Hearing Test - Making Waves

A.I.M - To test my hearing.

Hypothesis -
That my hearing will be normal.

Methos -

1. Listen to the sound test
2. Record what my hearing level is.

Findings -
My hearing was in-between sorry, this test is for people, not bats or dogs and no way.

Conclusion -
 During the test, I was hearing the sound at the start. This means that my hearing is better than the average human.

Treaty Of Waitangi - Power to The People

This week I have been learning more about the treaty of Waitangi and why it was signed. The treaty of Waitangi is a huge deal and if you think not just wonder how important it must be to have its own day on the calendar. We went through a slideshow about the day, when it was, what it was about, and who signed it trying to fit as much knowledge of the day in our brains as we could. I found out that the treaty was signed by the Maori and the British crown, It was about letting the queen or king rule the land. It also was about letting the Maori be treated the same as the British for they had been discarded and denied whenever they had tried to do something around the British. here is my work on the treaty of Waitangi.

1. Who was the Treaty of Waitangi between? 

The British and Māori.

2. When did the government decide that they needed a treaty? 

1830’s

3. Why do you think the treaty needed to be translated? 

Because if it was only in one then only one group of people would understand what it said and what it meant. If you could read it then you wouldn’t know what the agreement was.

4. How many chiefs signed the treaty on the 6th of February 1840? 

500

5. What was the main cause of the wars in the 1860s? 

Because the treaty wasn’t translated in both languages.

6. What happened in the 1970s? 

The Māori people decided to finally protest for their land.

7. Why do you think it took so long for people to protest about the treaty?

Because people had different opinions and others probably didn’t want to get rid of the thing that their own people agreed to.

8. Research and find out what a ‘tribunal’ is. 

It is a seat of judgment, particularly a judge’s seat in court.

Real Vs Fake News - Power To The People

For the past two weeks, I have been working on looking at real and fake stories to see if I could tell the difference. We started by looking at real or fake news reports and we had to do research to see if what the report said was true or not. Once I completed that I moved down the slides learning about how you can desifer the real from the fake.

As I was going through the slides there was a writing activity and I decided that it would be better to do that rather than learn and have no evadence. I started by writing a fake story about something random the only catch was that it had to have at least 3 truthful things in it. Afterwards I had to get a friend to write a news report about my story.

Once I had done that I had to answer questions and write another story about something that is real. I desided to write about the very real and dangourous coronavirus. When I finished writing bout the virus I had answered the two last questions before I could complete my asinment. here is my completed work on real vs fake news.

EXERCISE 1: PROVING YOUR STORY IS REAL 

• Imagine your friend has told you a story this morning about something dramatic that happened on their way to school. How do you know if it is true or not? Does your friend say it is but is anyone else saying so? Did anyone else see it? What would you do to check? Who might you ask? Where could you look online to find out more?

Ask Your friend if anyone was around so you could check in with them to see if what she was saying was true. You could do some research to see if it had happened before.

• Now it’s your turn to create an imaginary story about something happening in your school or local area. It can be as dramatic as you like. (For example, perhaps your headteacher was once in a boy or girl band, or your town is the location for a film with Jennifer Lawrence and everyone in the school gets to take part – be as imaginative as you like!) When you have thought up your story, add at least 3 bits of truth to it. Don’t tell anyone what your story is about!

There was a teacher who had been teaching at the school for 7 years. Everyone would look at her as she spoke because everyone was afraid. You could say she was a little bit psychotic. She had a British accent and the way she out her words would make her sound like she wants to kill someone. Every day she would walk by the classrooms steering into them on her study period not saying anything or knocking on the door, just staring. Because she was strange everyone thought that she was the one killing people. Oh ya, I guess I forgot to mention that. People have been going missing for years now but it all started when SHE came. One day we went to class only to find her with a knife in her chest still alive but bleeding heavily. To say we were shocked was an understatement. She had a drug in her hand and it looked like it was espanyonowa. As we were walking into the classroom to see if she really was there the door closed and all I saw was black. 

BREAKING NEWS! ( By Lucy The Great )

A killer has attacked Hornby High School one of the teachers has been brutally murdered in a science classroom. There have been students that have gone missing in the past seven years but the teacher was found out in the open not hidden or covered up. Families doubt their child’s survival after beeing missing after seven years and the last sighting of them at Hornby high school.  Lucy Snogerbottem was thought to be the last one who saw the teacher alive but has now vanished after entering the science classroom.

Questions -

• What steps do you need to take to find out if it is true or false? 

• Find evidence / search the web.
• Ask around.

• Which other people do you need to talk to get more details? 

• The person that it was about.
• The person who told/posted it.

• What evidence do you need?

• What happened?
• Where is happened?
• When did it happen?
• How di it happen?

• Where did this story come from?

• My imagination.

• What was the purpose of this story?

• Entertainment

• What would be the impact on you publishing the story without knowing if it is real or not?

• People might believe it and repost it again starting drama that didn’t need to be started. 

• What is your role in sharing false and fake stories?

• None cause I don’t repost stories.

• What are the 3 true facts that you have found amongst the fake ones?

• A teacher has been here for 7 years.
• All I saw was black
• She has a British accent.

Coronavirus -

The Corona Virus is a deadly virus that supposedly started from animals at the seafood market. This is a very real situation for already

There have been many thoughts on the matter concerning the virus but it seems that no one knows where the virus has come from. The virus infects the tissues and airways deep inside the lungs rather than the nose.

Some believe that it comes from the animals whereas others believe that it comes from a close-by lab that has been experimenting on viruses and cures. The first, a 61-year-old man, had severe pneumonia when he arrived at the hospital. His lungs were unable to provide enough oxygen to his organs to keep his body alive. Despite being put on a ventilator, his lungs failed and his heart stopped beating. He died 11 days after he was admitted.

The parts of the story that are the same are the fact that it has somehow started in the local fish market and the first person that had been caught with the virus was the 61-year-old man.

Some of the information was posted near half an hour before I read it whereas others have been posted near a month ago.

• How do your stories differ?

The first story where the teacher dies is fake whereas the next one (Coronavirus) is very much true. My first story has some truth in it but I just made it 10 times more dramatic. The coronavirus is completely truthful with evidence from the news to the websites and videos of people dying from this terrible virus.

• What parts of the story are the same?

In the first story, people kept dying every day with the same death. With the coronavirus, people are also dying every day with the same symptoms and deaths as the ones before them.

Health - Hauora/Well being

Today in health class we were learning about the Whare Tapa Wha and how it relates to us. Whare Tapa Wha is about the four walls of Hauora which are your mental/emotional, physical, social, and spiritual health. We started by reading a slide show that had a slide for each of the walls explaining what each of them was for and about. If one of your walls goes down the rest of them will go down with it because all of them are connected. This is helpful to know so you can stay healthy not only physically but in all ways, you can be.

I think that is the lesson I participated in well. I contributed by speaking up and talking about my ideas to help the team have more options and ideas. I tried to bring everyone's ideas to the table and tried to get everyone to at least have a single idea for our team to listen to. It is important for everyone to get a say otherwise they might think that they don't have to do work and give up on learning about Hauora.

My Hauora is doing well but I have to admit that it isn't the best. I could really work on my mental and physical health but I could help this by working on eating healthier foods and not thinking so bad about myself. I could earn more self-confidence but that doesn't just come overnight. This means I will have to work hard and earn my approval

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Making Waves - Marshmallow Catapults

Definitions of scientific methods.

A.I.M - What you want to find out.

Hypothesis: An educated method guess.

Equipment/method: Material used for the experiment.

Conclusion: What you research and what you find out.

Steps: The order in which you carry out the experiment.

Findings: What you found out. ( not your friend )

EXPERIMENT

Hypothesis:

I don't think that it will shoot far at all.

Equipment:

1. 1 clean cup
2. 1 balloon
3. 1 pair of scissors
4. 1 marshmallow

Method:

1. Cut the bottom off the cup with the scissors.
2. Tie a knot at the neck of the balloon and snip off the tip.
3. Stretch the balloon over the top of the cup. You may find this a bit tricky to start with, but after making a few it becomes easy.
4. Pop your marshmallow into the cup.
5. Fire the missile by pulling the knotted neck of the balloon and letting go. You will be surprised at how far it can travel2
6. The open end will fold together when you stretch the balloon, but this will not stop the missile from firing.

Findings:

Our marshmallow catapult was able to shoot up to 11 of my feet when Tennessee shot it over the desk. When the elastic balloon was pulled back it stretched very far and the further the balloon went the more likely the marshmallow would go further.

Slam Poetry - Mirror Poem

Today in social studies my group and I were working on slam poetry. We started the lesson by working on learning about poetry and what we were going to be doing that period. We got out our computers and books so we were learning ready. We opened up the website and put up a 73 paged book that had a template of the mirror poem. I completed it with the help of my friends and now here it is.


I look in the mirror and what do I see?

A kind, pretty, helpful person looking back at me,

I'm really good at writing,

And love to draw,

I spend lots of time talking to friends on the court,

I can't wait to stop being short,

I could improve my writing,

and drawing is hard,
But I know if I try, I do the best from my heart.

Cooking - Savory Bread Cases

Today for cooking my friends and I were late to class but we ended up being the first to finnish the Savory Bread Cases. When my friends and I first walked into the classroom we put an apron on and pattered our way to the sink to wash our hands before we start. We walked to a table with instuctions on it that showed us how to make the Bread Cases. We got out the equipment and started our leason. The teacher told us to get some bread and cut the crust of for the base of the Bread Cases. After we cut the crusts of we buttered one side of the bread. The buttered side was the one we put at the bottem to make the outside crispy for when we cooked it. We got the food we were putting inside the cases and sprinkled the cheese ontop. Once we were done we put it in the oven and  as we were waiting for it to turn a caramel brown we washed and dried the dishes we had made. Once we had finished the dishes the bread cases were done. We ate our food and now we are writing out posts. You should try it sometime if you want a quick snack to go.

Tech Styles - Sustainability

For the two days, we have been doing Tech Styles we have learned about sustainability for we have been destroying the earth for too long. We got told to create something to bring more awareness to what we are doing to the earth and our homes. By destroying the world we are destroying all of the things that are keeping us alive. At this rate, the world would be destroyed in 4.5 billion years.

P.E - Hurumanu

Today in P.E hurumanu we learned about the Fosbury Flop for the high jump. I found out that you are meant to jump from one foot and you can take a small jog instead of a fast run to the bar. We had the bar put just above the mat so we could practice instead of just going into what the bar in athletics. The Fosbury Flop is when you take a small jog and turn ]just before you jump, then you lift one leg up and jump off your other foot.

After that we went outside onto the field and started to learn more about shotput; We started by looking away from where we were going to throw and took one step forward turned on out toes and pushed the shotput from out of our neck into our destination. After that, we went inside and ended our class with this blog post.