Museum Trip

On the 1st of July, room 5 jumped into the school minibus to vist Auckland war memorial museum, geuss why we were there! You got it- we were there to learn about war. My favorite parts were the aircraft hangers (Shown below) and the part where we got to look at and put on a bunch of the things they would have had in WWI. At the museum I learnt that in WWI, slugs saved peoples lives- not kidding! Mustard gas was invisible, so soldiers used to watch the slugs. If the slugs shrivelled up, then the soldiers would know to put their gas masks on and find safety. Did you know about this? If you know something you think I might not, please say so with a comment. Have a good day!

Above: A Japanese Zero. Below: A British Spitfire.

Robotics

 Kia ora bloggers!

We started our third rotation of Tech last week, so time for Robotics. Our first day: learning about operating systems, or OS. Then we made a DLO showing all the different OS, I did a totally awesome one.

I don't know how to link a scratch project to my blog, so I used screencastify to record a video, shown below. I hope it turned out all right. What do you think I could do next?

Propaganda Posters

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How's the new term going? Mine is going great.

We're learning about how governments used to get people to join the army during wartime; They often used posters. Our research culminated in us making one of our own. This is mine. Please tell me what you think.

Blitzkrieg

 A New Term! Awesome!

And this terms inquiry topic is war. Even more awesome! We've been learning about Blitzkrieg, a WWII German attack method. It translates to 'lightning warfare' - an apt description, as it is about five times faster than the strategies used in WWI - with it, the German army travelled what the French estimated would take fourteen days in only three. 

The strategy uses a spearhead of fast, powerful units, such as tanks, planes, and mechanised infantry, on a very narrow front, to break through the enemies front lines and cause disorganisation. Using Blitzkrieg also reduces infantry and artillery casualties, as most of the enemy's forces would be concentrated in the front line.

Bedmas

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I have been learning bedmas these past few days, and have created a video to show others how to figure out a problem using the order of operations. Here is the video. 

Please tell me what you think

Digital Dig

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In room three we have been working on a cybersmart project called Digital Dig, to teach us how to use various functions on our chromebooks. If you click on the link below you can have a look at my work. You will notice that I had fun with the backgrounds!:)

Please tell me what you think.

Digital Dig

Kawa of Care

Two days ago, we started Kawa of Care, a Ako Hiko led programme about looking after our chrome books. The first thing we did was create a poster for ways to keep your chrome book safe. We created these using google drawings and my one is displayed below.

 What do you think of it?

This is the link for the Kawa of Care document. Feel free to check it out.

Kawa of care