Places named by early explorers

LI: to find places named by early explorers.
We needed to find places that are named after Captain James cook, Kupe, and Able Tasman. Places get named by friends or important people so that they are remembered or so that they can get money, or the could be named becuase of there physical appearance. the place could also be named of something that has happened or based of a myth of legend. 

Venn Diagram

Today for inquiry we needed to make a Venn diagram of Kupe and Captain James Cook. For this task we needed to do it with our groups. We had to collaborate with our team and communicate. Captain James Cook and Kupe are special explorers.

Coffee Shop

L.I To make 14 screen shots and 1 screen casting.#
This week for Inquiry we had to take screen shots of the game coffee shop. We needed to make as much money as we can. 

Business & Enterprise | Supply & Demand

L.I: to know what happens around the world and what business is.

This week for inquiry Mr Oglivie invited a guest named Michal to come and talk to us about her business and how many foods are getting wasted. Michal's business is called FoodPrint. She has been doing this for 6 months. 

 The price range is $70 and $1. There are over 20 million loaves of bread being wasted every year in New Zealand. Wasting food can be bad for the environment, it makes extreme weathers and disasters. Footprint is a site that you can go and buy some food that is healthy or junk. There is 17,401 people using Michal's app and there is about 250 food stores working with Foodprint. 

About why food waste is BAD:
News hub: Food waste

Supply & Demand

LI: To learn the meaning of supply and demand.

This week for inquiry we had to make a google presentation about supply and demand. We had to define the words which were: Supply, Demand, Price, Quantity & Equilibrium and give an example of it. We had worked in groups of four. We also played a game. We connected what we learnt on the slide and used that knowledge to learn and play the game. For the game we worked in groups of three. We played four rounds of the game.

Label Companies | Inquiry

L.I: what is business

This week for inquiry we had to research upto 50 to 100 companies. For this Inquiry task we needed to work in a group of 7. We needed to write down in the boxes what the company is called and we also needed to put all the images on the table and sort out what was good and service. We also needed to make piles of the similar companies that were in that one pile.

Inquiry | Businesses

LI: To learn what enterprise and business means.

This week we learned the definitions of Enterprise and Business. Our task was to (in groups of 3) make a slide and list as many companies including information like what that company sells/does, and the price range. My group decided to include extra information instead of having plain space. At first we needed to discuss about what we thought Business and Enterprise meant. On our slide, we included what we thought it meant and what it really means.


 

What we found about Japan | Rugby World Cup

L.I: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

This week we were finishing of the 24th slide. On this slide we needed to see why japan is famous and what there flag represents. The red circle on the Japanese flag represents the rising sun. The circle is red because it represents the third eye of Shiva. When we did this we needed to write down the capital city, what language they speak, the population, and the biggest city. 

Rugby Profile | Rugby World Cup

L.I: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

This week we were finishing of the 17th slide. On this slide we needed to do a rugby profile of a All Blacks player. On this slide we needed to tell them what his details are and we needed to write down some information about him. The player the I picked to work on was Beauden Barrett. Beauden Barrett position is Fly Half. Fly half is when they kick the ball to the other side of the field. I picked Beauden Barrett because he is my favourite player in the All Blacks team.

Rugby Events | Rugby World Cup

L.I: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

This week we were finishing of the 8th slide. On this slide we had to supply three events that we really enjoyed. When we did this we also needed to write down the memories of that day such as what we did that day. I watched Japan VS Russia, All Blacks VS South Africa, Tonga VS England, and Ireland VS Scotland. 

Places to visit in Japan | Rugby World Cup

L.I: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

This week we had finished of the 19th slide. For this slide we needed to pick a place that was located in Japan. We had to pick a place that we would like to visit to go see. If I do go to Japan I will go and visit Tokyo because in Tokyo there are heaps of lights that shine bright and because its the largest metropolitan in the world. I want to go to Japan because I would like to see the Rugby World cup aswell. 

Rube Goldberg Machines

L.I to make a Rube Goldberg machine with the six simple machines.

For Inquiry we were challenged to build a similar machine as Rube Goldberg. A challenge was you had to use one of the simple machines which are Incline Plane, Pulley, Screw, Wheel and Axle and a Lever. My groups challenge was to try to turn on the Chromebook. Our Machine had included, Levers, Incline Plane and a screw. We had also used parts of our body to finish of the machine. Our machine was successfully working. The materials that we had used were Cardboard(for Incline Plane), Domino's, Pan Balance, Marbles and books.

The biggest challenges we had to face was trying to get the materials to stay up still and trying to figure out what's gonna happen next. 

I think if we were to do this again I would've bought more materials and incorporated more and included others ideas.

Reading | Position

L.I: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

This week we needed to finish of the 15 slide. We needed to link the rugby players to there right positions. We needed to add some information about what they do and what positions they play. Fly half is when you kick the ball. 

Inquiry | Pulley

L.I: To know what Pulley is and what it can do

Today we were learning about the activity Pulley. For this game you will need to have 2 sticks and some rope. There would need to be 2 or more students on each of the sticks and the person in the middle would need to pull. If they can't pull they would need to use the rope that is looping around the sticks. The person that is pulling the rope would need to pull hard because there would be strong people holding the sticks. We even need to finish of our poster. We needed to write down the answers for the 3 questions and we needed to create a machine that has pulley included. Pulley can move things and pulley is hidden in elevators and cars.

Rube Goldberg

L.I: to learn more about technology and inventing.
This week for Inquiry we were learning about Rube Goldberg. Rube Goldberg is a well known person because he is a actor, author, sculptor, cartoonist, and a inventor. We needed to make a google slide and we needed to write about his Why, When, How, What, and Who. For this inquiry task we needed to work in groups of 6. I grouped up with Liane, Angelica, Jay-Lee, and Juel.

Inquiry | Solar System

L.I:to know the planets in different types of languages

Today for inquiry we were learning how to write the planets in Maori. We also needed to make a google doc and write down the information that we knew about the planets. We also needed to do interesting facts. When we add the pictures / images you will need to attribute the image then you will get 1 point.

Inquiry | Rocket

L.I: to know how to make a paper and plastic straw rocket.

This week we were learning how to make paper and plastic straw rockets. We needed to be in a group of three / 3. We needed to make a rocket and launch it. Were it lands we will need to add the cm or m on the slide where it says distances of rockets.

Inquiry

 

L.I: to know what a spacecraft is

This week for inquiry we were learning about mostly spacecrafts. We had to make a rocket, we had to make a google draw about the materials that are on the rocket, we also made a copy of this vs that we had to add a fictional rocket and a real rocket, we also had to make a google map about where the rockets launched. We needed to add some information about where the rocket launched and what weight it contains.   

Hauora

L.I:

This week for Inquiry we were learning about the 4 dimensions of Hauora. The 4 dimensions are Taha Tinana ( Physical Health ), Taha Hinegaro ( Mental / Emotional ), Taha wairua ( Spirtual ), and Taha Whanau ( Soical Health ). We had to make a copy of a hauora google draw. We had to put the right boxes in the square. Then we had to make a copy of the same google draw and delete the boxes. Then we had to make a personal hauora. We will have to write down what we do that is physical, Spiritual, Social and Mental / Emotional.

Hauora | Inquiry

L.I: To know about the 4 walls of Hauora.

This week for Inquiry we were learning about the 4 walls of Hauora. For this Inquiry task we had to do it as a group. The 4 walls of Hauora are Psychical, Social, Mental / Emotional, and Spiritual. We had to make a google drawing. On that google draw we had to make something like a person or a car. We had to put down the definitions on the corners of the doc.