Static Image

Task Descirption: For this task Room 4 Literacy Had to identify what a static Image is by identifying the use of signs symbols Font and colour. We looked at symbols first then we looked at Fonts and colours. I really like the concept of Static Image. I posted the presentation onto my blog with a Walt on the presentation a Title, a Task Description and Labels.

Labeling the Parts of a Cell

Walt: Label the different parts of the cell through an animation.

Task Description: This movie was all about teaching you the different parts of the cell and what they do. When I started I made a centre stack on hyperstudio, This stack would be the one that I put all my other movies into. Then I made a stack for each organelle and recorded that stack to make a movie. Once I had finished making the movies on the little stack I recorded that one centre stacks with all of the movies inside of it. Once I had finally finished the movie I posted it onto my blog with a Walt, a Task Description, Labels and a Title.

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.

Labeling the organelles.

This week we have been looking closer at cells. We looked at animal cells and had to identify the organelles inside of them. Organelles are to plants what the organs are to our bodies. Check out my slides to learn more.

What is science?

Task Description: For this task I made a copy of the presentation and filed it into my reading folder. I then read the required texts for the first 2 slides and finished the questions on said 2 slides. I then watched the Charles Darwin video and wrote about him. I then watched the Rachel Carson video and wrote about her. I then posted the presentation onto my blog and made sure it was published to 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.

DLO Link

Click this link to view my DLO (Digital Learning Object).

The topic for this term was really interesting. I liked learning about other countries, and I learned some interesting facts. Learning about the countries helped open my eyes about the world around me. It was really fun.

Using the scratch was nothing new to me really. I used broadcast and it was a pain. I'm gonna have one giant block of code and no broadcast.  I will no longer be using broadcast.

Empanadas

Today in room four we got to eat Empanadas which are a native dish from Argentina. It looks like a Korean Dumpling but it most definitely is not. The ingredients are Puff Pastry, Paprika, Mild spice, Onions, Mince, and Capsicum. When the scent hit my nose I immediately felt that it was very smoky with a hint of sweetness and spice. As I bit into it the texture was a satisfying softness. There was a meaty sweet taste and a hint of smokiness. You can definitely taste the meat and the sweet overpowered the spice. For Mrs Stones first attempt at cooking Empanadas I would give her a 9 out of 10. Mui Bien!

North America

Europe

Pig by Roald Dahl Review [Warning Spoilers]

 In Class we we're reading a text called pig By Roald Dahl It's about a young boy called Lexington who lives with his great aunt Glosspan. Aunt Glosspan dies one night and Lexington must go to a lawyer to get money from her will. He ends up being a bit hungry and goes to a restaurant, and ends up ordering Pork and cabbage. He tries the pork and loves it talks to the cook and ends up going to the butcher they got the pork from. That's where the story gets good so i won't spoil it for you. It was really good I liked the twist ending and the way the language features make you want to know what happens next. The one thing is that the start is a bit slow bu overall a good book.

Compass directions of New Zealand

Walt: Use compass directions to describe locations

Task Description: This term our Inquiry Topic is I like you latitude. For our Team five topic we're learning about where in the world we are. Mrs Stone got The students in room four to do a My Map on google drive and give descriptions of places on the map including our very own Pt England school.

Identity

Walt: Identify the techniques that authors use to convey a theme



Task Description: For this task I made a copy of the presentation and put it in my reading File. I Read the first texts and then I answered the questions on the slide. I read the second text as a group with Mrs Stone and answered the questions with Mrs Stone and a group. I posted it on my blog with all the traits that make a high quality blog post.

Career Shield

This is my Career shield.
You can't read it very well so I will tell you what I have written down.

At the top of that cross there are my interests: Literacy, Science, History, Geography, Mythology, Mechanics, and Performing Arts. On the left side of the cross are my skills: Cooking, Writing, Sewing, Critical thinking, Painting, Movie making,Singing, Speaking, and Researching. On the bottom of the cross on my shield are my values, things I value above anything: Kindness, Family, Culture, Respect, and Responsibility. On the right side of the cross are my qualities: Confident, Loud, Talkative, Happy, Helpful, Hopeful.
On the bottom left corner are my dreams and aspirations. Author, doctor, Circus Performer, Actor, Artist, Tennis Player, and to be a faithful and hardworking mother to my future children.
On the top left are pathways to my future. I had to pick two jobs and list information about them.I want to be a Author, The pay is depending on the success of their work, and the job opportunities are poor due to the NZ Publishing Industry. The other job is a Physician the pay is 72k for trainees and 182k for experienced workers.
My support crew is My Father ,my Mum, My stepmother, and my brothers They help my by Helping me get into school, giving me advice when it comes to everyday things, feeding me and doing soooo many other things.
The bottom right corner are my next steps. They are: Talk to someone about my dreams and aspirations. I've done that. The next one was Talk to someone about subject selection ideas and choices I've done that. The third one is talk to someone about job ideas I've done that. Then the last one was go to careers.govt.nz for more info and I've done that.

How to be a good Leader

Walt: Follow the structure of an explanation.
How to be a good leader is a particularly hard question to answer. It’s a very opinionated question, and there many different leaders in different eyes of different people. So in this piece of writing I will give examples of different types of leaders.

Responsibility. This is a trait that most people associate with leadership. Responsibility is the characteristic that in most people is taking the blame or baring the weight of a certain situation. Often leaders do this and try to work it out with a little bit of help from the people closest to them. A phrase commonly associated with responsibility is “take responsibility for your actions”. Well some people think that leaders do that a lot.

Respect. Another trait associated with leadership is Respect. Respect is a feeling of deep admiration and support. It’s also a way to say “I recognise you as a person and I understand that you are the same as me but also not, so I will treat you properly.” Good leaders know how to show this trait and people respect them for it.

Kindness. Ruling with an iron fist is not really the best thing to do. It shows fear and fear does not earn respect. Kind leaders are often respected by most people who wish to also be respected. When people are scared of a leader they’re more likely to turn their back on the person ruling with an iron fist.

So there you have it a bit of a summary on How to be a good leader. Responsibility, Respect and Kindness. These traits are the key things for a good leader. Hopefully for those who wish to become a leader you will take these traits as suggestions and keep them in mind.

Task Description: For this task I made a google doc and filed it. I wrote down things that make a good leader.  I posted it onto my blog, making sure I posted it to a high standard with a Walt, a Task Description, and Labels.

Visual mihi

This is my visual mihi. It shows me in the middle and the four things I like around my portrait.
I'll start from the top left. As you can see it is a wolf howling to a full moon this represents my love of wolves and the moon. I have managed to show two of my fascinations using the Wolf howling at the moon.
The top right shows my love of reading and it shows some of my most favourite books. It shows The school for good and evil book 1 to 4, The blue books are the lunar chronicles The book that has white and blue is The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank,  and the grey books are the miss peregrines peculiar children trilogy.
The bottom left shows my favourite sports tennis and Netball.
The bottom right shows my favourite TV show "The Dragon Prince" I also like "She-ra the princesses of power" and "Voltron Legendary Defender".
Thats my Visual Mihi I hoped you enjoyed it.

Drink it dry, Fold it flat, Send it back

This is the korero of week 3. I've decided that everyweek i'll post the korero onto my blog so that readers of my blog can remind themselves of the korero and maybe readers of my blog who don't know the korero can learn what the korero themselves.

Te Whare Tapa Wha

Walt: share the four definitions of health with a detailed explanation

Task Description: For this task I made a copy of a google draw and put it in my inquiry folder. I then filled in all of the boxes explaining the four different aspects of health and how to take care of them. I then posted them on my blog with, a Walt, Labels, A Task Description, and a Title.

Week 6 Problem solving