Scientific method info graphic

Today Te Ngahere has started a new T shaped Literacy activity. The topics for our reading activities were about science. We were learning about the scientific method and understanding how it works and why it is so efficient. Next we had to create an infographic about the scientific method. We had to use images and words so that others can get a better understanding of the method by reading the words and analyzing the images. These are the six steps for the scientific method. Here is my infographic that I made today and the six methods.

1. Ask a question
2. Gather information and observe (research)
3. Make a hypothesis (guess the answer)
4. Experiment and test your hypothesis
5. Analyze your test results
6. Present a conclusion

Northland Wars animation

For the past few weeks in  Te Ngahere we have been creating animations and writing scripts about what we learnt from all the stories we have recently been reading. We were learning to make an animation about a part of a story of our choice.  We were given many differents articles to read which were about refugees, immigrants and the New Zealand wars. Using all of our knowledge from the stories we read our next task was to re-create a part of a story that we liked and make it into an animation , my buddy and I decided to do an animation about the Northland wars. We had to have 4-5 parts that included ,why they came to New Zealand,  what happened when they came to New Zealand and what the two sides thought about each other. Creating our animation and writing our script took us about a week to complete and about two days to screencastify it. I enjoyed learning about the Northland wars because now I have a better understanding about what the wars were about back then. Next time I think I will be able to create my animation and script faster and will definitely be able to screencastify it a lot quicker.

Maths DLO

For the past term Te Ngahere have been learning about different kinds of strategies such as equal additions,  rounding and compensating as well as jumping the number line. Using these three strategies we had to find out which one was easier to use to subtract and add decimals. At first it was a bit hard because I’m use to using place value to solve these problems, but after working with the other strategies it became easier. We then had to create a DLO about the three strategies that we had learnt and how to use them with a decimal equation. In the end I found out that for me equal additions was a better way to solve decimal problems and I enjoyed learning new strategies and hope to learn a lot more in the future.

Writing

For the past few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been writing a diary entry. I chose to write about Hone Heke and his  point of view as well as the British's point of view because back then the wars were between the Māori and the British. My writing took me about 2 weeks to complete and make sure that it is  done to the best of my ability. For my writing I think I did well with making each paragraph make sense and have strong detail in them. Next time I could explain things in my writing to make it even better, other than that I think I did a pretty good job with my writing.

Taku Whanau

For the past term in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to include and say our whanau in our pepeha. I already knew how to say my pepeha and my whanau in te reo maori but all I needed to learn was how to say them all together. It took me about a week to fully learn  and now I know it all off by heart. Once we knew how to say our pepeha and whanau together we had to make an animation about it and screencastify it. I really enjoyed learning how to say my pepeha and whanau altogether and I am happy that I was able to complete my animation in a short period of time. What I didn’t like was when I screencastified my animation because I don’t like to hear my voice in a recording.  Here is my animation

Tech

On Wednesday the ⅞’s went to technology in Moerewa. The year 7’s were doing cooking with Whaea Dot and the year 8’s were doing woodwork with Mr E. When we sat down Mr E explained to us and showed us all the forms that we needed to have in our book so he can mark them for our reports. Next he told us that we could carry on or start our projects, I already made one project so now I had to make another one. I asked Mr E If I could make a house and he kindly gave me all the materials I needed to make the house with. Before I could start putting everything together I had to measure my timber to make sure it was the perfect size. After that I cut the sides of the house out with a saw and then glued and nailed them onto the base. Lastly I had to make the roof , I had to cut two small pieces of copper out and drill two holes in two thin separate pieces of timber. To finish it I quickly put the copper through the holes and twisted them tightly and made sure they were stable. Then I glued half of the wood on one side of the house and glued and nailed it down but left the other side open so I could open it and close it. My project was complete and I was so happy with myself. Next time I think I could make something more challenging.