Treaty of Waitangi - Social Studies

In 1830 there were 100,000 Māori and 200 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behaviour of the Whalers, the Missionaries’ desire to help protect Māori rights and the Musket Wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The Declaration of Independence was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.

One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like whalers. The whalers would spend months at sea always on duty and limiting their food. When they reach shore they start to party and celebrate that they are of the sea. They drink a lot while on land and most of the time it is the reason for the fights. The whalers cause trouble while on land in New Zealand because when they reach the boat they have to get straight back to work. In my opinion, if we had the treaty in place they wouldn’t be treating the land that way.`

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. Despite this, Maori were still being looked down upon by the Europeans as they brought out the land and tried to make New Zealand more like how the English lived. The missionaries spent most of their time in New Zealand trying to teach the local Maori people how to read and write, farm with better technology, and they taught the Maori the English ways. Take the case of the first conversion 15 years after the missionaries arrived, one Maori converted to Christianity just as the missionaries hoped. In 1840, there were around 3,000 conversions of Maori to Christianity. As a result of this, the Missionaries had a good relationship with the Maori and when the treaty came into play the missionaries encouraged the Maori to sign. They thought it was a good idea as it would help protect the Maori rights and it would help them slowly lead more into the English ways. Without the treaty, I don’t think the Maori would have as many rights as they did after the treaty.

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The Musket Wars started because of a trade Ngaipuhi made with the Europeans for the Muskets in the 1800s. Ngaipuhi started a war with another tribe and because of the muskets, the other tribe couldn’t keep up so they also had to buy muskets. This carried on all throughout New Zealand and because the muskets were the best to use for war those who didn’t have them lost or had to trade what little they had to buy them. Because of all the wars, the boundaries were impacted quite a lot. It is said that around 20,000+ people were killed during the musket wars. If the treaty was in place the musket wars would have never happened as they would be united rather than divided.

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence. What is the Declaration of Independence? Interestingly, the Declaration of Independence was formed to promote as well as protect Maori rights. In 1831, about 13 Ngapuhi chiefs wrote to the king of the United Kingdom to see an alliance of sorts to protect them from other powers. In October 1835, James Busby called a hui (meeting) at Waitangi. Around 34 chiefs signed the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand. This treaty helped them trade with others and showed the rest of the world that New Zealand was a country helped by Britain. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed after that to let the British live with the Maori in New Zealand. Without the Treaty of Waitangi, we wouldn’t be doing what were are today.

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because it protected Maori culture and enabled Maori to stay in New Zealand as Maori. The treaty also helped the crown for it gave them the right to govern over New Zealand and represent the interests of all New Zealanders. It helped stop the Musket Wars by uniting the nation and protecting all. The treaty helped impact both sides of the spectrum then and now. The negative effects of the Maori were impart mitigated by the Treaty of Waitangi.

                                            

Scotland and England Act of Union - Social Sudies

 

Making Volcanoes - Science

AIM: To create the simulation of a volcano eruption.

Method:

Get a flat piece of cardboard. (Or flatten a box).

Get a 700ml bottle and place it in the middle of the cardboard.

Make glue (a little salt, water, flour).

Get a lot of newspaper and scrunch it up into balls.

Use your glue to stick the scrunched up paper onto the bottle. (Repeat this until you have a pyramid volcano shape)

Rip strips of newspaper and place them onto the scrunched newspaper with glue to smooth out the volcano's surface.

Paint your volcano and try to get a reference volcano to paint to.

Put 50ml of H2O2, a drop of food colouring, and a squirt of soap into the bottle of your volcano.

In a beaker put 30ml of water, 2 spat of potassium iodide, and dissolve it by mixing it together. 

Get outside and then put the beaker mixture into the volcano. WATCH IT ERUPT.

Results:

Discussion:

How do volcanoes form?
On land, volcanoes form when one tectonic plate shifts itself under another tectonic plate. Usually, when this happened it is a thin, heavy, oceanic plate descends below a thicker continental plate. The oceanic plates water gets trapped with it under the continental plate which causes the water to slip out and make some rocks melt into magma. The melted rock, magma, is lighter than the rock surrounding it which makes the magma rise up to the magma chamber. 

The magma stays in the magma chamber for a while as the gas and the steam builds up. When it releases the pent up gas it causes the volcano to erupt the magma turning it into lava. The lava streams down the volcano as the smoke surrounds the area and pollutes the air. That is how volcanoes work.

What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is melted rock that is found under the Earth's surface. Lava is molten rock that has reached Earth's surface through the volcanoes vents.

Conclusion:

The experiment was super fun to set up and during the waiting process with the paint and glue, we worked on learning a bit more about volcanoes and what makes them work the way they do. It was educational and our volcano was the best eruption of the day. We had a smaller bottle hole so our one came out in a line whereas other peoples volcanos came out more like a blob. If I were to do it again I would make the volcano more sturdy by compacting the newspaper more and them using more glue to stick it down. 

NZ Population 1836-1991

 

This graph shows us the population of Europeans and Maori people that were in New Zealand. You can see in this graph that the Maori people innew Zealand started to drop and I think it was because they were trading people for items and some people went to work on the boats. The number of Europeans changed because as more trades happened more people went over to New Zealand to live and trade causing more and more to leave their homes and move to New Zealand.

Eclipse - Science

 The Solar Eclipse

During the day, the moon blocks the sunlight and makes the sun disappears. The light would go as would the sun for a couple of minutes. The Solar Eclipse would happen in the middle of the day. The last one was 1965 and the next one will be in 2028 which will cover the south island.

                      

The Lunar Eclipse

During the night, the earth blocks the moon from the sun. This causes the light that reflects the moon to disappear and as the light goes so does the moon. We would not see the moon during this night. The last Lunar Elipse The next Lunar Eclipse is on the 8-9th of November 2022.       

Passion Project - Music

 

Tāne Māhuta - Social Studies

In social studies, we are learning about the different gods from Greek, Roman, Hindu, and Maori mythology. After we did research about a few of them we got to choose which one we were going to be looking at deeper and I chose to write about Tāne Māhuta. Since we were learning about a few different places mythology, I connected the diety of the gods and made a short description in this poster.

Music Reflection

What did you enjoy last term in Music?
I liked being able to learn to play the piano at my own speed. It s easy to understand and I could ask for help when I needed it.

What skills did you learn?
I learned how to play a couple of parts of songs on the piano. I found out how to somewhat read the music note for the piano.

Did you Perform?
Yes, I performed a mix of One Kiss, No Tears Left To Cry, and Perfect. I was reading them and noticed that when one of the songs ended it landed on the same note that the next song started on. 

Are you taking music next year? If so what instrument do you wish to focus on?
Yes, I signed up for music next year and if I am to get in I will be working on playing the drums. I do lessons and wish to continue working on them during class next year.

Plant Cells - Science

 

 

Large Vacuole - The Large Vacuole contains water as well as dissolved substances. Its main reason for being is to maintain pressure against the inside of the cell wall. It is also used to help support the plant and it gives the cells a shape.

Cell Wall - It is the ridge layer of polysaccharides around the outside of the cells of plants, animals, and more. It is used as protection from stress.

Cell Membrane - The cell membrane, also known as the plasma membrane, is found in both animals and plants. It is used to regulate the transport of things entering and exiting the cell.

Chloroplast - Chloroplast is an organelle within cells of plants and other things. It is the site of photosynthesis, which is the process by which energy from the sun is converted into chemical energy for growth.

Cytoplasm - It is a thick, liquid the fills each cell and is enclosed in the membrane. It is the thing where all of the functions for cell expansion, growth, and replica. 

Nucleus - The Nuceuls is where we find all of the 46 chromosomes. The chromosomes are the holding place for the DNA.

Keyboard Reflection! - Music

 During the last few lessons of music, we had been learning how to play songs on the piano. I haven't played piano before so this was a new and different experience than what I was used to. The biggest thing I learned during this time was how to use all of your fingers while playing. It was much more difficult using both hands during the song cause I couldn't really focus on what I was doing. I liked the challenge.

Transcript - Art

 

In art class, we have been looking at captivating street art and focusing on what we found eye-catching out the piece. We also were working on doing transcriptions of other artist's works. Somethings I learned was how to look at the little details of people's artwork. When I look at art I don't really look into what the means and things are so I found out the little details made a big difference. Another thing is I now see the different types of this specific art. When I was searching for the artwork I found some that were similar but very different in some ways. It was very interesting, to say the least.

THE NUREMBERG LAWS - Social Studies

THE NUREMBERG LAWS - 

1. Provide two examples of ways in which the Nuremberg laws affected the rights of German Jews. 

“Jewish Patients were no longer admitted to municipal hospitals in Düsseldorf.”
“The Reich Propaganda Ministry issued a decree forbidding Jewish soldiers to be named among the dead in World War I memorials.”

2. What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews in Germany? (Remembering)

One of the actions was that the Jewish people couldn’t be teachers or doctors so a lot of them lost their jobs. That was only a couple of them so when you think about the rest of them 

3. Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding)

They wanted power so they decided to use the jews and get rid of them to spread fear. They wanted power and to gain that power they ruled by fear.

4. If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? (Applying)

People wouldn’t stand for it mainly because we have become a multi-cultural country.

Kristallacht - Social Studies

Kristallnacht

1. What is meant by the term “Kristallnacht”?
   Night of broken glass
   
   
2. When did this event occur?
   November 9th to 10th 1938
   
   
3. How many synagogues did the program claim were burned?
   267
   
   
4. How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event?
   91
   
   
5. How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps?
   30,000
   
   
6. What was the reaction of the German people to this event?
   They announced that it was the Jew's fault.

How do we know that Kristallnacht was planned in advance of the event?

Kristallnacht (Night of broken glass) was planned by the Germans before it happened. In the document, it had a time and date that was sent out before the Kristallnacht there for making it obvious that the Germans knew that it was going to happen. Another form of proof is that it has shown everything that the Jews can and can not do like “As soon as possible, officials are to arrest as many jews especially wealthy ones”. The fact that it was sent before the Kristallnacht and showed what the jews can and cannot do, shows how the Germans indeed planned the night of broken glass.

Kai Māori - Home Economics

Growing and Gathering:
In New Zealand, the temperature was much cooler than the places around them o when it came to planting food they managed to find a technique to help adapt them to the surrounding environments. They were prepared in huge communal gardens where they sometimes used gravel, sand, shells, and charcoal to the soil. This helped to hold onto the plants' nutrients and it slowed down the leaching of nutrients by rain or watering. They brought in more birds by bringing in some native trees, flax, and flowering shrubs which attracted the birds into the civilization. The Maori mostly ate seafood as there was plenty of fish and it was high in protein. Each tribe had its own fishing grounds which was very important as some may have called it sacred ground. 

Preserving Food:
Maori preserved large amounts of food so they could trade with other tribes or save the food for leaner times. Some of the food that was most commonly dried was kumara, shellfish, and fish (Such as shark and eels). Meat, fruit, and seeds were also dried. Some birds and meats were preserved in their own fat after it is boiled into a hot substance. Another thing that they did was ferment the fish and corn. 

What food sources did the English bring to the Maori when they settled into their country?
When the English settled in the Maori quickly accepted the food that they brought with them, some of the foods include potatoes, pork, wheat, corn, Ect. Even though they brought the crops over to the Maori, they still had the problem of the climate changing for the crops. In the end, the Maori managed to adapt the crops to the different weather and so they managed to grow the sid crops.

What was the English cooking style? How did it compare to the Maori?
The English mainly used ovens to bake their food like bread and chips. Compared to the Maori, their method of cooking was healthy and helped to bring on more flavor to their food.

At the end of last week, we had a look at or of the foods that the English ate. Scones.