Mathletics

Something I enjoyed was Doing all the different designs and combining them to make my own Mathletics design.

Because It was fun, the designs amazed me and I only get to do this once every year.

Something I was proud of was That I was able to complete all the mathletics designs I did.

Because They were a little tricky, the trickiest was design 15 (I think)

Something I was pleased with was How well my design turned out and how effective it looked.

Because Last year it was good but didn’t turn out so well.

Something I found hard was Thinking and drawing my own design.

Because I was under pressure because it had to be finished by Friday (the 1st of November).

Something that made me think was Are all my lines straight and measured properly.

Because If it wasn’t I wouldn’t get picked.

Something I want to get better at I want to get better at coloring in my design.

What can I do about it Maybe when I’m coloring across a an edge of a line I can put a ruler on the edge so it doesn’t go of the line.

This is my finished design, I gave up my lunch (I wanted to stay in and finish) to finish this because it was due that day (Friday the 1st of November), I spent 1 day thinking of my design, and 1 day drawing and coloring it, I even spent our whole library session doing this after I had issued my books. So I hope you like it and please comment :-D.

My Mathletics design (cool right)

Air Exists

Air Exists

On Monday the 21st of October, my class did a science experiment about air. It was to find out if air exists, we needed a bucket, a jam jar and a paper towel.

We were meant to get split into groups and fill our bucket with water. Next we had to get the paper towel, fold it and put it in the jar. Then we had to tipped the jar upside down and push it to the bottom of the bucket. We were then asked if the paper towel will stay dry. I heard alot of people say yes, but we had to write why we thought yes or no. I wrote yes, because when the paper towel gets folded and put in the jar, it is filled and pushed down to the bottom of the bucket it will not fall out and it will stay dry.

We then got put in groups (I was the science captain of my group) and tested it ourselves. I was shocked to believe that it worked! I only guessed it would but it did. It was because when the paper towel gets folded and put in the jar, it is filled with air and pushed down to the bottom of the bucket it will not fall out and the air is keeping it dry, the air is it's cushion.

Does Air Have Weight?

Does Air Weigh?

On Tuesday the 29th of October, my class did a science experiment on if air weighs.

Equipment

* 1-Volunteer

* 4-Newspaper’s (2 will be used, 2 for spares encase one rips)

* Table

* 1-Ruler (maybe 2 or 3).

Have a great time trying the experiment :-).

Predict

I predicted air doesn’t weigh. Because it’s just air. It’s wind it’s thin and weighs nothing.

Method (Observe)

1. First you need a volunteer who does a good karate chop, get the ruler and put it on the table, half of it on the table and half of it sticking of. make the volunteer chop the part of the ruler that’s sticking of the table.

Question

What will happen to the ruler?

Predict

It will launch up into the air and fall.

Method (Observe)

The ruler should go up into the air and fall.

2. Next, get a Newspaper’s and crumple it up, put the ruler back on the table in the same position. Then put the crumpled up paper on the side of the ruler that’s on the table. Get the volunteer to karate chop the part of the ruler that’s sticking of the table.

Question

What will happen now with the newspaper on the ruler?

Predict

The crumpled up newspaper will go flying, like a catapult.

Method (observe)

The newspaper sorta works like a catapult, only it shot forward a little and then fell.

3. Finally get a newspaper with no rips, flatten it on the ruler (the ruler should be in the same position it was before), take all the air out of the newspaper (by fully flattening it on the ruler part that’s on the table). Than karate chop the part of the ruler that’s sticking out.

Question

Do you think it will brake?

Predict

No. It didn’t break before, It won’t break now, plus how is it going to break when the newspaper is just flat.

Method (observe)

It got chopped but didn’t break (I was right... Or was I?). Mr. Moriarty told Ollie to try again and this time it snapped! It snapped because the newspaper on the ruler had been flattened out completely so the air pushed it down (I thought it was just gravity... I was told I was wrong?). I did start to believe it.

So this is the answer: Air does have weight.

I hope you enjoyed reading, you should try this (if it doesn’t work the newspaper is probably just not flat enough).

The newspaper was flat, the air pushed down
on it causing the ruler to snap

I hope you enjoyed reading this and please leave a comment :-).

The newspaper's flat, it might just break
once again

My Report By Inderpreet

My year so far in Room 16 by Inderpreet

My favourite thing about being in Room 16 in 2013 was going to Camp Kaitawa and being in a digi class.

Something I would like to do in term four is Go to year 6 camp and go safe cycling on the road because I was at India last year so I couldn't do it.

Something I would like to do next year is come back to Parkvale for a visit if it’s a half day at Havelock Intermediate.

My dream job would be becoming an artist (maybe a teacher if not a artist).

Reading

The best thing about reading so far this year is Actively Learn.

The best thing I read this year was HATCHET by Gary Paulsen.(link). I enjoyed it because we did a literacy circle with it.

This is my favourite reading blog post (link) that I created. I chose it because I enjoyed writing it, It was to the author of my favourite book this year and it also has the trailer that me and the group I was in made.

This is my favourite reading post from someone else (Hemani). I think it is awesome because she presented it well, explained what a literacy circle is and stated her opinions about it (in a way she did).

Maths

The best thing about maths so far this year is the tests we had in term 3.

I was most proud of learning (link).I was proud because    

This is my favourite maths blog post (link) that I created. I chose it because it shows how good I am at math and shows that I enjoy math, those tests were awesome.

This is my favourite maths post from someone else (Teva). I think it is awesome because he presented it great, he showed his scores out of 25 and his percentages out of 100

I am really good at multiplication.

I want to get better at adding fractions.

Writing

The best thing about writing so far this year is all the different and cool writing prompts.

I was most proud of learning how to take a simple writing prompt and make it into my own original, funny and really good piece of writing. This is one example;  

Click here to see example. I was proud because it made me a really good writer.

This is my favourite writing blog post (link) that I created. I chose it because it is very popular it shows how good of a writer I can be and it got 9 comments in 1 comment session (by the way it is the final episode before the season finale, here is a link to my Thunder Skull page on my blog, it has all the post.

This is my favourite writing post from someone else (Tyrone). I think it is awesome because it has a lot of creativity it is pretty funny, it’s long and has a good amount of detail and is a awesome story.

I am really good at making funny and creative stories

I want to get better at writing longer stories.

Integrated Topic

My favourite part of topic has been learning to respect other cultures

(link to one example) (my class got India) I enjoyed it because we got to do things we couldn’t do in other topics (cooking, making trailers and dancing in them, and more).

This is my favourite topic blog post (link) that I created. I chose it because it shows how good i am at drawing and it shows all about my family.

This is my favourite topic post from someone else (Elijah). I think it is awesome because the science was really cool and this explains it clearly, it is also well written.

School Involvement

T Ball, Academic Achiever, Road Patrol, Choir,

How I Have Shown PRIDE

Personal  Best: I always do my personal best, at everything, fitness, P.E, math, writing, reading, math and especially at art.

Respect and Responsibility: I respect others, sometimes I may be a little unfair and slightly mean (on accident), but I treat others well and I am responsible, I forget things quite a few times but I do remember them and do them myself.

Integrity: I show integrity a lot, I barely lie, I only lie when I’m doing a prank or tricking someone (like my brother), but I always try to not lie.

Determination: I tried to do every challenge at Camp Kaitawa  and I succeeded, I only failed to complete about 3 things.

Enjoyment: I enjoy many things and I show enjoyment, not only at morning tea and lunch but in subjects as well, like math, art, writing and sometimes reading.  

Literacy Circle And Hatchet Assignments

In Term 3, 2 reading groups from my class began a Literacy Circle, the 2 groups were the “X-Men” and “The Avengers”. But there were too many in the Avengers so they got split into to 2 groups, “Avengers 1” and “Avengers 2”.

A Literacy Circle is when a group of people each get a chapter book (each person get’s the same book), they read 1 chapter and get a roll/assignment to do. The assignments are; “Discussion Director”, you right down 3 questions about the book like “What would you do if a pilot in the plane you were in had a heart attack?”, the discussion director in my group asked that question because it’s what happened in the book we were reading.

Secondly there’s the “Word Master” (my first roll). The “Word Master” has to find 4 different interesting words in that chapter, find it’s meaning, and write it’s meaning in your own words, then you choose 1 of those words to put in this 4 box thing (I’m not sure what it’s called), in one of the boxes you draw the word, in another one you write words with a similar meaning, in the 3rd one you put the meaning in your own words and in the 4th one you put a word in a sentence.

Next there’s the “Passage Picker”, the “Passage Picker” finds 3 funny, well written, surprising, thought-provoking or confusing paragraphs in the chapter he or she was reading.

Then there’s the “Connector”, the connector has to find text-to-text (when a moment in the book is almost the same as a moment in another book) in the chapter, text-to-self (when something in the book is almost the same as what happened to you once) and text-to-world (when something in the book is almost the same as what happens in the world).

5th we have the “Illustrator (illustrator)”, the illustrator draws a scene from the chapter and rights a his own sentence telling what is happening in the illustration.

Last but not least we have the “Summariser”. The “Summariser” just summarises the chapter he or she was reading.

There are 6 people in one group, (2 groups didn’t get to do a literacy circle)  they get 2 days to do the assignment they were given. After 2 days they all get share what they’ve done.  

I was in one of the Avengers, we were reading a book called HATCHET, it’s about a boy who gets lost in the Canadian woods when he’s on a plane to visit his father in Canada. All he has is a hatchet that his mother gave him, he’s all alone with “the secret” in his mind. We finally finished the book and I loved it. I think you should read it it is amazing.  

Here are photos of some assignments I did.

Thunder Skull Episode 7: The Dominator... PART 2!

PREVIOUSLY

On Thunder Skull

“There’s a robotic scorpion outside, FOR REAL!” Agent Marcus said

“Yeah right,” I replied.

“He’s not kidding,” Crighwolf said.

“Scorponok?”I said

“Thunder Skull went to get his “Dignity” back, but he never came back” said Elijahman

________________________________________________________

“Come on we have to find Thunder Skull,” said Elijahman,

I was lying unconscious at the feet of the Scorponok dude.

“Now (breathes heavily), you will obey me, and only (breathes heavily) ME!”

I stood up not knowing what I was doing, I was still knocked out inside.

“Yes, MASTER,” I replied.

My team arrived surprised (but not really... They probably knew this was coming...), I attacked them. I wasted all of them without even trying.

Someone crashed through the roof and started attacking me. I knew who he was.

“DYLAN, It’s been awhile,” I said on the outside.

“It’s CAPTAIN D: (Captain-D) to you, and I didn’t come alone,” Captain D: said. Suddenly Master Tyrone crashed through the roof. Dylan threw his shield at me

I fall down but I wasn’t finished. I threw my grenades at them both that I got from that commander dead skins planet... WOAH WAIT... When did I steal the grenades from THAT planet, oh well? I threw the grenades, the twins are a tough fight, but I’m not known for giving up. I had one grenade left. I threw it and an explosion filled the air, flames everywhere. The smoke cleared and my allies were gone.

“You let them get AWAY!” Said the Scorponok guy, he still hasn’t even told me his name, but I found it best not to ask.

“Hey atleast I was trying,” I said. “Besides I planted a bomb on Captain D:,

“Oh really?” Scorponok replied.

“Well yeah, I mean, I just told you...” I replied, “but you shouldn’t let your guard down, ‘cause I might of just planted it on... YOU,” I say. I pull out a remote from my back and say “bombs away scorpo,” *BOOM*. the whole place came down in ashes, with me in it.

“Thanks for saving us,” said Agent Marcus.

“Yeah, but we couldn’t save Thunder Skull,” Said Jedi Tevayunda.

“You guys were awesome, how about we make you the new leaders?” says Agent Marcus.

“Alright then,” Captain D: replied.

“I didn’t realise how powerful Thunder Skull is,” said Master Zebhdiyah.

“It’s going to be the fight of our lives taking the 2 on by ourselves,” says Crighwolf.

“But we’ll do it, no matter the cost, any sacrifice will be considered. And you DON’T have to worry, you got me and Dylan now,” says Master Tyrone.

“That scorpion guy was able to take down Thunder Skull, imagine how strong he could be,” said Elijahman.

“How strong he would of be,” says a mysterious voice.

“No, it can’t be,” says Jedi Tevayunda.

“Thunder Skull?” says Captain D:

My Dot Art

This is my dot art. What my class did was, we all sent a photo of our selves to Mr. Moriarty, Mr. Moriarty then printed the photo so that we could trace it. We used a paper that has dots, and to me, the dots make the art stand out for some reason.

I hope you like it and please comment.

My Collage

This my collage, I had a fun time making it. It is Megatron from Transformers (the first movie). He is on the Transformer's home planet, Cybertron. There is a sign in the background saying "Welcome to Cahon", with a m that's about to fall of the sign. I was going to right the sign in some alien language (by scribbling tiny and tidy lines... and I did that!). Cahon is Megatron's home town (well, city actually...). Behind the sign way back, there is a arena, that arena is where Megatron use to fight in illegal death matches (looks like he survived them all!)


The reason I picked Megatron is because he is my favourite character in all the TV shows and movies I've seen, even though he's a bad guy! In fact, my top 3 favourite characters of all time (for now) are all bad guys, Megatron is number 1, The fallen (Megatron's master) is number 2 and Shredder (from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the nickelodeon version of Shredder is my favourite.) is number 3.

Asiatic Lion Report

The Asiatic Lion

The Asiatic Lion (The Indian Lion) is a magnificent animal, though some people don’t appreciate it and hunt it even kill it. If we humans keep that up, the asiatic lion is going to end up extinct. So read this report to find out about the asiatic lion and how unique it is.

Description

The asiatic lions are 107cm in height, but they are 292cm in length including the tail. Their tails are a long golden skin and their mains (hair) grows to lengths of 60-90cm. Adult males weigh from 160-190kg, the females weigh 110-120kg. A skull of a male lions skull can go to 33-34cm and a female lions skull can go to 29-30cm. Their skins are a think darkish gold while the african lions fur is a much more gold and brown color

Threats

Threats to the asiatic lions are mostly humans. Believe it or not, years back, there were approximately a low 180 individuals, years of baby cubs being born later, asiatic lions population increased to over 411. Some asiatic lions are found outside the Gir Forest but shot and killed by humans. It’s actually ridiculous, because why harm an innocent creature for nothing, some people do it for fun. It’s not fair on the lions, and killing one lion might decrease their population by 10-20, because if the lion that you shoot is a leader of a pride. Well firstly get this, when a leader of a pride gets killed, all the cubs in that pride get killed as well, I’m not sure if humans kill them or if it’s just a lions way of life. I said before that years back there were less than 180 asiatic lions, but even years before that, asiatic lions were found all over India, there were over 10, 000, but humans couldn’t realize how magnificent they are, they lived in peace but that peace didn’t last, they were killed, shot, some got trackers planted in them so people could find their pride and kill all of them. Now only roughly 400 are left.

Habitat and What It Eats.

The asiatic lions are endemic to India (not found anywhere else), or more like the Gir Forest. The Gujarat state in India has a forest or national park area, it’s called the Gir Forest. The Gir forest in India is the only place where you will ever see an asiatic lion. I’m actually happy that they are in the Gir Forest, because they are protected. The asiatic lions are carnivores, meaning they only eat meat, so you keep one as a pet and try to make it a vegetarian, ain’t going to happen... Well maybe. So the asiatic lions eat dead meat that they can find, or eat other animals.

Life Cycle

Lionesses are ready to breed when they reach 3 years old. They give birth to 2-3 cubs. The asiatic lions start of as cute little cubs with a lite yellow fur. A cub also has dark brown eyes and whiskers only a few cm’s long. They grow to a teen, they are bigger than before and start to get a light brownish tone. Soon enough they are strong big lions.

Hunting

The lionesses do most of the hunting, while the lions do the most fighting. lionesses take all the cubs with them when the cubs are only 3 month old! (male) Lions do sleep most of the day but they are really strong and can hurt their prey easily when they actually hunt!

In conclusion, asiatic lions are a wonderful and incredible species and I would hate to see asiatic lions go extinct. I hope you have learnt to appreciate them and I thank you for taking the time to read this report.

Reflection for Optimist Yachting And Kayaking

Reflection for Optimist Yachting And Kayaking

Something I was pleased with was that I had a great time, because it makes me more excited for the next session.  

I really enjoyed learning how to hold a paddle properly when kayaking because it helps the kayak go alot faster.

Something I found hard was controlling the mainsheet rope because I had to know where the boat would go and if the wind had changed directions.

Something that made me think was why did me and my buddies (Zach) yacht keep on tipping to the side and nearly capsizing because it was really freaky and we didn’t know what to do.

Something I want to get better at is sailing the optimist yacht.

         

(What can I do about it?)

Learn how to control the mainsheet rope.


here is a GoAnimate I made. I hope you like it.
Optimist Yachting reflection 1