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SLJ - Day 1 Activity 1

 

Today's Lesson

 Today room 7 learnt about the Islamic culture. We learnt how to write some of our classmates' names, how they pray, what they believe and why they fast. I really enjoyed today’s lesson because I learnt new things and what our student teacher believes. 

CYBER SMART

 

     

5+ A Day Poster

 

This is a poster that I made that represents 5+ A Day. 5+ A Day is where you eat 3 veggies and 2 fruits a day.

Where Kiwi Fruit Grows

 

Building a Super Seesaw

 Building a Super Seesaw

Today I built a Super Seesaw.

      Here are the Materials

1. Kitchen roll inner tube

2. String

3. Blue Tack

4. Long-handled spoon

5. Your projectile of choice

Video

Today's activity was really easy to make and worked really easy too. I also had fun working on this activity because it was really hard to make it into something.

Building an Anti Gravity Glass

 Building an Anti Gravity Glass 

Today I built two different types of Anti Gravity glasses 

     Here are the materials 

1. Plastic bottle 

2. Drinking glass

3. String 

4. Scissors 

5. Thin card 

6. Water

7. Towels [If needed]

Video

Reflection

Today’s experiment was fun and very interesting. For the first experiment I did I thought it would fail but turned out to have worked and for the second experiment I knew it would work because I have tried it before. Today was fun because when I was in year 1 there was a magician that did the first activity and I thought that he had powers but now I know how he did it. 

Building a Sundial

 Making a Sundial 

Today I built a very ancient item, the item I built was a Sundial 

A sundial is a device that is used to tell time by the positioning of the sun. This happens when the sun is shining and is hitting the sundial which casts a shadow and the shadow will indicate the time it is by pointing to the number.

Sundial

     

Materials

1. Card

2. Pencil 

3. Blue tack

4. String 

5. Scissors 

6. Tape

7. Ruler 

Video

Today’s experiment was really easy to make but has a very interesting background. I really enjoyed making today's experiment and it turned out great.

Building a Column

 Activity - Build a Column

Today I watched a video by Nanogirl on how to build your very own Column. 

A Column is a pillar that stands up to support a structure. 

      Metiral:

1. Cardboard

2. Ruler

3. Pencil 

4. Tape

5. Scissors 

6. 3 x sheets of paper

7. Small and heavy item

 How to make

What happened 

Final Product

During this experiment I felt good because I got to make something new and one of the Columns that I made did not fail.  Today's experiment was very interesting and fun. 

Building a Xylophone

 Activity - Build a Xylophone

Today my activity was to build my very own Xylophone.

A Xylophone is a musical instrument that is built out of wood. The instrument plays when a person is stroking the keys of the instrument with a stick figured object. 

       Materials:

1. Glass or jug

2. Water

3. Pencil

4. 5 x A4 paper

5. Tape 

6. Scissors 

How to make a Xylophone:

Final product

After making my Xylophone I tested it out and was a big success, the paper Xylophone was making different sounds.

This experiment wasn't too hard to make but took a long time due to the huge amount of retakes on the making of the clip. I really enjoyed making the paper Xylophone and was really surprised at how it came out. 

ARGUMENT WRITING

ARGUMENT: Social Media has a bad influence on all ages Should people of all ages be allowed to have social media? I think people should not have social media because of all the bad things that go around social media. It is scientifically proven that social media increases the risk of depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicide. Another big problem with social media is addiction. More than 3 billion people are using social media and because of the effect it has on our brain, it is addicting both psychologically and physically. Due to a new study from Harvard University, social networking sites, light up the same part of the brain as when taking addictive substances. Cyberbullying is also another terrible thing that is going around social media. Cyberbullying can lead to many negative actions. Cyberbullying is when someone is sending threatening texts or images to another person through an electrical device such as phones, computers, laptops, etc. Therefore cyberbullying can lead to cruel actions. Nowadays there are dating apps. But with dating apps, there are a lot of problems and one of the main problems is Catfish. Catfish is when someone uses another identity to fool someone else by going on a date with them or doing other things with them. The most common reason people Catfish is because they are not confident in who they are so they tend to take other identities. Health, social media can often lead to blurred vision, eye strain, and long term vision problems like nearsightedness because of the amount of time spent staring at an electrical device. Screens are changing our bodies, our brains and is certaining changing the way we think. Overall social media can be a dark place and it can do many bad things to you both psychologically and physically. Social media can change the whole way people look at the world and therefore access to social media should not be allowed.

Reading - Caregivers

 

Lymphocyte

 

Phagocytes

 

Pathogens

 

Haemocyanin

 

White blood cells

 

Haemoglobin

 

Red Blood Cells

 

Plasma

 

Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu

 Today we got to meet our book author, Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu. He came into our class to speak to us. I really enjoyed his visit because I learnt more about his life and what it was like being him. We asked him questions that were unclear in the book. At the end of the session Viliami T said a thank you and I had the opportunity to give he a poster and a nucleus that my mum made for him.

Gut

 

This is a DLO that I made. The DLO is part of our inquiry work this week.

Pick a path - Fortnite

 

Reading - Poster

 

This is a poster I made for the elderly.  This poster is apart of our reading activity, we are to make a poster to support the elderly in the neighborhood.   

Act of kindness

 Today Room 7 did an act of kindness. The act of kindness was to pick out someone’s name from a box and you had to do an act of kindness or buy something for them. I got my friend Key. I bought Key a block of chocolate. The best gift someone got was a box filled with different chocolates and lollies, she was also kind enough to give me one lollie. I felt good today to see all the acts of kindness that people did for each other.   

Bog Comments

 This is the GIF that I made that represents the amount of blog comments that Room 7

via GIPHY

Writing - Vile Prompt

 Vile prompt

As my brother Vile ran from the house screaming for help, dad was chasing him with the salu (Samoan Broom) in his lavalava. 

I yelled “Just face your consequences like the gangster you think you are Vile”. 

Vile took a quick glance at me and yelled “NEVER” then bolted down the street like the flash as dad was screaming,

“I will KEEL YOU”. 

Vile didn’t come home that week.  

The next week, Vile knew dad was out at work so he came back to the house looking for some food. Mum got him inside and warmed up some leftovers. 

“Vile”, mum said “What have you done? Your dad is so angry with you”. 

As Vile was about to speak, he heard the sound of dad’s car pulling up in the driveway. He was home early. I quickly ran Vile up into my room and shut the door.

As dad entered the house I could hear him talking in Samoan to my mum. He was saying something about work being cancelled. He was then passing my room to go and take a shower. I never heard him coming past my room because I was trying to get Vile out the window. As he was about to climb out the window, dad stormed into the room and was shocked to see Vile. 

Dad then grabbed Vile by his ears and dragged him into the living room. Vile was screaming for help and was begging for mercy, but dad didn’t care. Vile was sat down and given a hiding for at least an hour. During the hour, we got at least two noise complaints. After one long excruciating hour, Vile walked out of the room alive but had bruises and belt marks on his body.

Vile then went to his room and was crying. I wanted to go cheer him up but I thought it would be too much for him right now. A couple of hours later it was dinner time and Vile had stopped crying. When he sat down at the dinner table he apologised to dad and said it would never happen again. Dad then took his eyes off his food, laid them on Vile and said, 

“It better not happen again boy, because if it does, I will KEEL YOU”. 

Miss Latu - Reading

Miss Latu

Activity: - Record a short speech pretending you are Miss Latu addressing Tomasi for his actions. You need to speak like Miss Latu, sound like Miss Latu and for a challenge dress like Miss Latu. Have fun! Use your netbook camera or a phone camera to record yourself.

Book - Badge Of Honour

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Comic - Reading

 

Comic 

This is a comic that I made for our reading activity.

Math - Decimals

 

This week our class focus in maths is decimals. In the photo there are 10 problems that were given to the class and I worked them out. 

Here is my working out   

Maths Week - Certificate - Friday

Maths Week - Certificate - Friday 

 

GIF - Blog Comments

 

This is a GIF that I made for the amount of blog comments that my class did altogether this week. 

Zebrafish - Information report

Zebrafish

The Zebrafish is a very significant creature. They are very significant because they help scientists understand many things. It is used as an animal model for scientific research, drug development, etc. Without models like the Zebrafish there would be a lot of unmarked knowledge.  

The scientists who study human development use animal models such as the Zebrafish. They use these models to get a visual of the growth and movement. Zebrafish have an advantage over other animal models because they are transparent so they give researchers a live view of what is going on inside the fish. This is not all, they develop faster than others which makes them very useful.

The Zebrafish can grow up to 4-5 cm long but depending on the location it normally grows up to 1.8 - 3.7 cm long. The fish can be found in tropical freshwaters on the easteren side of India in a river called Ganges river and is native to the southerneasteren Himalayas region.  It takes about 3 to 4 months for a Zebrafish to fully grow.

The Zebrafish is formed through a process called gastrulation. This process is when the embryo forms three layers. The process starts with the different types of tussi layers. Then the eyes form. The embryo also known as a baby will move for the first time. Soon after Pigments will start to form, which is what gives the colors for the body and eyes. The heart will soon start to beat and will move through blood vessels with blood cells. After all this is done the embryo will hatch and in three days of hatching it will begin to eat.

Overall the Zebrafish is a very astounding and exquisite creature. It is very useful to scientific research and without animals like the Zebrafish scientist wouldn’t be able to understand many things.  

Maths Week - Certificate - Thursday

This is Thursdays certificate for the Maths Week. Today's quiz was a bit harder then the others because it was all about mathematical movies and people. But I still got through it and passed the quiz. 

 

Blog Commenting

 

This is a commenting sheet that Room 7 works on. We have a goal that everyone has to make 25 blog comments every week. So far this week I have 9 blog comments. Some of my class mates have already completed their set of 25. I'm still working on completing my set.  

Maths Week - Certificate - Wednesday

 

Maths Week - Certificate - Wednesday 

I earned this certificate by completing the MathsWeek challenge. It was a bit challenging but I got through it.

Lockdown Flow Chart - Screencastify

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Maths Week - Certificate - Tuesday

 

Tuesday - Certificate - Maths Week. 

Maths Week - Certificate - Monday

 

This is a certificate that I have received from Maths Week. I achieved this awarded by completing Mondays challenge.  

Lockdown Flowchart

 

This is a lockdown flowchart that I did during our class hangout. 

Zebrafish Development - Reading

Blog commenting - Day 2

These are the first three blogs that I have commented on. 

 

PWC Learning

 

This morning Price Water Coopers came into our class to give us a lesson about Financial Literacy. First they introduced themselves and then we got into our first activity. Our first activity was in a book that they gave us and we had to tick or x out things that we thought that were not necessary to buy. 

The next activity we did was thinking of ways to earn money and things that could reduce expenses. My ideas for earning money were Carwash, Food sale, Get a job, Garage sale, Window washing, Clean the house, Lemonade stand, Sell chocolate bars, Fundraise and for Reduce expenses I only had one idea which was to buy cheap things.

Our last and final activity before morning tea was a Saving plan. Each table was allocated a different object. My object was a Tablet and the cost of the tablet was $200. My table saving plan was to do a car wash in the first week for $10 each day so we got up to $70 in the first week. Second week we decided to do a Food sale and $5 each day which gets us $105 in the second week. In the Third week we did Window washing for $10 for each day, which got us to $175 in the third week. And for the fourth and final week we Babysat each day for $5 Which got us up to $210. So we got what we were saving for and had an extra $10. 

 

Blog Commenting

 

These are three of my comments that I did this morning. I commented on Key, Viliami and Soane's blogs.