Presenting l Inquiry

My group and I have presented our script.

We all practised our lines and script before we present it.

Then we said out script, with the script we needed the presentation open, and we need to remember the words that we say.

Later, we got our feedback, we got feedback on what was good, and the things that does not make senses and what we need to work on more.

My group and I did not get the contract eventually, but the feedback my group and I got was that if the hexagon rolls over it can hurt you because, we are using stainless steel as one of our materials. The other feedback I got was that I could use another word instead of discovering, I think next time I should memorize my lines.

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Resource Requisition l Inquiry

 Most natural disasters are common and can be found at any time in the world.  

 

Humans need shelters and protection during a natural disaster. Storms may be common disasters but are really powerful sometimes.

All materials can be useful for something during a natural disaster, e.g: wool can keep you warm, stainless steel is a strong material that can not break, cardboard is an inside wall, etc.

Shelters windows could use strong clear plastic, since they are strong it would be hard for it to break, popsicle sticks can break easily but if you put a lot of layers there's a chance it can not break

Mathematics also can help during buying products to prevent natural disasters. The mathematics to measure our products we are using for the shelter.

Natural disasters come in all sorts, and sometimes make global problems around the world.

LI: To prepare materials order for construction

Designing Shelters l Inquiry

This week for inquiry, we learnt how to make 3D emergency shelters.

We firstly drawed a emergency shelter on paper to know the shelter we will be making..

After, we needed to know what shape it uses so we could create it. The reason why we needed to know the shape was because to know if it could get wind inside, or not.

Then we started making the shelter on Sketchup, while we used sketchup it was fun since we got to create our own shelter.

Some materials that are good to create with shelters are: stone, and brick, they are good to use for materials since they can prevent the wind from coming inside since the material it uses is strong.

Materials like stone and brick can protect from wind since their material is really strong and heavy, metal and steel can also protect from wind too since they are also strong from wind.

My group and I found this really interesting and fun, since we got to create our own shelter using Sketchup.

LI: to digitally model an emergency shelter

Warm & Cold l Experiementing Science

An insulator is something to stop heat travelling from place to place. 

Keeping it warm, and keeping it cold can help test the insulator.

Materials that can handle Warm objects are, e.g: a tin cup. A tin cup is hot because it can control the heat, and the material for the cup is metal.

Materials that can handle cold objects is, e.g: a glass cup, it is cold because using warm water can not control the heat proberly, and it can make it break. But using cold water it can control it.

The similar things between cold and hot are that they both cant control heat for different materials, or objects.

LI: to determine the insulative properties of materials.

Understanding Experiment l Inquiry

This week for inquiry, we started experimenting different kinds of materials, and to see which material could absorb the most amount of water.

Firstly, we took some materials, the materials are: nappy brand 1, stone, paper towl, cotten, sand, tray, and water.

Then, we measured up 100ml of water into a beaker and put 5 drops of food coloring.

After, we put the nappy brand 2 in a tray, and layed the nappy out, after I poured some water on the nappy, and there was no water under the nappy.

I was suprised about what happened, and I felt happy that I learnt how to experiment it.

LI - to learn and pratice experimental methods.

LI: to determine the absorbency of different materaials using experimental methods.

Safety Plan l Inquiry

This week for inquiry, my group and I did a saftey plan for smores (the fire and food).

First we chose a spot for the locations, amount of helper, and amount of students, e.g: 36 students are 4 helpers, and 50 students are 50 helpers.

Second, we started with the fire plan, we found differents consquences, hazards, and risks, and made a emergency plan.

Later, we did the smores one, and we found different things that can happened while cooking a marshmellow, or making a smore.

This fire & saftey plan, made me learn alot about fire.

LI - to access and conduct a real life scenario.

Inquiry l Low, Likely, Possible, Evalutad, and extreme.

This week we learnt about risks.

We rated situations on low risk, likely risk, possible risk, evaluated risk, and extreme risk. Low is In most cases are risks that can be  avoided by common sense. Likely in most cases can be avoided by common sense with application of skill. Possible are Risks that are contained by application of safety procedures. Evaluated is something that safety procedures only limit some danger. Extreme is something that out number the safety procedures and danger that is about to happen.

Later we wrote our own situations that match each risk level.

Low, Likely, possible, evaluated, and extreme, all describe different levels of risk.

LI - To access likelihood.

LI - To access consequences.a

Hazards & Risk l the nano's

My group and I did inquiry this week, for this task we found some hazards for example - Swimming pool, coffee, sanitizer, etc.

We had to find risks to match our hazards, risk and hazards have something slightly different about eachother.

First, we founded hazards for school, community, home, and sport.

Then, we explained each hazard using a risk, the risk should be about the hazard.

Later we moved onto each category.

Hazards are a type of risk, or something dangerous, it can also be a method that can be hard to do.

A risk is a situation involving danger, it can be something harmful.

Risk and hazards are really important.

LI - to demonstrate prior knowledge. 

Find, Draw, Animate, Act

LI - Light and Sound Vocabulary

Light is energy that makes things visible, Sounds are waves that can be heard.

First we had to match words from a list with the definations, we could use a dictionary to help us.

Next we did the draw, act, find, and animate.

My group did Prism for draw we drew a rainbow, we also made a video about vibrating, vibrating is when somebody moves back and fourth and can also shake.

I learnt specific meanings and actions by doing this activity.

Properties of Light

Light comes from glowing objects, for example : Flashlight, Fire, light bulb, a phones light, etc.

Light can not travel through solid materials, but light can transfer through a glass, when we test a see through object using light it would change colors. Light can travel through a straight line.

Properties of Sound

LI - To learn about properties of sound.

A properties means a belonging to a thing for example : black house, blue shoes, orange chair, red coat, etc. 

Sound comes from things like clapping, music, etc. there are 3 properties of sound for example sound gets weaker the further it travels, sound can travel around corner, sound travels in all directions.

We know this because we experimented the 3 properties of sound using a phone beeper, meter, ball

Maritime Mueseum

LI - to study the history of nz maritime explorers

Yesterday my class and I went to the maritime museum, I saw lots of boats and kayak.

we also saw the maori fish hook and a video.

my favorite part was when the cannoon shot in the water and came out with water.

I felt knowledgeable after this trip.

All About Me

Salam,

My name is Akifa, I am half Irani and Afghani, I am in LS1 at Panmure Bridge School. I enjoy playing with family and friend's. I have been to Wellington, Hamiltion, Northshore, City and lots of more places.

Making Good Choices With Money

Today I did a making good choice with money, this had to mean how you could spend money.

Hovercraft Procedure

hovercraft procedure!!

Material to make hovercraft

Writing on instructions to make a hovercraft

CD Sippy Top Balloon Hot Glue

First when we make the hovercraft we have to remove the sippy top from the bottle. Then we had to glue the sippy top on a CD. After we had to put the balloon so it was stuck on the sippy top, Then we had to take turns my partner for the ho vercraft was O’Ninesha she had a turn first and made it big. Later Ms. Kirkpatrick layed bottles on the table and we ehad to make it go to the other side of the table.

Setting Goals

Today in class we did a google drawing of Setting Goals, this was supposed to be about budget, want and some earning.

Needs and Wants

This week in class we did a google drawing called Needs and Wants. This was suppose to tell what we really want and what we need to survive.

What is Money?

This week in class we did a google draw about what is money? this was supposed to contain all the steps of what is bigger and what is smaller by money.

Mindlab trip

Today in class we did a story about our trip at M.O.T.A.T. When we were there we had to put designs and pictures and signs on, when we came in there we first did the torch activity.  For that activity we had to make the torch light up. Then we went to the other group and we made an electric car. We had to be partners of 2 and share 1 car, we had to make something cool! it was trying to make the battery After we explored more we went in the pump house. When we went in the pump house when we saw a wheel and that controlled the water in the he 1800s-1900s. I really liked this trip!                                                                 

S.T.E.A.M- Lucid Chart

Today in class I did a Lucid Chart of STEAM, it was very hard to fill in the things in the blocks it took me long.