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:
Cardboard
Ruler
Pencil
Tape
Scissors
3 x sheets of paper
Small and heavy item
How to make
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:
Glass or jug
Water
Pencil
5 x A4 paper
Tape
Scissors
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.
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.
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.
