Kete- Business Enterprise Games

What games did you play?
We played:
Trading Around The World
Gumption
Small Business Game

What did you enjoy/not enjoy about them.
My favourite game out of all of them was gumption, it's similar to monopoly that has extra features.
Small business Game: I did not enjoy it because it's hard to learn the rules and where everything go.
Trading around the world: I like that it's easy to use and get to play different people from different continent.

What chanllenges did you face?
Gumption: having give up on of my resource to another player.
Small Business Game: Learning the rules.
Trading around the world: Thinking of how much I'm going sell.

What have you learnt about running business and trade?
 I learnt that you have to really think about how much you're gonna sell/

What are you wondering?
I am wondering if real business are exactly the same as the game.

Bridge Design

How To Make A Strong Bridge Out Of Paper

The only material we can use are 4 sheets of newspaper and 1 m tape.

Reffering to the movie ''Boss Baby'' it said that the strongest shape is triangle.


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We will be trying to re-create this model by folding the sides of the newspaper in a triangle shape and use tape instead of paper clips.

We decided to change the model that we orginaly have in mind because the newspaper wasn't as strong as paper so we tried to roll the newspaper and put it on top of each other.

The picture that we had inpiration from.
Results:
We can't compare it to the other model we did because we didn't test the other one.
The bridge turned out to be better than I thought, It held 50 kg.

Can Opener

CAN OPENER

After waking up from a deep sleep you feel famished, so you decided to prepare yourself a toast with can baked beans. Having the can in front of you, you realised that you require an object to open it with, so you rummage through your drawers to look for a can opener. While trying to open the can you wonder…. How does a can opener work?

What is a can opener?

A can opener is a tool that helps us open cans more efficiently. It consists of three simple machines: a wheel and axle, lever, and a wedge. The two metal arms that are pressed onto the can are levers. The handle that is use to rotate is a wheel and axle. Lastly the wheel that cuts the can open is the wedge. It is a way that is easier and not having to use other resources like knives that would slip if it didn’t get handled carefully. I believe that can openers are important and can help our lives more than we expect.

How does a can opener work?

When using a can opener the first thing to do is apply the arms to the can by tightly compressing it together, that causes the serrated wheels grip into the can. Then start turning the handles, turning the handle(which acts as an axle) causes the serrated wheel to rotate and move the cutter blade across the top of the can that cuts it. A lot of force is needed to keep the cutter down. The cutting blade needs to be stronger than the lid of the can in order for it to work.

How does it cut?

Pretend squishing a butter into your hand. The butter has to move out of the way so it goes out sideways while it gets flattened. However when using a thinner material to cut like the blade on a can opener,the edge is thinner so the pressure(Having the right amount of force to move something)is higher and easier to push through.

How does this simple machine make life easier?

Without having a can opener in everyday life, it makes our lives more difficult by trying to open cans with different resources that can be dangerous like knives, scissors, and other sharp objects.

Now you know how a can opener works,It is fascinating to know how a machine works and realised how complex it is. In summary a can opener works by applying a lot grip on a handle that turns the blade. Also the blade cuts by the pressure.

Job To Research-The Warehouse

The Warehouse 
The Warehouse Timeline:1982:When the first warehouse was built in Wairau Road, Auckland.
1990: Became the first store that nationally  give out advertising flyer's
1991: Sales went up by $100 million.
1992: Opened the first store that is 25,000 square feet.
1995: When they added green gardening department.
1996:When they established AEG tools.
2000: Sales went up 1 billion
2001: When they launched finnacial service.
2009: When they created a website for online shopping.
2014: The warehouse bought R&R sport & Schooltex

The founder of The Warehouse is Stephen Tindall.

High Impact -> Car Race Result

What did we do?
Firstly we all had 5 minutes to make changes and modify our car to suit the race. The first race we did was to test which car is the fastest, Miss Richardson is at the bottom of the ramp knealing with her phone on the ground to time us, we went in order of the number of our cars. Next race was the the closest to the green line this time 3 cars go at the same time. Last was the furthest race, everyone had to move out of the way of the way so the car doesn't stop because of them. How was it fair? It was a fair test because we all had the choice of setting the ramp in an angle of our preference also having 5 minutes to modify at the same time and same materials and car.

My 3 Different Modifiactions Of The Car

First




 This is our first modifitcation for the first race. We added clay in front so it          has a balanced force with the back and have more gravity acting in front to          increase acceleration. Also we made a spoiler out clay to have down force          which helps it keep the car on the ground and be stable. Sadly car number                                                    6 won the race having 0.87 seconds but we came close with 1.01 second.

 Second
The second was stopping at the green light. We had an idea of adding rubber bands to the car to have friction and slow it down we also kept the clay in front and the spoiler. We are the triumph of the race, we went with number 9 and 10 we came close with number 10 but the second go, number 9 went off the green line.

Third
The third race we did was the furthest, we made a mohawk shaped clay to have aerodynamic and make it go faster and further. We didn't do as good as we did with other races with thid design, we only got












The Results

Our car was good and didn't do as bad as I thougth however it wasn't good enought to win the furthest and fastest. Overall I'm satisfied with the results because we did win on the test of being the closest to the green light.

Careers In Sciene

Surgeon

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I know that they oporate

Nuclear science

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Scienctist 

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Meterologist

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Geologist

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Oceanologist

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Dentist

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Nurse

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Forestry Worker

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Forensic Scientist

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The Job I'm Researching Is A Geologist 

What Is A Geologist?
Geologist is a career  that studies rocks and mineral to know how earthquakes, landslides, floods, and volcanic eruptions happen.

1.What training do you need for that career?
To have geologist as a job you required to have a bachelor's degree. Some city requires a license, to get a license you need a to take a fundemental of geology exam. After collecting, they observe what it contains.

2. What do you do for an average day on the job?
They travel to diffent parts of the world to collect fossils, minerals and rock samples also measure the physical properties of the world.

Vortex Cannon

Vortex Cannon

Aim: To modify our vortex(change the shape and size) to see how far it shoots.
Equipment: Bucket,  Rubbish bag, and tape.
Method:We are not making a ordinary homemade vortex using a cardboard. Instead we are using a bucket. First we tape a piece of rubbish bag tightly on top of the bucket(this acts like the side of the cardboard where you  squeeze it)
Results: When we tested our vortex, we started off in a 3 metre line. After one of my partner smacked the vortex on the rubbish side the row of cup barely moved. The best vortex in our class made it to 3 metres in two smack.
Discussion:If we do it again, I would change the size into  a smaller hole. I think that the smaller hole would make it further because there's a lot of air trying to get out.