Buzz Aldrin

Who is Buzz Aldrin and what did he do to who in September 2002?
Buzz Aldrin was charged with assault when he threw a punch at Bart Sibrel when he asked Buzz Aldrin to swear on the bible that he landed on the moon.

Meander-Passion Project

What are we learning this week:

For Maths Craft, this week he had been learning about String Art and Meander.

String Art: String Art is a method of weaving string or wool to create geometric patterns or pictures.

On Monday we began on string art, first, we got given a circle template that we had to cut out in order to put the string through. Once we made the basic shape, we could make our own by testing out different spaces or changing colours.

Meander: A meander is a repeated pattern or motif, usually constructed in from a continuous line.

For Thursday we made meander patterns that involve symmetry and translation, we were handed template papers and instruction. First, we drew column-like shapes into the square and added two extra squares to make L shapes and connected them to each other.

What am I wondering?

I am wondering what design I could make using string art.

Maths Craft- Passion Project

Maths Craft- Passion Project

For maths craft today we had been learning origami, like last time we put each other in groups of 4 and split up to learn two different topics. One group learnt to make origami sonobe cube and constructed 3d polyhedron shapes like the cube and octahedron with square papers. The other group made flexagon models to learn different types of it, tetraflexagon, hexahexaflexagon, hexaflexagons by cutting out a template and folding it to make the desired shape.

What am I learning?

We are learning to make different shapes out of paper.

What am I wondering?

I wonder how many papers it takes to make the cube 10x bigger.

Maths Craft-Passion Project

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For the first day of our Passion Project, Mr Worder had introduced us to two topics, one of which we can focus on later in the term. First, we were assigned to two groups, one doing the Mobus Strip and one in the Menger Sponge, for the first two periods we learnt the topics we got, once we learnt or had an idea of that topic we taught our other group members on the other group what we learnt.

Mobus Strip:
Mr Worder first gave us an understanding of what a Mobius strip is. First, he showed us a loop and asked how many faces and edge there are, there was two faces and edges in the paper ring then he twisted one end and glue it to the other end to make the Mobus strip  and he asked us again how many faces and edges there are, this time there was only one.

After making the Mobus Strip he asked us to cut it in half, the strip turned into two circles, he then asked us to make another Mobus strip and cut it in half but this time to twist it three times and cut the circle less than half and eventually to concoct our own experiment.

Menger Sponge:
Halfway through the second period, we exchanged classroom to learn Menger Sponge, at first I thought it was to going to be challenging but turns out it just was folding papers to make flaps and overlapping them to each other. Although it was easy it is also time-consuming and addicting.

What did I learn?
I learnt how to make a Menger sponge and learnt what Mobus Strips are.

Flight of the Conchords

What are we learning?

We are learning to research famous artists from New Zealand.

How does this show my learning?

It shows my learning by creating a poster about the Flight Of The Conchords.

What am I wondering?

What if the Flight of the Conchords never went international would they be as famous now in New Zealand?

https://create.piktochart.com/output/33683512-new-piktochart

Film Study: English

English:
In English, We are learning to: Think critically to identify and describe the key aspects of a visual text.
One of our assigned tasks is to make a slideshow of different camera tricks and their names films use to emphasise the scene.

What have we been learning?
We had been learning different camera angles, shots and tricks and identify them.
What am I wondering?
When did films start incorporating these camera tricks?
What would I do differently?
I would add more pictures to show more examples to get a better understanding of different shots.

Mu Torere

 The Design Process

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Today for tech our teacher is educating us about 'The Design Process'. He drew a plan to explain it to us:

Raising Seeds

Aim: To look at the different growing conditions and how these affect the growth of the seeds.

Method:

• We worked in groups of 3-4 students
• Potting mix was put into the cups.
• The cups were planted with bean seeds
• Each cup had a different growing condition:

1. Cup 1-normal
2. Cup 2-red cellophane
3. Cup 3-overwatered
4. Cup 4-underwatered or green cellophane or blue cellophane

The plants grew in their cups for 10 days before they were measured.

Findings:

Plant growing condition	Height after 10 days (mm)
Normal	76mm
Blue cellophane	24mm
Red cellophane	80mm
Overwater Clear	38mm 59mm

The normal seedling was planted in a normal potting mix and grew to a height of ___76______mm.

The green cellophane seedling was planted in a normal potting mix, covered in Blue cellophane and watered. It grew to a height of ____24____mm. The red cellophane seedling was planted in the normal potting mix to a height of _______80____mm. The overwatered seddling was planted in a normal potting mix, the water could not drain out the bottom of the pot and it grew to a height of __38____mm.

Conclusion:

From the pictures and evidence we can conclude that:

The seedling height was:

1.76mm

2.80mm

3.38mm

4.24mm

The best growing conditions were:

1.Red

2.Normal

3.Clear

4.Overwatered

therefore the seedling with the best conditions grew to a height of 80 mm.

Tech-Puzzle

For the last few weeks, we had been finishing our project for tech which is the three-piece puzzle. We had been filling and sanding our wood puzzle pieces

Instructions

1. Insert capital T sign inside the minus signed resting it just below the gap.
2. Take the lowercase t sign and insert the middle inside the end of the minus sign that has the gap.
3. Push the lower case t sign and push it all the way inside.
4. Push the bottom of your puzzle up.

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To undo it:

1. pull the minus sign wood down low enough for the lower case t to fit in the gap.
2. Pull the lower case t sign towards you.
3. Pull the minus sign down from the capital T and there are now all de-assembled.

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Maths-Business Survey Results

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In Maths we've been learning how to make different types of graphs, so we were tasked to make a survey about our Business & Enterprise and make a graph of the results, our theme was carnival games, so we asked how much the ticket would be, what games they would want to play, and what kind of prizes they want.

Results:


57.5% of the 40 people that responded said they wanted the ticket price to be $1, 35% said $1.50, 17.5% wanted $2, and both $3 and price depending on what the games is got 2.5%


The most voted game was Fish Cup Games with 52.5%, second most voted game is apple bobbing, third equal is Toilet Paper Toss and Disc Toss.


Majority of the people said they wanted more than one game.

Most of them wanted something edible as a prize.