Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Four

Activity 1 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria: On your blog, tell us which campaign you have chosen to support and provide us with a slogan for that campaign.

The campaign I have chosen to support is called Rebel Sport. I have chosen this campaign because sport is something I love to do and I enjoy it and in sports there so many options anyone could do. This store also provides you with great sporting equipment. I think a slogan for Rebel Sport would be “All Out, New Game, All season.”

Activity 2 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria:On your blog, tell us what they think about Countdown’s decision to stop using plastic bags.

Kia Ora I am Jennae, I am going to be asking my older sister Kayla about what she thinks about Countdown deciding to stop using plastic bags.

Below is what Kayla thinks.

Kayla said “ what I think about countdown deciding to stop using plastic bags is a great idea. This new idea is great for our beautiful environment and stopping plastic bags is what most supermarkets are trying to do, but it’s great Countdown was the first.

“Although it helps our environment, this doesn’t stop people from reusing these bags. It’s most likely that most people have countdown plastic bags still somewhere in there house and still reuse them for certain things. For an example sleepovers to put all  your stuff in, putting old food into a plastic bag then into the rubbish bin, for going swimming etc.

“In conclusion I think that this was a great idea for countdown to stop using plastic bags but it hasn’t stopped people from reusing them.”

Activity 3 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria: On your blog, tell us what you think about the government’s decision to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this special site.Is it fair? Be sure to tell us why you feel the way that you do.

I agree that is is fair for the government to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this site. It is 569 years old and such a special and unique place on the mountains. If I was part of the government I would restrict the amount of tourists able to visit the Machu Picchu  as well because I wouldn’t want too many people crowded,walking around and possibly destroying it. I feel this way because protecting an old and abandoned place is very important if you would like it to be that way for a long time.

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Three Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Four Day Three
Success Criteria: Click on the links below to watch videos about three of the current projects operating to make New Zealand ‘Predator Free by 2050.’

Predator Free Video #1: Cacophony Project

Predator Free Video #2: Taranaki Mounga Project

Predator Free Video #3: Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP)

On your blog, tell us which one of the videos you liked the best and why..

The video I was interested in and liked the best was the third one called “Zero Invasive Predator (ZIP).”

I liked this video the best because  DOC and NEXT joined and are making progress. With this collaboration they are planning to make New Zealand predator free by 2050. I also liked this video the best because I am against all this stuff about pests so I understood why they are doing this. Lastly,  if your country was riddled with pests and were decreasing all your native animals how does that make you feel? When you have people in your country that are making a change to New Zealand it makes a huge impact.

Activity 2 Week Four Day Three

Success Criteria:Once you have learned more about this unique dolphin, it is time for you to share your learning with us.

On your blog, post three facts that you learned about the Māui Dolphin. Then, using your imagination, create three more statements about Māui dolphins that are not true (i.e. false). Please don’t tell us which of your statements about Māui Dolphins are true and which are false. It will be the job of the students and staff who read your blog to figure it out.

True or False?

1)Māui Dolphins have a pointed fin

2)Māui Dolphins only grow their population every year by 2%

3) The Māui Dolphin are very close to extinction

4)They communicate through whistles

5)Māui Dolphins can be found only in Māui.

6)Māui and Hector dolphins looks the same but they are different

Activity 3 Week Four Day Three
Success Criteria:On your blog, list 10 species (animals or plants) that you would protect from extinction. For each one, give a reason as to why you think it is important to protect.

Māui Dolphin- I think the Māui Dolphin is important to protect because there is fewer more than 50 of these dolphins left.

Borneo Elephant- I think the Borneo elephant needs to be protected because elephants are such cool creatures and this type is endangered.

Macaws- I think the Macaws need to be protected before they do become endangered because they are beautiful and colourful birds and they are very hard to find.

Panda- I think that any panda needs to be protected because they are starting to get really really endangered.

Monkeys and Chimpanzees- I think we all need to get prepared to protect the monkeys and chimpanzees because they are very similar to us humans and if they go extinct or really badly endangered it would be sad to not see an animal just like us anymore.

Sea Turtles- I think that if i got the change I would try and to protect the sea turtles because these wonderful animals are only dying because of our pollution in the ocean.

All types of Rhinoceros- I think we seriously need to protect the rhinos because they are critically endangered and there are now only two females left in the whole world.

Crocodiles- I would like to protect the crocodiles because people are hunting them and killing them for some stupid reason to get paid.

Alligators- I would like to protect the alligators for just the same reason for the crocodiles and because they are both badly endangered.

Siberian Tiger- I would like to try and protect the Siberian Tiger because this type of tiger is badly endangered and I would like to change that and grow their population.

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Two Activity 1,2,3

Activity 1 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria:On your blog, tell us how you would feel about going ziplining

in Rotorua. Try to use some descriptive words (adjectives) and action words (verbs)

in your post!.

If I could ever get to do ziplining I would be very happy but nervous. I’m not going to

lie but me flying on a zip line getting thrown  against a fierce beating wind would

be awesome. This would not only be awesome but would be such a new experience
for me to ever be able to do this.

Activity 2 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria:On your blog list 10 veggies, fruits, or herbs that you would plant

in your garden.

10 fruits I would like to plant in my garden would be the fruit plants listed

below.

• Strawberry
• Apple
• Lime
• Lemon
• Orange
• Grape
• Kiwifruit
• Mango
• Mandarine
• Cherry

Activity 3 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria: Read about each of these projects and choose the one that

interests you the most.

On your blog, tell us which project you find most interesting and why..

The project I thought most interesting was the one called “Village Forest conservation in Kerinci buffer zone.”

This main project  I found most interesting was because I never knew people from the government and different companies and work places actually safe guarded a huge amount of hectares of forests. I am actually interested in things like botany so I liked this idea (project).

Summer Learning Journey Week Three Day Four Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Three Day Four
Success Criteria:For this activity, you are to write a short acrostic word poem about the beautiful lights. Hazel has written an acrostic poem about summer to give you an example.

S - Sun outside,

U - Umbrellas in the sand.

M -  My friends and I, having fun,

M - Making sandcastles,

E - Enjoying ice cream on a hot day,

R - Racing to the beach!

On your blog, use the word ‘LIGHTS’ to write an acrostic poem about the Southern Lights. Be as creative as you can!

For more information and examples of acrostic poems, check out this poetry website.

L-  Little smooth strokes of paint cover the sky,

I-Igniting lights like flames.

G-Gusting winds blowing heavily,

H- Hundreds of vibrant colour form in the dark sky.

T- This is a time to gather,

S-Shining stars surround the lights

Activity 2 Week Three Day Four
Success Criteria:On your blog, write a short summary of the book (The Seven Stars Of Matariki). What was it about? Try to summarise the story in 6-8 sentences.

Long ago there was this young man called Mĩtai who lived with his seven brother in a little.Mĩtai loved his brother as much as he loved himself in fact they were the handsomest brothers in the village but had not got married yet because they couldn’t love anyone as much as themselves.

One day, Mĩtai and his brothers were hunting one day on a hill and spotted the most beautifulest woman singing, when a woman looked at each of Mĩtai’s brother they immediately fell in love.

Mĩtai’s brothers didn’t go hunting anymore they were spending their time fishing for kai moana for their wives and took no notice of them eating any food themselves.

Mĩtai had gotten more and more suspicious and asked there kororia what to do and he said”to follow them to see where they go. One day Mĩtai sat in the bush for a long time and had just almost left when he noticed 6 piwakawaka, then seven on a branch and quickly followed them when they flew away.

Mĩtai heard about their evil plan to starve his brothers all to death so he hurried back home and told his brother their plan hishe brothers listened closely to Mĩtai and set off the next morning with huge nets to capture their wives by them staying hidden.

Mĩtai and his brothers quickly took their wives back home when they caught them and asked their kororia again what to do and he said this time take them up to the god of the stars and get him to take them somewhere far far away and so he did.

Activity 3 Week Three Day Four
Success Criteria:Take a look at the three pictures of crazy, cool cloud formations below. On your blog, tell us what you see in the photo. What shape(s) do you see? Be sure to tell us which picture (1, 2 or 3) you have chosen and describe what you see in lots of detail!

 

In photo two this cloud reminds me of a huge tornado that looks soft and cuddly around the outside with the sun shining out of it. This photo also reminds me of the shape of a UFO than can be full of gigantic aliens. Some shapes I can see in this photo is a building underneath that looks like a tall squared triangle. I can’t really see any shapes doing with the cloud in this photo.

This photo is found on the Summer Learning Journey website but I am not sure where it was found.

Summer Learning Journey Week Three Day Three Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Three Day Three(4 Points)
Success Criteria:Go onto the Bird of the Year website, look through the native birds on the site, and choose one that interests you.

On your blog, write a short description of your bird. Where does your bird normally live? What does your bird normally eat?  Post a picture of the bird underneath your description. Be sure to attribute your picture properly.

Pūkeko

Sharp, curved red beak snaps shut with grubby worms and buzzing insects in it mouth. Beautiful blue and black feathers flow out through its oval body. Tall thin straw like grass overgrown over the top of me, keeping me hidden from scaring hawks. You would usually find me near moist and wet swamps.

This photo is taken by Luc Hoogenstein and found on the Bird Of The Year Website.

Activity 2 Week Three Day Three (4 Points)
Success Criteria:On your blog, tell us what superpower you would like to

have and why you’d like to have it.

A superpower I would really want to have is to control water. I would want to do this because have you seen movies than can control it and even when it is in a cup of water the use their hand to lift a cylinder of water. It would be awesome to control the ocean as well like the waves and I would also want to control the weather because in Greymouth other when it is Summer it is usually cloudy with pouring or sprinkling rain so it would be really cool to change the weather.

Activity 3 Week Three Day Three (10 Points)
Success Criteria: Check out the ‘Top 10 Flying Animals of the World’ website to learn more about these incredible animals. Once you have explored the site, choose one animal and create a digital learning object (DLO, eg. a poster) that tells us all about the animal. Be sure to include at least three interesting facts and a picture or two of your animal! Please follow these instructions for attributing your pictures properly.
On your blog, post a final copy of your DLO.

Summer Learning Journey Week Three Day Two Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Three Day Two, Bumblebee’s(4 Points)
Success Criteria:On your blog type out the four ‘Unbee-lievable Facts about Bumblebees’ and fill in the blanks for each one.

Unbee-lievable Facts about Bumblebees

• The word ‘bumblebee’ is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word ‘bumble’ means to drone.
• Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of 54 kilometres per hour (km/h).
• Bumblebees are very strong! They carry up to 90 percent of their body weight in food with them to avoid starvation.
• Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do up to  50 times as much work as a normal honeybee.
• The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including the  the number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including  when people remove wildflowers from the landscape and the use of pesticides in the garden.

Activity 2  Week Three Day Two(4 Points)
Success Criteria: On your blog, list all of the foods that you don't like to put in your special draining sink.
Some foods I would like to put into my special draining sink that I don't like are egg shells, tomato, cucumber, pineapple, celery ,sliced pumpkin,parsnips and radish.

Activity 3 Week Three Day Two (10 Points)
Success Criteria:Let’s imagine that we tested the air in your classroom and found 7 different kinds of mould. Eek! The cleaner says that it takes 5 days for each mould to be eradicated (removed). If the school had to remove each mould one at a time, how long would it take to remove all the mould from the classroom?

On your blog, tell us how you would solve this tricky maths problem. Be sure to also post your final answer in days or weeks.

To figure this out the cleaner said it would take 5 days for one of the moulds to get removed. To work this maths problem out from here you go, since it said 5 days for 1 mould it would be another 5 for 2 moulds which equals 10 days for 2 moulds. You then go up in the 5 times tables like shown below. Once you get to the end your answer should be it taken 35 days (5 weeks) for 7 moulds to get removed from the classroom.

5-1

10-2

15-3

20-4

25-5

30-6

35-7, answer

Summer Learning Journey Week Three Day One Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Three Day  One (4 points)
Success Criteria: On your blog, tell us what time of year you think is best for

tourists for come and visit. Be sure to share at least three things that tourists

could do while they were here in NZ.

I think the best time of year for the tourists to come and visit it the winter time

when it is snowing. I think this because in other countries they may not have

snow to play with and have a look at it could all be new to them. If I was in a

country with no snow and I came to New Zealand I would definitely love to see

snow in person.

Two activities  tourists could do when they come down here in the South Island

of New Zealand is to go skiing at Porters Heights and also snowboarding.

I have done skiing before I would recommend it, it was really, really fun to do

and it was my first time this year but I have never tried snowboarding but it
seems difficult to learn and master.

The third activity tourists could do in the winter time is you could get boogie

boards and go down hills on them, though some of them might not be children
anymore. So an activity for the adults is to go ice skating. I have done this before

it is so fun. I recommend this activity to the adults and children tourists.

Activity 2 Week Three Day One (4 Points)
Success Criteria:On your blog, list five different things that we can do to protect
ourselves from the sun this summer! Read the Sunsmart website.

1. Apply heaps of sunblock to your skin to the places where your skin is exposed to the sun.
2. Just because you have sunblock on doesn’t mean your sunsmart you need a sunhat to cover your face from the sun as well.
3. The best thing to do is to put on a long sleeved t-shirt.
4. The next thing to do is to put a pair of sunglasses on to protect your eyes from UV radiation.
5. If you don’t want to get sunburnt you can also sit under a shady tree or gazebo.

Activity 3 Week Three Day One (15 Points)
Success Criteria:While it can get hot in New Zealand, especially in the middle of summer, it gets even hotter in places like Dallol (Ethiopia), Dasht-e Loot (Iran), Tirat Zvi (Israel), Kabili (Tunisia) and Bandar-e Mahshahr (Iran).

The hottest temperature on record in each place is: Dallol: 41oC; Dasht-e Loot: 71oC;

Tirat Zvi: 54oC; Kabili: 55oC; Bandar-e Mahshahr: 51oC. Crazy ‘eh?!

For this activity, you are asked to use this information to create a graph. The graph should have a title along with the names of each city and their hottest recorded temperatures. You can draw the graph by hand or use a computer programme like Google Draw to create your graph. It’s completely up to you!