Drama Changes and Challenges

This week for our second lesson of drama we did activities around being physically active and also doing some interviewing. Firstly, we looked around physically active and how it impacts us. For the interviewing we had a sheet of paper to write down three people that inspire us to be physically. I wrote down three netball players that inspire me, but here's two of my physically role models. Fist one is Temalisi Fakahokotau and second one is Jane Watson. They are both play defence and both play for the same teams.

Here's the slide show about what happened this week in drama:

Here's our interview:

I worked in a group with Addyson and Hope, I got the chance to be interviewed about my favorite netball player Temalisi Fakahokotau. Addyson and Hope asked me 9 different questions about my role models that I had to answer. Plus we performed in front of the class.


Reflection:
I really liked this activity because I got to be in a group with my friends Addyson and Hope. Also I really liked this activity because I got to be interviewed about my favorite netball player Temalisi Fakahokotau. 

Goal Setting:
If I had to set a goal it would be to practice my netball every day and to learning more plays I can do to help my team.

Science Hurumanu

Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.

Climate Change video; The Facts video

What is our greatest threat in thousands of years?

Climate change is going to affect us and our globe. Climate change has become completely dangerous to us and our globe.  

 

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

1. Our transportation is affecting our globe because carbon monoxide is entering our air and it's creating pollution.
2. With our temperature rising the ice is melting which means our water levels are rising too and the little islands are becoming flooded which also means disappearing.
3. Climate change is affecting the globe because there is heaps of pollution in our oceans and lands.
4. Storms are also affecting our globe because it's damaging us and our transportation. Storms are becoming much more dangerous and a threat to us and our transportation.

What is needed to change history?

We can't change the past but can change the future. We need to stop putting pollution and gases into our atmosphere. We need to start emergency action.  

Is climate change a man made disaster?

Climate change is a man made disaster because we are doing the harm and the damage. Climate change is also a man made disaster because of all the fossil fuels polluting our air.   

Dramatic action must be made in the next __ years to change it?

10 years

Why is our climate changing?

Climate is changing because of the amount of fossil fuels we use and because the temperatures are rising.

What is causing the warming trend of the climate?

Carbon dioxide is forming a blanket so heat from the sun goes through and hits us, normally it would bounce back up but it can’t because the blanket is trapping it from going back to the sun. The heat will bounce to the dioxide blanket then back to earth’s atmosphere and just repeats over and over.

What is the main problem?

Climate change. Climate change means there’s heaps of pollution and different gases flowing around in the air. Also the ice is melting which means water levels are rising too, plus that also means not going to be small islands or Antarctica left.  

What are examples of these?

Some animals are not surviving or are becoming extinct because of the temperatures. Antarctica is melting 3x more than it was 25 years ago, also Greenland is melting 5x more than 25 years ago.

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas?

Carbon and nitrogen

How much hotter now is our world?

The globe is 1 degrees Celsius hotter than usual

What do we call this global warming?

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?

Climate change is causing about 8% of animals to go extinct. Also our animals are starting to die because they aren't adapting to the rise of temperature.

What percentage of species are near extinction?

Around the world's there's about 99.9% of animals near extinction.

How could this effect the world ecosystems?

In an  ecosystems, each organisms has it's role and purpose. 

When we introduce external factors such as too much carbon dioxide or methane, it destroys the balance of the ecosystem which in turn affects those who live in it. The result is globalwarming, water shortage, extinction of species

What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

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2.

3.

What is another effect of climate change?

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?

23%

How does this affect people?

What other things affect oceans change?

What does too much heat do to the coral?

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Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?

The nine stars of Matariki

Today in C.I.P we are researching about the nine stars of Matariki. Matariki is a celebration that can be done with family and friends. Matariki is a time to spend with family and friends because they are your loved ones and closes ones. Matariki is when you eat your cultures tradition food. 

Waitī:

Waitī watches over our freshwater environments. Here's a few examples is the freshwater environments that waitī look after (Rivers, lakes and wetlands). As the water flows, Waitī sees how they support us, provide us, connect us and sustain us. Waitī has heard the important stories that our waters have to tell. She encourages us to listen, and to learn from them as well.

Ko _____ te awa/roto/moana  (_____ is my river/lake/sea).

Waitā:

Waitā surveys the vast oceans, the Pacific ocean and the Tasman sea. The variety of life in these waters multiples that Waitā sill is discovering different spices of the marine plants and animals, even after all these years. Biodiversity is essential to our world, our actions need to support and enhance it. Waitā encourages us to respect our coasts and oceans, plus treat their inhabitants like treasure which they really are.

What NZ marine species (plant or animal) do you most treasure?

Waipuna-ā-Rangi:

Waipuna-ā-Rangi welcomes the winter sky water weather. Here's a few examples of winter sky water weathers that Waipuna-ā-Rangi looks after (Rain, hail, snow and storms). 

She sees how these waters contribute to the healthy cycle of our earth, and also, the effects when they don’t arrive as required. Waipuna-ā-rangi encourages us to reflect about climate change, and what we can do today to lessen the problem.

Science Hurumanu

 

Aim: To look at how fossil fuels are contributing to climate change and how we can prevent this.

Definition of Fossil Fuels:

Fossil fuels have three department which are coal, oil and natural gas. Fossil fuels are departed underground and in oceans. Fossil fuels are solids, liquids and gases.  

Scientific Terms for Students

• Coal: a dark-brown to black solid substance formed naturally from the compaction and hardening of fossilized plants and used as a fuel primarily for electricity generation
• Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbon gases that occurs naturally beneath the earth’s surface and is used as a fuel primarily for cooking and heating homes
• Renewable resource: a resource that is never used up (e.g., solar energy)
• Non-renewable resource: a resource that is not replaceable after its use (e.g., coal, gas)

Examples of Fossil Fuels:

1. Coal  
2. Oil
3. Natural Gas

  Activity:

In groups of 3 you will learn about different fossil fuels and the way they are mined?

Each group will be given a fossil fuel. The recorder will write down some of the important points. The reporter will read it to the group.

Person 1: Recorder: to write down 5 points of interest from the text. 

1. 5 Points:
2. Positives and negatives of your type of mining. 

                      Person 2: Reporter: to read back to the class their 5 points of interest.

Person 3: Collector: Gathers the required stationary from the teacher.

Mining Fossil Fuels

What Fossil Fuels are mined?

How are they mined?

1.Coal miners use giant machines to remove coal from the ground. The remove coal there is two methods, surface and underground. Some underground coal mines are 1,000 feet deep.

2.Oil miners normally start by drilling a well into an underground reservoir. When an oil well has been tapped, a geologist (Known on the rig as the "mud logger") will note it's presence. 

3.Natural gases are mined the same way as oil is. First a large piece of drilling equipment is used to drill through the soil and rocks to reach the natural gas deposit. This makes most deep gas more expensive on the market due to the extra work needed to gain access to the deposit.   

4.Mining solid fossil fuels, such as coal, by digging, scarping and exposing buried resources. Drilling methods extract liquid and gaseous fossil fuels that can be forced to flow to the surface, such as ordinary oil and natural gas.  

Where are they mined? 

1.Earth's crust 

2.Surface 

3.Underground

Activity:

On the sheet provided you need to make two drawings of your cookie. 

Material:  

1.Paper

2.Pencil/Rubber 

3.Cookies

4.Toothpick

5.Plate

Steps:

1.First we got into pairs with somebody who we worked well with. My pair was Addyson who is my best friend. 

2.As a pair we got a piece of paper each, I drew a cookie in one box then drew a habitat in the other box. After that we answered some questions to do with our habitat we choose.

3.After drawing and answering the questions we used a toothpick to pick the chocolate chips out so that you had a plain cookie.

4.Then once we finished that we draw the cookie again in one box and the habitat again in the other box. We drew what the cookie looked like once there was no chocolate chips left, and what the habitat looked like if we had done it there instead.

5.Then posted the information on our blogs.

Once you have drawn your cookies you must take 2 pictures and upload them to your blog.

Before mining the cookie and habitat: Drawings


After mining the cookie and habitat: Drawings 

Findings: What did you find out as a result of your mining?
That the cookie was normal then turned different after picking out the chocolate chips. The cookie changed in taste as well once picking out the chocolate chips. The habitat was a beautiful place the go to until one day mining happened there are the habitat complete changed. The habitat changed by the look and by the living habitat there as well. 

Conclusion: 
Today I learnt that more about the three departments of fossil fuels which are coal, oil and natural gases. I would like to learning more about the three departments mapping around the world. I liked today's lesson but especially liked mining a cookie and a habitat.  

Drama Challenges and Changes

This week was our first session of drama, in drama was played heaps of different games, we also learnt about each other, we also learnt about the 4 aspects of Hauora and we also did something called freeze frames. The games we played were two truths and one lie, sixteen steps, tequila, copy circle, statues and yes lets. The games were really fun and enjoyable. We learnt about each others by talking and listening, also by the game two truths and one lie. We learnt more about the 4 aspects of Hauora and how it relates to us. The freeze frames are like a performance. You take 4-5 photos and it's based on one topic. For our freeze frames we based it on the 4 aspects of Hauora. (Physical, Mental and Emotional, Spiritual and social well being). 

Here's the presentation of what happened in drama for session one:

Here's 4 photo's about my group doing the 4 aspects of Hauora:

Taha Tinana

Taha Hinengaro

Taha Wairua

Taha Whānau 

Reflection:

I really loved drama this week because it was all about tying new games, getting to know people, learning more about the 4 aspects of Hauora and learning what freeze frames were and then getting to put one together. 

About Digi Tech - Games

Aim/WALT:
Researching about all three Kaitiaki (Tāne Māhuta, Tangaroa and Tawhirimatea.) 
The planning process of our Kaitiaki and our games
Making our games

These past weeks in Digital Tech, we have been learning about three kaitiaki in New Zealand. Those Kaitiaki are Tāne Māhuta, Tangaroa and Tawhirimatea. I choose Tāne Māhuta for my Kaitiaki. We also have been learning about coding. You could choose to do a game, app or narrative. I choose to do a game. We also did a heap of coding and tutorials about a game, app or narrative, so that we knew what to do.  

DLO (Digital Learning Object)

Reflection:

Why I choose to do a game/gamefroot? The reason why I choose to do a game is because it's something a enjoy and other people enjoy. Also games are fun and just make you feel happy. The reason why I choose to do gamefroot is because that's what app you use to make a game. 

What I learnt? I learnt more about the three gods (Tāne Māhuta, Tangaroa and Tawhirimatea). I've also learnt how to make my own game using gamefroot and how to use the different tools on making a game.

What I could have done better? I could have done more background research on the three gods (Tāne Māhuta, Tangaroa and Tawhirimatea). Also I could have done more planning towards my game.

Question:

Would you have done a game, app or narrative?

Source: 

To make a game we had the opportunity to use Gamefroot, App Lab or Scratch. I choose Gamefroot, because that's the app to make a game.   

Science Hurumanu

Science Badges:

  

'Conservation'  

Climate Science

Global Warming

Recycling

Renewable Energy

Fossil Fuels

Ecology

Our Planet

Water

Plants

15 Points are needed to get a badge

A high standard of work.

All experiments are written up ( Aim, Materials, Steps, Conclusion)

Two photos of your experiment

6 sentences at least for a conclusion

Science will be twice per week.

Lesson 1: This will be an Experiment that involves blogging. You will be expected to open a new post, copy Mr Palmer's blog and paste it on your new post.

Lesson 2: This will be an Investigation that relates to the topic from Lesson 1. It will be own choice and displayed in a way that you prefer. For example - PowerPoint, Doc, etc

BLOGGING.

Expectations:

1 blog must be completed per Hurumanu lesson.

A completed blog must have the four headings ( Aim, Method, Findings, Conclusion), correct writing and punctuation under each heading and be published. No post, no points.

2 images of the experiment / investigation on the blog.

Using the Scientific method of investigation:

Aim: What the experiment / investigation is about.

Method: Instructions on how the experiment / investigation is carried out. This includes the equipment.

Findings: What have we learnt or found out from our experiment / investigation. This is called Data, Information or Facts. It is displayed in a chart, table or picture.

Conclusion: Two Hurumanu Science Goals:

To always add photo's to my blog posts.

To make my conclusions longer, to use my findings and also to use more scientific words.    

THE BIG PICTURE

What animals keep our jackets warm? 

What animal makes our boots waterproof?

Where does the water in our rivers come from?

Why do we need healthy rivers?

What are some of the good things about mosquitoes?

Why are bees dying?

What do bugs do to our leaves

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How much dung would we be in if there were no dung de- composers?

Who runs this planet?

GROUP ACTIVITY; 

Groups of 3 or 4 students: Myself, Addyson, Vann and Joseph 

THE ICECAPS HAVE MELTED. MOST OF THE LAND IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN FLOODED AND YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE ON A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF KNOW WHERE. YOUR BOAT IS SUDDENLY STRUCK BY A STORM AND YOU BECOME SHIPWRECKED ON A SMALL ISLAND. YOU ARE ONLY ALOUD TO SELECT 20 ITEMS FOR YOUR GROUP. A SECOND BOAT IS TRAVELLING NEAR YOU BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU FOR 1 MONTH SO YOU NEED TO GATHER ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO LAST FOR A MONTH.

In your group you need to:

1.Make a list of the 10 things you are going to collect.
2.Draw a map of the island.
3.Draw and label the activities you will be involved with.

Renewable energy sites ( Solar, Wind, Waves, Hydro, )

Living / Shelter

Growing food

Write 3 sentences about how your group is going to live for the next month.

When you are drawing your map you need to list 4 places you can have renewable energy sites.