Physics - Albert Einstein

L.I: Is to Create a DLO that talks about a famous physicist 

This week for reading we started on finding information about a famous physicist. The person that i chose to talk about is Albert Einstein and how he was famous for the theory of relativity which is one of the two pillars of modern physics. The thing that I liked about this task is that I got to learn more about Elbert Einstein and the things he discovered.

Natural disaster

L.I: Is to show 3 steps that could help in a natural disaster

As schools shut down for level 3 lockdown, we started to get ready for our learning. during distant learning, we had been given a task to do with natural disasters that could occur around the globe. I have made a poster representing the three steps you could do encase of an earthquake. These steps can help you on what to do before an earthquake, during an earthquake and after an earthquake. The thing that I liked about this task is how I got to find things to help people that might have troubles during an earthquake and not knowing what to do.

Disaster Story's

L.I: Is to find out how to keep safe in a natural disaster.

As for level 3 coming to New Zealand and distance learning. We started to learn the disasters that might occur in your local area. The natural disaster that I did that could happened is an earthquake. When finding information I found some interesting facts about the earthquake in Christchurch. I had to answer what causes an earthquake and what it looks like. The thing that I liked about this task was how I got to use my smart researching skills to find these piece of information. 

Game Shopping Challenge

L.I: To find the most effective strategy to solve the problem.

                       

This week New Zealand moved to level 3 so we had to do distance learning. We started on maths which was all about trying to use effective strategy to answer question. This was a really fun because of how i was trying to pay for things in the shop. Some of the question was really tricky but at the end i managed to get most of the questions correct.

Volleyball inter school

Volleyball inter school was amazing as our year 6, 7 and 8's got to compete in the volleyball inter school on a beautiful Wednesday morning. We took the bus all the way to Selwyn College with students who knew the rules reffing the games. When we got there the stadium was humongous with a total of 4 courts. At first we were nervous but as we got used to playing, our confidence started to build up, which got us to do more of spiking and serving over hand. We ended up winning 3 games and losing 3 which was really good. It showed that we improved on our skills over the past few weeks with spiking, receiving and serving the ball. The thing that I liked about this years volleyball inter school was how I got to play against other school with all my friends.

Tech (Robotics)

L.I: Is to understand how to code your robot with your own codes.

This week for tech we started on coding our robots to follow a black line. With this task we were getting taught how to make our own coding block which will follow a black line. With the creations of our own blocks we had to code them to move 4 directions. This was a fun experiment since it was following something by its self. We also coded the Mbot to stop when it encounters something in front of it.

Career pathway

L.I: To find out the qualities I need to become a Building and Construction Manager.

As people grow up they start to get older until they get a job, which we were talking about. This week  we were choosing our jobs by asking a lot of question and it will calculate the results and fit in all the jobs you could get in. The job that I chose was a Building and Construction Manager as you can see from my DLO. I had to look for the skills required to join and the things I need to learn. The thing that I liked about this task was how we got to look through the results of jobs we got.

Dance Class #1

This week for PE we started on a new sport which was dance. We were met with a new couch named Mrs Rebecca, which taught us all about different ways to dance. We then got given the topic which was me and my body and talked about how there was no right or wrong. The first task the we had to do was to just dance, but there was a twist. Once the music stopped we had to make the shape that Mrs Rebecca shouted out for an example a square, if she did then you could find a partner and do the shape or you can do it by yourself. She then put us into a group and did the same thing but every time the music stopped one group would do there letter going from a to z. This was a fun experiment because it was really fun dancing with our friends.

Life Education

L.I: To Learn new things in Life Ed

This week we had a special guest which was life ed. We talked all about how the brain works and the four walls of hauora. When learning new things in the life ed we were given a video to watch so we could give some advice that the main character could use when he is in a difficult situation. We also made a structure, so for every question that was good about Kapi we would put a block on top of the structure depending on which wall one of the 4 walls the question could fit in. We also talked about the brain and the amount of brain cells we produce. The thing that I liked about this was that we all got to meet Harold and that it was a fun last experiment meeting Nichole.

Summary about Science

LI: to find the most vital ideas from the information to help us answer the question “What is science?”.

This DLO is identifying the ideas of science which we have learnt from the information we have gained. To find the vital information, we negotiated by collaborating and communicating with our team. We shared our opinions and ideas, we took notes and from them we selected and rejected information to get to our final conclusion.

For us the 3 main vital ideas are:
Science is the discovery of What, Why, and How events happen
The three main branches of science are Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
There are two main categories of science, and they are Basic and Applied Science.

Main Ideas

LI: to summarise the information.

This DLO is highlighting our summary about what we know about science. In our groups, we have been sharing our ideas on posted notes and found the key words which we then wrote a summary about what science is. To then create a summary about the topic. We needed to skim and scan for key vocabulary to create this DLO. We also had to join our ideas together to create a more efficient idea.

We used our new question dice to help us construct some questions we want to find more about. The three questions we made using the dices were:

When did science start?

How will science progress in the future?

Who was the first scientist?