Letters Home

Task Description: For this task I had to write etters in two different perspectives. First a sodier in ireland during WW1. Then a mother worrying for her child. I like work like this i've done it a few times and i wish we did it more. I posted it onto my blog with all the qualities that make a high standard blog post.

The Sniper

Task Description: For this task I made a copy of the presentation, and put it into my reading folder. I then read the text. I was given a list of words that were, new to all of the members of the class, and we had to find the definition. On top of that we had to answer questions about the book. We were mainly thinking about language features and which words the author uses. I then posted it onto my blog with Title a Walt, Labels and a Task Description.

Myths and Legends

Task Description: For this task I made a copy of the presentation put it into my reading folder on google drive so that my teacher Mrs Stone would have easy access to it. I then read the texts and answered the questions Mrs Stone had given us. I then posted it onto my blog with Labels a title and a task description.

Hypothesizing with onion cells.

Group: Hinerangi, Jahzara, and I

Aim: see onion cells on a microscope

Hypothesis: I reckon at 100X magnification we’ll be able to see the onion cells.

Equipment:

Microscope
onion
slide
cover slip
Tweezers
Blue dye

Method: We started with the slide. Then we pulled a thin layer of skin off of an onion with tweezers. We placed the onion skin onto the slide then put some saline onto it so that the blue stain would spread easily. Then we gently placed the cover slip onto the onion skin.

Observation: On the 10x microscope we saw the cells and they looked something like this.
On the 40x magnification we saw it a bit more zoomed in but there wasnt that much difference.

Then on the 100x magnification we could only see purple from the stain.

Conclusion: My hypothesis was wrong and we saw the onion cell in 10x magnification, then we saw it in 40x but we didn’t see it on 100x magnification.

Looking at Cheek cells

Today we decided to look at dead cheek cells. I was in a group with Paikea and Amelia. The first thing we had to do was get our slide and put our initials on it so we would know who's was who's. Once we had done that I gently scraped the sides of my mouth. Then I rubbed my saliva onto the slide. A drop sodium chloride so the cells would spread out and some stain so its easier to see. We drew the cells on green paper because its apart of observing things. We noticed that we could still see the organelles insinde of the Cells as we moved up.

Animal testing

Walt: Use correct paragraph structure

What is animal testing? Animal testing is the act of taking animals and using them to test things that may or may not affect humans. Typically this is carried out to find cures for diseases or product testing. The opinions on animal testing vary from person to person. However, animal testing is still something we do to this day. And it needs to stop.

The animals that scientists typically use vary from species to species. It is often lab-grown mice, however, cats, dogs, hamsters, farm animals, guinea pigs, and even nonhuman primates (Gorillas, monkey, etc) are also used. Primates. They test on our cousins. The cousins we work so hard to keep alive. How would they feel?

Some animal testing is even pointless. People are just doing the same tests again and again. All to gain money. Money that they already have lots of . They test over and over again because of competition and money, they want to find their own results instead of using those found by a different company. They slowly make progress repeating a test over and over again without any results and then move on to the next test, repeating this slow agonising process.

We also test make up products on animals. A lot of new makeup products with new ingredients get tested on animals like bunnies or guinea pigs. They make new dangerous products when they already have lots of other safe makeup products. They don't need all these new products when we already have so many and we should instead reuse the ingredients that have already been proven safe.

Animal testing is inhumane. People may see it as a way to solve problems but in reality, we just add more problems. Try to minimize the encouragement of animal testing. Use animal testing free products and trust more reliable labels. Let’s make this world animal cruelty free.

Task Description: For this task I made a new doc and put it into my writing folder. I wrote my five paragraph essay and then, checked for spelling and grammar mistakes. I posted it onto my blog with a Walt, Task Description, Labels, and a Title.

Planting a tree!

Today Mum, Kauri, Toran, Whakairo, and I planted a tree. Specifically a griselinia tree. I put it in the ground while mum digged the whole in the earth. The boys watched. The reason we went and planted a tree is because we want to save the world one tree at a time.
Hookey helped to of course!
You no doubt have heard of the Amazon rain forest and my mum was very passionate about it. So she bought a tree sapling at the warehouse. We planted it in mums paddock and we cant wait to see it grow into a beautiful tree.

Reading work: The story of an Hour

Octopuses

If you want to zoom in and read the facts just click on the poster.

Maths follow up week 3&4

Task Description:
For this task I worked on the problem by myself. I then explained how I worked on it and then I Explained my learning process. After I had finish the presentation work I posted it onto my blog.

Food chains & Reading work

Walt: Infer and make judgements about a text.


Task Description:
For this task I made a copy of this presentation and then put it into my reading folder. I then read the text and answered the questions about a food chain. After I had finished the food chain slide I read the there will come soft rains text and answered the question slides for that one. I then posted it onto my blog so that it had a high standard.

The Tree of Life

This is the tree of life. In 1835 Charles Darwin figured this out by looking at different animals that look similar by seeing this he realised that everything is connected somehow. Animals change over millions of years and their changes help them survive in their environment. This definitely opened my eyes to the idea of everything being related. It's a very interesting concept and I must applaud it.

What do I know about Scientists?

Scientists probably have the most stereotypical expectations in our modern day society. But they aren't actually what they seem. I mean look at Neil deGrasse Tyson. If you look at him and don't know who he is. He looks like a normal person.

Scientists study the things around us and how they work. They don't Mix potions together and then test them on themselves. They test chemical reactions and look in microscopes to see the smallest things in the world. They don't Harness the suns power to make an ultimate death ray.

Scientists work to find understanding of the world around us and the things inside us. They are not makers of destruction. They are finders of Solutions.

Let america be America again

The poem "Let america be America again" by Langston Hughes, talks about the issues of america in the nineteen twenties. Such as gender and race discrimination. As well as the issues around poverty and wealth.

In the parentheses after almost every paragraph, the author makes a point. He says "America was never America to me anyway" meaning that he never thought of america as a dream land anyway. I think this might have to do with the fact that he was an African American man living in a time where you were judged by the colour of your skin. So he wrote that line in the parentheses to give us another reason he gave us this poem.

The poem illustrates the fact that America is not the dreamland it is supposed to be. It says that young men are taking what they want with no regard to the people suffering because of them. This specific stanza was a big help in figuring out the time this was written and it is clear that this was in the time of the great depression. America was most definitely not a dreamland-at least not for the lower class people-it was probably the opposite.

The final stanza talks about making America America again. I believe that it was so that he could encourage people to change the country. He says it in a poetic chant kind of way which makes you feel as if it is a protest. Langston Hughes really cared about his country.

The poem was a very complex work of writing. It was hard to understand at first but after learning some words I got a grip on what he was saying. His poem was really inspiring and it opened my eyes.

Cornwall park Souvenir mission.

Today we went to Cornwall park. We were given a challenge. Find a Souvenir and make up a story to go with it so here are my souvenirs and their stories.
Souvenir number one was a leaf. The story to go with it was that it's a leaf from and ancient tree plant originally from Japan. A sapling was brought over to Cornwall park and the tree has been growing for over a hundred years. That leaf comes from the sapling.
Souvenir number two was a flower. The story to go with that souvenir was that it was a flower from a tree that was first panted in the oxford garden in England. But when a disease that took over all of Europe hit the country so they had to take the flower tree away and plant it in cornwall park of New Zealand.

The Gatherers

Task Description: For this task I read a fictional text called the gatherers. The first slide was a question and answers about the uncontacted tribes in Brazil and the next slide was about the fictional text. I then recorded my questions and musings about the text. Once I had chosen and finished my create task I posted this onto my blog. Hope you enjoy.

Europe and North America's Connections.

Europe and North america have lots of similarities. It would make sense since in the past Europeans were the people who colonised america.
When the European Colonists came to america they brought a lot of things with them. Things like Culture, Religion, Clothes, Food Recipes, and many other things. They stayed in america and ended up creating a vast civilisation. Nowadays there are many similarities between Europe and North america. Some are Easy to see like Languages. Whereas some have been modified like Food.
In this Venn diagram you can see all the similarities and differences we could think of. I hope you enjoy.

Money Money Money

Walt: Identify and evaluate the authors purpose for writing.



Task Description: For this task I made a copy Of a presentation and read a story called Mammon and the Archer. I then answered the questions on the slide for that story. Once I had finished the questions I moved to the next slide and then read the aristocracy article. I then answered the questions about aristocracy and once i had finished the Presentation I posted it onto my Blog.

Pizza Comparison

These are the words people said when they had a pizza on Wednesday. We had American style Pizza and Italian style Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza and Margarita Pizza. Six room four students made this pizza and they were both very good.
Here are the words that we used to Describe them.

Pepperoni is more greasy
The Italian pizza looks better
The Italian pizza has better texture.
Pepperoni pizza is just meat and cheese
American Pizza is more popular because you can taste the fat and sugar.
The Italian Pizza Is very Flavourful and tasty.

"I must say I Preferred the Margarita Pizza"
- Bethan, Room 4 Student.

Greece

Greece is a country in Europe. It has thousands of islands that are located in the aegean and ionian seas. The official language of greece is greek and there are around 10.77 million people living in greece.

History

Greece was very influential in the past and the ancient Greeks are known as the founders of the modern world. Before the civilisation of ancient Greece the Greeks lived in scattered farming villages all around the country and islands. Over the years the population grew and the villages grew as well. The Greeks then started up a government and started to create laws. They started up armies and collected taxes and each city or state had a patron god or goddess. The ancient Greek gods and myths are still a popular subject to this day.

Culture and Traditions

Culture and traditions are a very important aspect to the Greek culture. There are traditions from either religious character or paganism. Traditions and superstitions vary from island to island, Region to Region. They have many celebrations such as Name day celebration, Carnivals or Apokries, Clean Monday and more.

Wildlife

Greece has more to offer than amazing mythology and cliff side cities, Greece also has great wildlife and plants. In the Findus mountains you can find brown bears The Eurasian lynx and the western roe deer live in Greece’s mountainous regions and in the south, the wild boar and brown hare can still be found. The golden jackal and the western European hedgehog also live in the south.

So there you have it a short report on Greece I hope you enjoyed this small amount of information and facts. I hope you enjoyed and have a good day ya’ll.