science-Dinosaur blog

Dinosaur blog

Method

Mixed plaster of paris with  water in cups.
Added a toy dinosaur .Waited 2 days
Excavated with pestle and nails

eotc week reflection

Last week I didn't go the eotc week because i was sick. I stayed at home Watching TV the whole week.I watched Lots of TV shows the on that i most liked was the Australia survivor.

It  is fun watching them do the obstacles and fail doing it.Second TV show that i really enjoyed is The big bang theory.It is  like a comedy TV show and i couldn't stop laughing. 

if i win

Hi my name is Rusi and I am a year 8 at Hornby High School. We recently started the Summer Learning Journey. As part of this journey we were informed that there are prizes for first, second and third. I have been inspired to win first prize although I am aiming for the top three. Therefore, i would use the $50 dollar prize money on going to a crusaders rugby game. This is because i love rugby and don't often get to go to a game live.

passion projects

14/11/18 Thursday

Second day of passion projects.

Aim-to find out more about kinetic sand.

I want to find out if original sand can be transformed  into kinetic sand

I want to find out what ingredients are used for the kinetic sand.

What i did today?

Today i have finished my planning work and now doing my log book.We have listed everything we need and selected who is getting the stuff we need.We researched about kinetic sand and how it reforms back together.Now we know what we need and how we going to make it,im really looking forward to it.

acrostic poem

Acrostic Name poem

Rusi is rugby league

Unbeatable on the field

Speedy as a bolt of a lightning

Is anyone able to beat him

cybersmart

This term we a learning about the summer learning journey.For this i have to travel to Canada to learn more about there country.



Country: Canada

Capital city: The capital city of Canada is Ottawa

population of capital city: The population of Ottawa is 1,363,159

In January the weather in the capital city usually:It is usually winter

the capital is located in: It is in the middle middle

Language commonly spoken: They speak  English

maths d.l.o

last week in maths we learnt about probability stuff.it is easy when you know how to use the probability tools.It is fun it makes your maths work easy you can complete it your work in a day.

drama

Passion projects:

In my passion project class i'm in discovery science.Discovery science is pretty fun because you get to create something and workout how it works.It is really fun,Adelaide an i  are making kinetic sand and making something out of it.I'm very excited and looking forward to making it.

kete

Marae visit:


waiata:A waiata is a maori thats singed at the marae.

powhiri:a powhiri is a maori welcoming ceremony.

kaikaranga: a kaikaranga is an exchanged callouts that is part of the powhiri.

rangatahi: Rangatahi is the next generation,the youths.

kaikorero:what speaker of a language.

wharemanaki:To support and give hospitality.

kete

Watch this video and this video to get a glimpse of what Adrenalin Forest offers.

It takes lots of resilience to participate in those obstacles.
It looks fun and scary but i will do my best to participate in what they have for us .
Some times you have to take risks and do stuff you haven't done before.You dont have to be really good at physical styff to do it you just have to take part and have fun with your friends .

Maths

LO: calculate the probability of an event

we learnt how to use the probability tree,list and table.

Your works is going to be easy when you know how to use probability equations.

your maths work is going to be easy when you know how to use it.

cybersmart

today in cyber smart we learnt new things about google these are the things I've learnt. .what i learnt?i learnt how to use google properly and the tools that are used in google.there are tools for more information.why were we working on it?because how people don't get the right information from google.how did it help me?because of all the wrong information from websites.we used a lot of things that i haven't used ever since i was on google. 

kete

What i'm most looking forward to:



I'm looking forward to the trip to the marae because i want to learn about their culture and the maori history,I want to see the haka and the powhiri. I want to learn lots of things about the maori culture, im looking forward to is the powhiri cause we have learnt lots of things about and im really excited about it. I'm also excited about the haka i know it's going to be scary and furious.Even tho i'm not maori but  im still excited to learn about their culture.
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kete

Write it-write about a moment in time where you were challenged to do something new.

What did i found challenging was to be good at basketball.I thought that i was good at basketball but i wasn’t that good it was frustrating not to play at the same level as the other players.I didn’t know the rules of the game but kept on playing with my friends and they helped me learn to  play the game. It was challenging playing with some of the best basketball players in the year 7 and 8 but i got use to playing with them and they were the ones that really helped me.

blog comments

In cyber smart we made a poster about blog comments

The Best Cyber Smart Post

For Cyber-smart Term 2, Me and my partner (Aron) have been creating a online safety post for younger kids/people. We have created this 3 slide information post. If you have any other online social media tips leave them in the comment section below. 
Hope You Enjoy.

Sources
Google Safety
Cybersafety
Social media Safety

Light

Natural / Man Made
Sun: Light Bulb
Moonlight: Candles
Aurora:  Flashlight
Lighting: Electricity
Stars: Lantern
volcano: Traffic light

When light is shone at the  triangle it turns into a letter V.

When light is shone at the flat mirror it reflects back to it.

When light is shone at the curved plastic it turns into a triangle.


When light is shone at the rectangle it turns into a pyramid.


when light is shone at the curved mirror it turns into a moon.

When light is shone at the it turns into a letter v and a triangle.

bottle rockets

shape-The shape of a rocket is like a  cone like this

fuel-A bottle rocket uses water as  fuel

important features- A bottle rocket needs a plastic bottle,fins nose.

kete Mihimihi

kete

Mihimihi

This week weave been learning about our Mihimihi.It has been fun.

I have been filling in a form about my Mihimihi.

I had fun learning about my MIhimihi.

science and the early maori

Science and the Early Maori

The early people of Aotearoa used science daily in their
lives. They would use the natural world to guide them.

Science was used in:

Navigation

Food growing

Preserving food

Fishing

Hunting

Cooking

Building

In your project you need to investigate 4 sciences that
were used by early Maori. Select from the list above.

The project is to be on a blog.

Each topic must take up one - two pages

You must have headings of:

Name:

How was science involved:

Content: A definition, description, examples, pictures, and
diagrams.

Subject 1.

Maori Cooking.

Before the arrival of Pakeha (fair skinned people), Maori had no metal or ceramic cooking
vessels. Methods of cookery were severely limited the only containers to hold liquid were
Hue (gourds) Wooden Bowls Or Vessels made from stone.

Maori understood the perfection of wet steam & smoke (Hangi). Maori could roast and bake in the open fire and bake in hot ashes. They could grill on hot stones but had no means of frying, nor did they bake or pot roast in dry heat. The diet was light on protein and included no grain- food products as a carbohydrate base.

Maori were very highly skilled in the art of hunting, fishing and cultivation, and possessed
great ingenuity in creating Hakari (Banquets) from limited cooking resources. With the
introduction of foreign foods and cooking equipment, Maori were quick to adapt to the
ever changing needs of every day living taking into consideration the wisdom to cherish and retain many foods and culinary methods of the past. Yet within these limitations their cuisine was wide ranging, nutritious and appetising. When the Pakeha (fair skinned) people introduced different foods and equipment, Maori were quick to grasp their advantage.

During the Colonial era Maori learned to use European foods and methods, and to adapt
them to their own tastes, at the same time retaining many of our favourite early methods
of indigenous foodstuffs and their health qualities. As we make comparisons of the past
and the cooking styles and techniques of today, this menu will bring together a great
taste of New Zealand.

Subject 2.

Fishing.

The ancestors of Māori would have arrived at these shores steeped in rich
fishing traditions and practice, and would have adapted this fishing culture
to local conditions, species, and materials.

Matau (fish hooks) made by Māori are simple, ingenious, and beautifully
constructed. The huge variety of hooks represent the many kinds of fish
caught here as well as the many techniques used.

Pā kahawai are numerous. These are a result of Eastern Pacific-style trolling
lures being made here in local materials. The numbers of these that survive
also reflect the importance and availability of the fish species they caught
–voracious surface feeders such as kahawai and barracouta.

These trolling lures and hooks are made from wood, shell, and bone – the
fish being attracted to the flashes of movement and colour of the iridescent
pāua shell that lined the shank. The shank could be made out of whalebone
or wood, and after Pākehā (Europeans) arrived, iron. As an added luring
device, feathers were sometimes attached.

Subject 3

Building.

The earliest known dwellings constructed by the ancestors of Māori were
adaptations of the houses they had known in their former homelands in Polynesia.
The houses in their new country were only semi-permanent because the occupants
moved frequently in search of food and other supplies. They were often built
in groups of 10 or more, although each house was occupied by a single family group.
Houses could be round, rectangular or oval. They had a wooden frame covered with
reeds such as raupō (bulrush), toetoe or nīkau palm leaves, and sometimes other
materials such as bark. The earth floors were covered in tough flax mats, and the
only furnishings were beds made of finer matting laid over fern leaves.

Subject 4

Hunting

In the forest, birds were important as a supply of protein. Before the arrival of
Europeans, New Zealand had no land mammals to use for meat except the
introduced kurī (dog) and kiore (rat).

For many tribes, the main fowling season in autumn was a vital part of life. A variety of birds
were taken – kererū (New Zealand pigeons), kākā (parrots) and tūī were particularly important.
They were often preserved in their own fat. Feathers of different birds were also used for
adornment and making cloaks.

Navigation Techniques

Mars Rover Uses Maori navigation techniques.

• The swells in the ocean can tell an experienced navigator a lot. Ocean
• waves (swells) are formed by the wind, and there are some swells
• that are always on the ocean, such as a main westerly swell. Swells can
• interact and form interference patterns and can reflect off islands.
• Experienced seafarers can identify many different swells in the ocean
• and deduce direction from them. They will also know that an island is
• near.

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writing plan

My writing plan I started doing my writing 

plan .My writing plan is about My First day in

school.

scince.

Science

 

in science we were working on science areas,ecology,astronaut

we got sent a task to do see how much science areas we know.