Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein

Who have we chosen and why? by Ella, Arie, Eva and Kylah

WALT: Conduct a study on 2 famous mathematicians


This week we had to research about 2 famous mathematicians. I chose to work collaborative with Eva, Ella and Kylah. We chose to do Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Our teacher set up a couple of questions and then we had to research to find out the answer. I thought it was alright.

Blog Activity- Makey Makey

What do you already know about Makey Makey?

I'm not really exactly sure what Makey Makey is, but I think it has to do with something that includes coding.

What are you most excited about learning with coding or robotics?

I am most excited about coding because it has a lot of uses. You use coding to program robots or you use coding to make a video game.

Do you thing this will be an easy or hard task? Why?

I think it will be both, some part may be easy will some will be hard. Somethings people might find easy and other might find hard.

Is There Life on Other Planets

WALT: Think critically about texts with developing confidence

AC and EM Is there life on other planets by Arie Cowan

We had to make a presentation explaining why or why not we think there's life on other planets. I chose to work collaborative with Eva. We used 2 articles 1 was Exoplanets NASA and the other one was Is There Life On Other Planets. I thought it was quite difficult to find information. My favourite part was making the presentation space-like. 

Do you think there's life on other planets?

Saturn and Neptune

WALT: Create a presentation about 2 planets


Today we had to make a presentation about 2 planets. I chose to do it collaborative Ella and Eva. We chose Saturn and Neptune. We had to find an article and write in our own words facts about those planets. Ella found information about Saturn and me and Eva found information about Saturn. 

The most interesting fact I found about Neptune was it takes 165 earth years for Neptune to orbit the sun.

Summary of Galileo Galilei

WALT: Create a summary of Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei by Ella, Eva and Arie
Today we had to create a poster summarising Galileo Galilei. He was an astronomer and discovered that all the planets revolve around the sun rather than the Earth which people believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. He published an article explaining what he discovered and the Catholic Church (who strongly believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe believed that anyone who didn't believe in what they believed needed to be punished.

Design A Telescope

WALT: Make A Telescope

For reading we had to design a telescope. I worked with Eva, Ella and Kylah. My favourite part was designing the telescope and it was also the hardest part. We used google drawing to create them. For the first one we got a picture of a telescope off the internet and traced around it. For the second one we used shapes and tried to make it 3D. 

What medium would you use?

Something Alive

WALT: Create a Blog Post that Explains Our Learning

"Something Alive" Is a graphic novel written by Jem Yoshioka. A girl was born in New Zealand along with her parents, but her grandmother was born in Japan and travelled to New Zealand. Her features are unclear and misleading, but her accent blends smoothly when everyone else is  talking. Her dad however has no choice he looks exactly like his grandfather. She feels misread. And feels lost in Japan and New Zealand. People like to tell her things about Japan, and others like to ask questions about Japan. She dislikes being told things she already knows and hates to be reminded that she doesn't know a lot about her culture. But when she feels lost she has her family and most of all her grandmother, she tells her to learn more about Japan. Her grandmother is proud of her culture and her life here. She says that heritage is a living part of all of us, a thing to pursue.