LI: To show our understanding of Hauora in context.
Athletes at the top of their field train both physically and mentally because it is both the body and the mind that need to be healthy to have balance as an athlete. It is important to enjoy and celebrate the results of what hard work has led to since it might be a one time opportunity. Olympic athletes that have earned a medal should be proud of themselves, and olympians that have unfortunately lost should be grateful for the opportunity.
LI: To share our learning with our families
Afterschool between 3:00 - 7:00 on Thursday Panmure Bridge School had their Student Led Conference. During our student led conference students took their parents/guardians around their classroom and explained their learning to their parents. Once the student took their kid around the classroom, they showed the parents their 2021 learning journey.
My learning joureny composed of a piece of my reading, writing, maths, inquiry, the class site, my blog, and the school site. My parents said they enjoyed looking around my classroom and learning about the kinds of things I do.
LI: to find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of “The Beginning”
To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a Venn Diagram. For our Venn Diagram we compared the differences and similarities between the Video and Written Version of the Maori Creation Story.
A Venn Diagram, is a diagram showcasing the differences and similarities between two different things.
LI: to explain in fewer words what the text is about.
For our Inquiry we were learning about Matariki, and the origin story. Our task was to watch a video on the Maori Creation story and we had to summarise the video. The video was an artist representing and creating the story through sand art.
Our 20 important words had to be the top important words from the video, words that represented the story. Then from the 20 we had to pick the 6 most important words Then using those 6 words we had to sum up the story in a few sentences.
We presented a sales pitch about the shelter that my group had created. Our shape was an octagon, and we presented our shelter to P.B.S.
First, the feedback we recieved after presenting was that, we should've stopped talking about alternatives, and we should've had more deliverables.
My group and I should've made our slideshow more appropriate for the situation. We also should've explaind what our shelter was protecting against.
I think that my group and I could've done a way better job at a lot of things. My group and I didn't really meet the criterias so something that I think we could do better next time is to include what was instructed and to make our presentation and vocabulary choice better suited for the situation. I also think that my group could be more confident when speaking. We should've also made sure that our lines in the presentation were remembered so that everyone knew what parts they speaking.
LI: To create a presentation of your design to bid for the building contract.
Emergency shelters are protection against natural disasters such as a storm or an earthquake.
The Protectors requested aluminum foil, hard plastic, metal poles, clay, chicken wire, and plaster of paris.
The aluminum foil is for the inside of the shelter, the foil is used because it is a good insulator and heat reflector.
The hard plastic is for the windows, the hard plastic is used because it’s easier to shape than glass.
The metal poles are for stabilization, it was used because it is a heat reflector insulator.
The clay is used to form most of the shelter, it was used because it is tough, so if the shelter topples over then the poles will not easily break off.
The plaster of Paris and the chicken wire is used for a similar purpose as the aluminium foil, they were used because they were used to hold the clay.
The tin can is used for the door, the front and the back of the shelter. The purpose of this shelter was to protect against bushfires.
Emergency shelters are used worldwide and are very important. There are a lot of steps you need to do to build an emergency shelter.
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In this week's inquiry session, we learned how to design an emergency shelter.
First, we designed a quick sketch of an emergency shelter on a piece of paper. We had to draw our design from a front angle and a side angle. We also had to think about what shape would be suitable for natural disasters such as strong winds. We used an octagon because if the wind toppled it over then it would still maintain its shape.
Next, we designed a 3d version of our emergency shelter. To help us make the 3d shapes we used an app called sketchup. We had to replicate our paper design.
Lastly, some changes we think we could make is, getting rid of some of our pillars, because the storm is capable of blowing down the pillars which will make the octagon roll repeatedly, and we could take away one of the windows so that there's a less likely chance of things flying through it.
Insulators are materials that limit heats movement.
Insulators are used to stop heat from traveling. Five materials were experimented on for the ability to insulate: glass, plastic, metal, paper, and polystyrene.
The best insulator for keeping things warm was polystyrene because it only lost 8 degrees over time. The worst insulator for keeping in heat was tin, plastic, and paper because they lost 10 degrees over time.
The best insulator for keeping things cold was paper and polystyrene because they only lost 2 degrees over time. The worst insulator for keeping things cold was glass.
The best insulator for both hot and cold was polystyrene.
