Reading: Pseudoscience

For the past 2-3 weeks, I have been working on my reading which was about pseudoscience. At the start I didn't know what the word 'pseudoscience' meant, but now after all the researching I found, I know heaps about the topic and I'm really pleased with how this presentation turned out.

Reading DLO: Michael Jackson

In reading, I focused on the early life of Michael Jackson up to his death. It explains how, where, why, Michael died and also what charges were pressed on Conrad Murray although he testified innocent?

Prezi: Elephant DLO

Reading DLO: The life of Archibald Baxter

For these past 3 weeks, Room 1 was asked to create a DLO (Digital learning object) on their chosen topic. The topics we had to choose from were, the life of of Archibald Baxter, immigrants & asylum seekers and stand up New Zealand (protesting). The topic I chose to research about was 'the life of Archibald Baxter'. I presented my work using Prezi, and got my information from resources such as google, YouTube clips, and stories from the School Journal.

Reading: The first electric car

In Reading, My group and I were reading a book called "Driving us into the future". I was focusing on the first electric car. I gathered my information by using the reading journal and google. I have presented my work using emaze to share my learning.

Dogo news: Sunken ship found in Wellington harbour

The 5 members who belong to the dive crew because they found the treasure.

The key event was about the dive crew finding the 800 gold coins in Wellington harbour.

This event took place in the Wellington harbour. This event took place on October the 12th 2015.

 Any money raised from the coins will go towards the cost of the clean-up operation which the divers were to pay for themselves.

It was that, 5 members of a dive crew were in the Wellington harbour and suddenly they found a box of treasure. The treasure inside the box was 800 gold coins, 557 cans, 116 glass bottles,credit card and a clothes iron.

This event took place in the Wellington harbour. The Wellington harbour is a large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand’s North island.

This event happened on October the 12th 2015. I think that in the future there will be more treasure.

This event took place because it was a sudden thing. And also because most of these things don’t happen so it was a very big issue.

By: AJ

Digital footprints: Cyber safety

Digital footprints

When you comment on someone’s work you have to give good advice and most importantly you have to give positive comments. Don’t put personal photo’s of yourself online because anyone can see that photo of you. When people see it they can also take a screenshot of it and put on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, pinterest, Instagram and many more. Sometimes they can even hack into it and you won’t even know.

When posting something on social media you need to understand that it is something that the whole world can see. It won’t just be seen by you,family or even friends, but it will also be seen by the world. If someone gave you a negative comment on your work on Facebook, don’t reply something negative back because the whole world can see what you write on Facebook and it goes viral.

Not only on Facebook they can see what you can write about but also on other social medias. When you are posting make sure that you don’t post a silly photo of you because that can be seen by many people and they can do something about that photo without you even knowing about it. Posting is very important because there are certain things that you have to post such as your education (learning), apps that you use and many more. The things that you can’t post is, photos of yourself,your full name, anything personal about you and other silly things.

So just remember, when you post something make sure that it is appropriate and also when commenting make sure that you give positive comments and not negative. When giving advice make sure that it is also very positive because anything that you write will be seen all over the world (going viral).

By: AJ

Report on child labour

Report on child labour

What is happening to children all over the world? What are they being forced to do? What are other people doing about this issue? Well, I will tell you what is happening to them.

What are the children being forced to do?

All over the world child labour is happening and the main question is, what are the adults doing about this issue. Adults are not doing enough about this issue.  Children are vulnerable and need help. Children are forced to work as servants. They work on all sorts of jobs like selling stuff on street stalls, cleaning, sewing or working in factories, and they do this either for free or for minimal pay. This is what child labour is and can affect the world.

All over the world, about 60% of children are used in child labour most specially in agriculture and farming. There are about  168 million children working. Most children are working in the worst conditions and treated badly, such as getting beaten up for being too slow in working, used in drug trafficking, in dangerous factories and sometimes they are used to fight in wars.

Image source: http://www.compassion.com/poverty/child-labor-quick-facts.htm

What are the people doing to the children?

The people are hurting the children in many ways such as violence, child abuse, threats and many more. Children are also being forced to take part in armed conflict such as  war and civil war. This mostly happens in Africa, the Middle East and other third world countries. Governments are not doing anything about this issue and they are just letting it happen. Some parents are letting their children take part in these situations and some parents have no choice due to the very poor life. Some kids even do this job at the age of 5 and up to 16 years old.

Image source:

http://borgenproject.org/10-child-labor-facts/

What are the politicians (Government) doing about this issue/situation?

The Governments are not doing anything. They are letting it happen. This is a serious matter/issue that is affecting many countries. It is affecting the families and it is spreading globally.  And do you think that they should be doing this? When children do this they will not learn from this and children deserve to have a better education than being forced to work as slaves. Children should be allowed to learn about normal things in life such as being a child who plays, and go to school to learn. But not the bad experiences in life. They should be able to have a good life and not have a life where they get bullied and other things. Also children deserve and have the right to a good healthy childhood. They should have a good relationship with their parents. Some kids don’t get to have a relationship with their mums and dads because the kids get taken away. And this is also known as child trafficking.

Image source: https://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/ending.html

What is child labour?

Child labour is work undertaken by a child that can be harmful to them in many different kind of ways. The labour can be harmful to their health,ability,physical and safety. The worst forms of child labour include using children as slaves or forcing them into drugs or to commit crimes. When child labour happens it affects their life because they don’t get a better education. If they don’t get a better education then it will affect them because they will not learn. And learning is the number 1 thing that all children should get. Also because learning keeps your brain going.

Image source:

https://www.unicef.org.nz/learn/school-room/child-labour

Note: If you want to help children to have a better education such as the little kids who are forced to work, then donate to them now and help them to learn and have a better,safer and healthier life.   

By: Anastazia

Comic: Close escape

This comic was done By: AJ,Amy,Maranita and Joshua C.
This is supposed to be a comic.
Also please comment on our comic and this is to all viewers on my blog.

Donate to the cancer society on Daffodil day!

Do you want to know how to help children and adults who have cancer? Well, this is the way you can help!. You can donate money to the cancer foundation. They help cancer patients with no resources, they pay for their chemotherapy or other stuff that they could be going through. School children can also help too. On DAffodil day you wear a yellow daffodil and donate a gold coin. Wearing a yellow daffodil means that you are showing your support to the people who have cancer and showing pride in helping them. When you donate money and wear a yellow daffodil you feel happy and proud because you are helping and caring for the people in need. You could also be saving lives with the help of the money that you have donated.

On Daffodil day,  you wear yellow plastic Daffodils because that was the appropriate color that they chose. Daffodil day is a very special day because lots of children gather to have a special money trail to donate money for children or adults suffering  from this disease of any form. It is our duty to help as much as we can because even little babies and children suffer from cancer. And many of them don’t have enough money to pay for their treatment. Daffodil day only comes once a year on the 28th of August. Think about the children.  How would you be feeling if you had no money to pay for your chemotherapy?.

If you would like to help out on daffodil day next year (2016),  then please click on the link below. Also, think about the little kids and what their suffering. Save a life and make them a happy family again.

http://www.daffodilday.org.nz/

Mary Mackillop

Mary Mackillop

Do you know a St. who is caring and loving? Do you know who Australia’s first St. was? Well, this is all Mary Mackillop

Mary Mackillop was born on January the 15th 1842 in Australia. Her parents were Alexander Mackillop and Flora MacDonald. She had 3 sisters and 4 brothers which is 7 siblings altogether!!!. For a living Mary was a nun. She was also Australia’s very first Saint.

Mary’s middle name is Helen. Mary Mackillop is also known as St. Mary of the cross. Mary never had a husband because she was a nun and she is married to God. Also she never had kids because she is a nun.

Mary’s uncle was Donald MacDonald. Her grandma’s name is Catherine MacDonald. Sadly Mary Mackillop died on August the 8th 1909. She died in North Sydney,Australia. “ We will miss you Mary for all that you have done”.

By: AJ

Explanation on: Why people borrow books from the library.

Why do people borrow books from the library?

People borrow books from the library because it helps keep their brain going. They also borrow books because it can be very interesting to read. There are different types of books like, adventure,fantasy,romance,history,our days and excitement. There are also chapter books, comics,short books,novels and ordinary books.

People borrow books from the library because it helps them in their general knowledge. They also borrow books because it helps build up their vocabulary. People borrow books from the library because they enjoy reading and it’s free. The can borrow books from different author’s. Also because the library has many books to choose from. The nice thing about borrowing books from a library is that you can get as many books as you like for no cost (free) as long as you are a member of that library. It’s could to get books because you can learn new words from it. The main thing about a book is that you have to understand it and you have to know the meaning of the words. When you are getting a  book from the library you have to make sure that you can read it,make sure it is appropriate for you age and most importantly you have to know what the message in the books is and means. A book can be very interesting and fascinating at times but sometimes it’s not about how cool it is, it’s about making sure you know what you’re reading. If you know what you are reading then you should be able to explain it properly. Sometimes people don’t know what they are reading so that means that they could be reading it too fast, they can’t read it, they don’t know what the words mean and they don’t understand the whole meaning of the book.  

Book review 16: Dork diaries #1

Dork diaries #1

This book is about a teenager girl named Nikki Maxwell who goes to Westchester high school. At Westchester high school there is one very popular girl and that girl’s name is Mackenzie Hollister. Nikki is the opposite of Mackenzie, she is a total dork. Nikki has a special diary which she writes in  all the time. She has that diary because sometimes she can’t express her feelings very well so she writes in her diary (special notebook) which she finds easier. Mackenzie Hollister is the meanest person out of the whole school. She is also a mean bully who bullies nearly everyone in the school but mostly Nikki. Nikki has a big crush on a boy at her school. That  boy’s name is Brandon. Nikki has had a crush on him from 1’st grade. Brandon is a photographist (person who journalizes or takes photos of random things). He is also a writer who writes the breaking news (interesting news that you find on the newspaper). Mackenzie also has a big crush on Brandon. So Mackenzie and Nikki are always fighting and competing who gets Brandon first. Mackenzie Hollister always copies Nikki Maxwell because whenever Nikki enters a competition Mackenzie always enters to try and win and so that she can embarrass Nikki in front of the whole school. Nikki has a crazy family compared to Mackenzie’s. Nikki has a crazy sister named Brianna and she has a puppet called Miss Penelope. The craziest thing about that is, it is not an actual puppet, it is Brianna’s hand. Then Mackenzie’s family, well she has just a Mum and no Dad. Her house is pretty because it is a mansion and because she has the most popular mum. Nikki’s house is pretty but very messy. She calls her house (home) a dork house because her home is full of dorks. She thinks that the biggest dork in the house would be her (Nikki). Do you think that Nikki will be a dork forever?. Well, until next time and see you for my next book review!

My favourite character in this book would be Nikki because she is always acting funny and weird. I rate this book an 10/10 because it was very encouraging to my vocabulary and also because it was very interesting to read.

I recommend this book for 8 and over because it has some hard words and also because it is a fantastic book. I also recommend this book for people who love to read dork diaries.

By: AJ

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Matariki

Matariki

Matariki is a Maori tradition that is celebrated every year. Matariki means the seven clusters and some people think of it as the mother star with six daughters and referred as the seven sisters. Matariki appears in the Eastern sky around the shortest day of the year. Matariki is a very special tradition because it only comes once a year. Matariki is also special because it’s something that belongs to everyone mostly the Maori’s. It is special to the Maori’s because it is their culture. Most people think that Matariki should be celebrated every year. Do you think it should be celebrated every year? Matariki appears in the end of May and continues to the early June.

By: AJ  

Lunar eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

On Saturday April the 4th, Sky gazers from different parts of the world are treated to the third of the four lunar eclipses that will occur (take place) before the end of 2015. At 4:58 am PST (Pacific standard time) the moon disappeared behind the earth’s shadow. By 5:03 am, it was all over. The eclipse is best reflected (able to be seen) from the Western United States, New Zealand, Eastern Australia and many more. Residents from Eastern North America, Western South America and Middle Asia could see the eclipse partially (only in parts). Though the rest of the world have to sit this one out (they didn't see it from there point of view). 

The eclipse of the moon occurs when the earth gets in the way of the sun and moon. The moon does not emit (produce,discharge) any light because it simply reflects the light from the sun. Sometimes lunar eclipses are short because it passes through the upper part of the earth’s shadow. When our planet gets in between the two, shadow falls onto the moon, thus the lunar eclipse. For lunar eclipses to occur there has to be a full moon, the sun, earth and the moon has to be placed perfectly and aligned with the sun.

By: AJ

Saint Teresa

My saint-Teresa.

Saint Teresa was born the year 1515 and died 1582 on October 4 of age 67 and her feast day was October 15. Her symbol is a heart,an arrow and a book. She was canonized in 1622. Saint Teresa is the patron saint of headache sufferers.

 

Pitcher plants

Most of the time plants are the ones that get eaten. So when the plants get eaten they come up with revenge. Some plants are carnivores which means that they eat meat but definitely not steak. They are happy to feast on the bug that crosses their path. Pitcher plants are shaped like a pitcher or narrow champagne glass and they also look like a jug. The top and inside of the pitcher is covered with a sweet smelling juicy nectar. When the insects come they take a sip and then they fall into the pitcher and down down they go.  There the plant breaks them down, the plant excrete a liquid that squish them to pieces. Some pitcher plants are large that they can catch and eat rats or frogs alive. Most carnivorous plants live in boggy places and lives in wet soil that do not have lots of nutrients. Carnivorous plants are exotic, but most of them grow in the US than anywhere else. Some people take carnivorous plants from the wild and grow them in their backyard. Would you like to have them in your backyard?

By AJ & Mikayla

 

How to make chocolate.

How to make chocolate

Ingredients: Cocoa powder,cocoa butter, sugar and milk.

According to Peter Higgins of Purdy’s chocolate company you have to follow many steps in order to make the perfect chocolate of your choice.

Method:

* The first step is getting cocoa beans from a cocoa tree.

* The cocoa tree comes from the most warmest region.

* 70% of the cocoa comes from west Africa.

* When the cocoa beans are ready you put it in the sun to dry and to develop the flavour.

* The beans are blended dried, and the shells are broken only leaving the nibs.

* The nibs are grounded to a liquid cocoa mass.

* The mass then creates cocoa powder and cocoa butter.

* Sugar, milk and lecithin are then added and blended together and are put into series of rollers.

* Conching is the last preparation. The ingredients are carefully blended and monitored into a large tank for a final flavour development.

* Then you put the chocolate into a block and there is your perfect chocolate.

By: AJ.