finished in dry we got to dig in.

Leadership

 Leadership is the ability of an individual, group or organisation to lead, influence or guide other individuals, teams, or a entire organisations.  In my opinion a Leader should be able to show Resilience, Honesty and Integrity, Commitment and Passion, Respect and they should be able to help and inspire others.  I think that the type of Leadership I show is Participative - 

 "Participative leadership is a style of leadership in which all members of the organisation work together to make decisions. But the final decision is up to the leader"

Niuean language week

 This week had to pick a language out of Niue Or Tokelau and we had to choose an activity that we would do for one of the languages, I choose the Niuean language. This is my DLO that I made sharing five new facts that I learnt abut Niue. 

100 word challenge

 I was walking through the forest with my family for our morning walk when we saw something move. We went over there to have a look when we saw something hiding under a blanket we grabbed a stick to lift the blanket up and when we did we got a shock. We didn't expect to see a little cute dog out in the middle of nowhere.  We tried to go help it but it started to bark at us so we left it then we released its leg and it was all cut up. We started to try again when all of a sudden he ran off.

business and enterprise.

 Yesterday was our market day for business and enterprise.

My group Paea, Bryce, Mitchell and me where selling our wheat bags that we had made. The prices of our Wheat bags where X-Large For $10, Large $8, Medium $3, Small $1. To start of the day we went to our class where we were making our product and got all our equipment ready to be sold, next we took our table, poster and all of the wheat bags to our area where we were selling them.

As we all finished getting ready we were told to go to the green area to listen to an announcement that Mr Scott had to make. Mr Scott told us what we had to do to make our day successful and rules we need to follow to stay safe and to keep our customers safe.  

At the end my group and I were happy with the result that we got because we made a profit of $156.50 by selling our wheat bags. 

Our group would also like to thank Mr scotts parents for donating us our wheat so we could make are products.

Business & Enterprise.

For the last couple of weeks we have been doing Business & Enterprise, which is where we have a market day and all of the groups make something to sell. My group is called Creative Comfort and in my group is Bryce, Paea, Mitchell and Me and we are making wheat bags. Lately we have been getting all of our fabrics, patterns and designs ready and sought out so we can get straight to making are products. Our next steps are to start making our wheat bags to finish of our advertising and to get all of our supply's ready, I'm excited for market day because I cant wait to see how our product sells.

Government structure

 Today in class we had to create a poster on the government structure, this is the poster I created.

Inclusiveness - Judgement & labels

Today during class we have been learning about judgement against others and putting labels on others. 

This is my slide show on inclusiveness this slide includes all the work we have been doing. 

Writing challenge - Geri's game

Yesterday we started to write a script on a little film called Geri's game but the twist was there was no talking so we had to write a script on the film imagining what they would be saying.

Geri was sitting at the local community park enjoying the sun and playing a game of chess.  He was setting up the game when he released he had no one to verse so he compromised and versed himself, but what he didn't know was it would turn out to be a very tense game.

Geri-1 -Are you ready to lose?

Geri-2 - Hahahah funny one.

Geri-1 - your turn.

Geri - slowly walking of to the other side of the table....

Ger-2 - Alright.

Times going by and Geri-1  is losing by alot and the game is getting more and more tense

Geri-1 Fakes a heart attack and when he stands up he quickly spins the board.

Geri-1 - Hahahha

Geri-2 - What the?

Geri-1 makes the king fall over so he ended up winning.

Geri-1 Hahhah hand them over.

Geri-2 - Fine.

Growth mindset.

 For the past week we have been completing a growth mindset slides.  These are the slides that we have been working on and completing.

 

Evaporation experiment.

This week during science we have been learning about evaporation.Evaporation is when a liquid is turned into a gas.

Aim:The aim is to Evaporate copper sulfate(Blue Liquid) and to separate the liquid

Equipment:

-Glasses

-Copper sulfate solution

-250m Beaker

-Heat proof mat

-Evaporating basin

-Element

Method:Set up element,Add 100ml of hot water to the beaker and place on the element,the add copper sulfate to the evaporating basin until it is quarter full,Then carefully place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker,

next we turned the element up to 6 then we heated the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated and crystals of solute are forming.Then finally turn off the element.

100 word challenge.

I was driving down the road when I thought I saw a monument so I parked my van and got all equipment so I could go do some graffiti but as I was walking up to it moved So I quickly crouched down hiding behind a rock but before I knew I saw a bright blue beam coming towards me an I was out. I woke up and it looked like he had taken me to his cave, so I asked him what he's doing and he Told me that I ruined his chance in going back to space and the only time he went back now was in a whole week.

Mana horomaka - Kahui art

 During period 3 we were making a art work about our Kahui. If we submitted our art work we would get points towards our house group.  What does Mana Horomaka mean? I think Mana Horomaka means Hornby pride which means we should be proud in being a Hornby student. I am a proud Hornby student because our school is a very good place to come and learn well also having great sport opportunity's. 

Home economics - Chicken stir fry

Today during home economics we where making chicken stir fry.

Ingredients:

• Chicken.
• Noodles
• Honey soy sauce
• Carrots
• Spring onion
• Chilli 
• Broccoli 
• onion 
• Mushroom

This was our second practical that we have done, we made a nice chicken stir fry, we used many different ingredients that would come to create a nice full of flavour meal.

100 word challenge

It was a normal cold day, the sun was up and my friends Bryce and Blake where having a nice warm cuppa. We where in my back yard enjoying the view of the frozen lake. We where talking about old story's we had when we where fighting by each others side in world war two. One of story's that came up was when.... It was 1940 and we where out on the battle field when all of a sudden when we started to get corned so we started to run for our lives.

200 word challenge

It was the first day of school and me and my friends went to go sit in the auditorium and eat but as we were entering we saw the new kid up on the stage playing the piano the song he was playing was amazing so we sat down and listened to him and he would just keep playing it was awesome . We could have stayed there for hours listening to him that was how good he was we were pretty sure he didn't know we were listening to him so we started to clap, he turned around and saw us he got a fright We told him that he was really good but then the bell rang and he ran out of the room.

What was life like in the middle ages?

What was life like in the middle ages?

Interestingly, Life was different for the rich and the poor. The Rich people like the king and queen who lived in castles, ate a lot of food, were clean and healthy and showered everyday. The poor lived on little farms, They lived in small dirty houses , Didn't have enough food for the whole day and hardly showered. This was important because it tells us about how hard it was for the poor and how life sucked if you were poor and also on the other hand if you were rich how good and easy life was.  

Home economics: Pita pockets

Today in Home Economics we done our first practical, we made pita pockets. 

Ingredients:

• Pita Pockets
• Ham
• Carrot
• Cheese
• Onion
• Lettuce
• Sauces of your choice

Today in our first practical lesson in home economics we made something quick, easy and delicious. First we grabbed our ingredients and chopped and grated them and got them prepared to be packed into our pita pockets, this was a fun, easy and fast meal to make and could be done within half and hour and nothing needs to be cooked so it is a nice fresh healthy meal made from simple ingredients.

100 word challenge.

                            100 world challenge -

This morning me & my dad went down to the river to go fishing. We  were catching so much fish so we kept on fishing we ended up fishing till the sun went down, just as we were packing up we heard a rumble in the bushes we didn't think to much of it we thought it was just a possum or something like that but the kept on getting louder until a massive grizzly bear jumped at us out of nowhere. It started to chase us luckily we were halfway to the car so we ran as fast as we could and we were out of there.

Distillation experiments

Introduction: Today we did an experiment on Distillation, Evaporation, and Condensation, and it was also a really good day...

Aim: To separate a solute from a solvent in a solution using distillation.

Equipment: Solution Of Coke, Conical Flask, Heat Proof Mat, Delivery tube, Bunsen burner, Tripod, Gauze Mat, Bosshead & Clamp, Boiling tube, Retort stand.

Method:
1. A mixture of coke and water was heated in a conical flask…
2. The water evaporates leaving the coke behind…
3. The water vapour flows through the delivery tube…
4. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated. Turn off your element……………………..

Results: We saw that the coke started to bubble because of the heat of the element, then at the end of the experiment there was syrup at the bottom.

Discussion: In conclusion of what in the photos, some of the photos have just a layer of coke on the bottom it looks like that because the liquid was separated from to coke mixture by being boiled and heated.

The normal coke mixture had a thicker layer of sugar than the other one this is because the normal coke mixture that the coke zero mixture.

Distillation: The  coke started boiling because it was being heated by the element then the liquid turned  into gas and then it entered the delivery tube next the gas the gas turned into a solvent because it was sitting in a beaker full of ice and then the solute was left in to bottom of the flask

3d printer Design Process

What is a Design Process -

The design process is a common series of steps that engineers/creators use in creating functional products and processes. The Design Process is also an approach for breaking down a large project into manageable chunks. 

What are the steps to a design process -

Define the Problem, You can't find a solution until you have a clear idea of what the problem is.

1. Collect Information,  Collect sketches, take photographs and gather data to start giving you inspiration.
2. Brainstorm and Analyse Ideas. 
3. Develop Solutions. 
4. Create a prototype or a model. 
5. Gather Feedback. 
6. Improve.  

Why are Design Processes important?

 A design process is pretty easy to follow but I in my opinion  if u  use a design process it makes a huge difference in making sure that the final product is of the highest quality.

3D printed Dog Tag.

for the last week we have been design and creating a Dog tag on Tinker cad. I am writing this blog to show you some of the steps that I have done so far. 

1. Drag out a square, click on it and put the measurements to how big you want you tag to be. 

2.  Drag the cylinder out on to the tag and and get it to the right measurements.

3. Equipt them together and then you Dog tag will be done.

Here are some extra photos of the tips - 

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Back stabbed

Today in health we created a google drawing on how to avoid getting back stabbed.

The present -

How would you describe the boy at the start of the video?

When he opened his present up he was really happy but as soon as he looked closer at the dog

he released that the dog was missing his leg.

What did he think of his present? How do you know? Why did he feel that way?
I think at the start of the video he was happy when he first saw that the present was a dog but as soon as he saw the dog only had one leg he just dumped him to the side. I can tell that that's how he felt by looking at his body language and his face expressions.

What lesson did the boy learn by the end of the film?
He learned to be grateful and to care for for overs no matter how different they are.

Why is it important to be grateful for what we have? 

Its important to be grateful because some people in the world don't have what we have.

Creative manufacturing.

In Metal work we have been creating Name/Dog tag, 

Steps:
Get a strip of Aluminium, Then mark the metal where you want to cut it but we had to make sure that we cut it a little more than 45mm because we are going to file it down to 45mm, once you have finished cutting, try to get it as close to 45 mm as you can and try to make the sides as straight as you can once you have done that mark a line through the middle of the piece of the metal one you then drill a hole on your mark. After that we used a buffing tool that polished and made our work shiny and the final step was to imprint something into our work.

Equipment:

• File 
• Engineers blue
• Engineers square
• Buffer 
• Hacksaw
• Hole punch
• Hammer.
• Odd leg caliper.
• Campos.
• ruler.
• soft jaws
• Drill

This is my piece of work that I have created.

Online Relationships vs Real Life Relationships.

Today we are debating this statement.
"Online relationships are not as important as real life relationships"

Online relations, Pros & Cons -

• Con - People can fake their identity/ you don't know who your talking to.
• Con - You can get lied to really easy.
• Pro - You can talk to people when you are far way from them.
• Pro - It is easy to stay connected with others.
• Con - There are a lot of hackers  & scammers out there.
• Con - What ever you do online is always there.
• Con - It is very easy for people to misinterpret what you are actually trying to say.

Real life relationships, Pros & Cons - 

• Pro -   

Yr9 Hurumanu - Chaos

Mouse Plague - 

1. Where this happened? - Western Australia

      2. How did this happen? -  Rain

      3. How much offspring (Babies) can two mice parents make? -  2,000 

      4. How much wheat did the mice eat? - 500,000 tons

     

      5. How did they get rid of the mice and how many dead mice where there? -  poison, 100 million 

Rat temple - 

       1. Where is this happening? -  Northern India

        

        2. Why is this happening? -  They worship the Rats, They think that the rats are the ancestors,               Gods/Goddess

         3. What special  treatment do the rats get? -  There not Killed, there worshipped, rats eat first, 

   

  

Filtration experiment.

Today in science we are going to be doing are first experiment of the term which is going to be a  filtration experiment.

Aim: To Separate a solution from a precipitate (precipitate is the name for a solid that forms in a liquid during a chemical reaction).

Hypothesis -

I thought that that the filter make will make the mixture clear

Method: 

1. Pour approximately 50mL of copper sulfate solution into a beaker.

2. Add the same volume of sodium carbonate solution. A reaction will happen, you should see a cloudy blue precipitate form. Called copper carbonate. 

3. Watch demo then fold filter paper to fit inside the funnel

4. Place the funnel with the filter paper inside of it, into the mouth of a conical flask. 

5. Stir the mixture in the beaker, then carefully pour it into the funnel. 

6. Observe what happened -

When the mixture on the top started dripping to the bottom the colour was clear.

Equipment:

1. Copper sulfate

2. Conical flask

3. stirring rod

4. 200mL Beaker

5. Funnel

6. Filter paper

Sadako sasaki - Paper crane...

After watching the video -

Who is the girl in the video?
The girl in the video is Sadako sasaki.

Where is is she/What do you think she is doing there?
I think she is in heaven because she passed away and she is looking down on the people that miss her.

How did she get there?
She died.

How does she feel?
I think she feels lonely and sad.

What is a paper crane and what does it represent?
A paper crane is a piece of origami and it represents happiness and success.

After reading the story - 

Add four facts that you learnt about Sadako while reading the story.
I learnt that he sickness was caused by a bomb, and that she died from Leukaemia.
I also learnt that when she passed away she was only 12.
I learnt that she had a goal to fold 1,000 paper cranes but she only ended up making 644.
I learnt that she lived in Japan.

What CARR value do you think Sadako showed while making the paper cranes?
I think she showed commitment and integrity because even when things we getting hard she still kept on going never gave up.

you could choose a symbol of hope for the world during 2020 what would it be and why?

A Vaccine.

New Expectations DLO.

This week we had to make a DLO/ poster about our new school expectations we had to add some photos and some of the new rules.
This is Cody & mine DLO -

NBA history

For P.E we had to create a DLO on a sport on the DLO we had to write and explain the history behind the sport, where they originated, a famous player and why that player is considered famous and some significant changes that has occurred/ Rule changes/ equipment, (ETC)

This is my DLO:

The NBA started out as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL)

When and where did the NBA originate - 

The league was founded in New York City on June the 6, 1946.

 famous NBA player - 

Michael Jordan:

Michael Jordan, is an former professional basketball player and the owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls

Why is he considered famous - 

Michael Jordan is considered to be the greatest basketball player in the history of the NBA. He was known for his all around basketball ability including scoring, passing, and defense. He won 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and won the NBA Finals MVP each time.

What significant changes have happened in the NBA - Rule changes/profession/equipment - 

The NBA has changed & evolved over the years and is very much a different game than it was a couple of decades ago and even a couple of years ago and there has been a lot of rule changes, these are some of the main rule changes.

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• 1951 — Lane widened from 6 feet to 12 feet
• 1954 — 24-second clock is introduced
• 1955-1964 — No rules changes
• 1964 — Lane widened from 12 to 18 feet
• 1972 — No foul shots are attempted, except shooting fouls, until fifth team foul
• of period
• 1977 — Force-out rule is eliminated
• 1978 — Number of referees increased from two to three
• 1979 — 3-point line established 22 feet in the corners extending to 23 feet, 9 inches at top of key
• 1979 — Referees reduced from three to two
• 1981 — “3 to make 2” and “2 to make 1” free throw rules eliminated
• 1984 — The 2-3-2 Finals format adopted, changing from 2-2-1-1-1 format
• 1988 — Number of referees permanently increased from two to three
• 1992 — Shot clock is reset only when ball hits the rim (previously it was reset if ball hit either the rim or backboard)
• 1994 — Three shots awarded for foul on 3-point attempt
• 1994 — 3-point line shortened to a uniform 22 feet around the basket
• 1997 — 3-point line lengthened to original 23 feet, 9 inches, except in the corners where the distance remained at 22 feet
• 1997 — A “no-charge” area established with a half circle with a 4-foot radius measured from middle of goal
• 2000 — Timeouts increased from six to seven, fourth-period timeouts increased from three to four
• 2001 — Illegal defense eliminated and zone defense allowed. Defensive 3-second rule prohibits defensive player from being in lane without guarding offensive player
• 2001 — The time to advance ball past midcourt reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds
• 2002 — Instant replay implemented for review of certain last-second plays
• 2007-15 — Expansion of instant replay every year except 2010-11
• 2017 — Timeouts reduced from nine to seven per team per game with no more than two after the 3-minute mark of the fourth quarter
• 2018 — Shot clock reset to 14 after an offensive rebound rather than 24

NBA equipment needed to play a game of basketball.

Two hoops, including rims, nets and backboards.

One ball.

Two teams - different team jerseys.

One/Two refs.