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Over the years NASA have found over 4200 exoplanets in our outer solar system. In order to find a habitable exoplanet, you must find one close to a star (similar to the sun) the exoplanet must be the perfect distance so that it's not too cold nor too hot.

Kepler 22-b

Kelper 22-b

Kepler 22-b is a potentially rocky world, larger than earth. Kepler 22 (not to be confused with kepler 22-b) is what is known as a G type star, orbiting Kepler 22-b. 

Kepler is known to be approximately 620 light years from earth.

Probably one of the most argued subjects is weather or not there is life on other planets.

The amount of stars in the sky are uncountable, who's to say if there are habit-ants? to this day NASA are still discovering planets. Personally I believe that there could be life on other planets. 

What do you think?

                         

Galileo summary

For literacy today we had to create a summery using a medium of our choice.

3D Solar System

for Inquiry these past few days we have had to create a 3D model of the solar system.

for this activity I used Tinkercad, A very useful 3D tool.

this was really fun, seeing as I have Never used Tinkercad before.

Galileo presentation

Galileo was a world renowned physicist and Astronomer, Although his father wanted him to be a doctor, he eventually persuaded his father to let him be a astronomer 

Did you know Galileo didn’t actually invent the telescope. Believe it or not, but the telescope was truly invented by Hans Lippershey and Lyman Spitzer.

Back in the day, people believed in the theory that Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun. Most people in Galileo's time believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun and planets revolved around it.

Did you know that Galileo discovered four of Jupiter's moons almost four hundred years ago!

Facts About Galileo:

1.Galileo was a college dropout 

2.His daughters were Nuns

3.He spent his final years under house arrest 

4.His middle finger is on display in a museum 

5. NASA named a spacecraft after him

Our telescope

On Monday the 8th of June Louie, Kade and I created this model telescope ( that unfortunately doesn't work) This took us two days to gather materials, and build the telescope. our telescope consists of a toilet paper roll, a cardboard box, paper and cellar tape. during this experiment we discovered something, you can't build a telescope with a toilet paper roll and tape.

my favourite part of this activity was gathering the materials. 

 

Something Alive

Something alive is a graphic novel written by Jem Yoshioka. This text is about a young girl who was born in New Zealand, but has an japenese heritage, due to her grandmother being japanese. Even though she was born in NZ, she still gets picked on because she has a Japanese background. People will often ask her questions that they know she doesn't  know. Her grandmother is also encouraging her to read and write japanese. Some might say that the author feels guilty for not knowing enough about her heritage. 

Acrostic poem

today for writing we had to create a poem based on the book/word "Refugee" I feel I could have made it better if I was given more time.

Running

Eerie

Fearful

Unready

Gasoline

Energetic

Eager

Missing poster

for reading today we had to create a missing poster for Mahmouds little sister, Hanna.

I wasn't quite sure what Hanna looked like, but I did know that she was a baby and she was born in Syria. in the novel it also reads that she is wrapped in a blanket and she is crying.

The poster states: Mahmoud sent his sister Hanna away with other people to save her life

Design a missing poster that could be put on display in Greece to attempt to find her. think carefully about her physical description, languages she speaks and other things that might help someone to identify her.

Today for reading we had to recreate the cover from the novel "Refugee"
by Alan Gratz.

StoryBoard That

Today for reading we had to read chapter 19-21 of our book "Refugee" By Alan Gratz. we also had to create a Storyboard showing one of the 3 characters from our novels journey. I chose Josef, a young Jewish boy living in Germany (1938) His Father has been thrown into a concentration camp for practicing law and order (as it was illegal for Jews to practice law and order back then)

Coordinates

N 3 spaces
E 2 spaces
E 1 space
N 3 spaces
W 5 spaces
N 3 spaces
E 2 spaces
S 3 spaces  E 7 spaces. where did you end up?

Spanish Translation Poster

 Today for reading we had to create a poster translating Spanish to English, I found it personally easy because I am aware of a variety of Spanish vocabulary already. For a medium we used google drawings and here's how it turned out 

P.S the words on this poster are very blurry and i don't know how to fix that.

the poster states "Isabel speaks Spanish and some words of this language is used in Refugee By Alan Gratz find the meaning of each word and then draw a picture to represent it "

Historic people research

Our reading task today is to research the three dictators in "Refugee" Adolf Hitler , Castro Fidel and Bashar al-Assad. Our task is to find four facts about each of the three dictators and name three similarity's between them.

Pack Your Suitcase

Today we read the 4th chapter of Refugee (by Alan Gratz) and our Teacher has asked us to imagine we had become refugees and had to leave New Zealand. for our activity we must pack a suitcase containing essential items such as clothes, water, food ETC. I believe I have come up with a fairly reasonable list of items

Wallet,

clothes,

passport,

toothbrush and toothpaste, 

toilet paper,

phone and phone charger,

deck of cards,

laptop and laptop charger,

hard drive,

water bottle and food,

books, 

Tent

and a knife

If you had to leave the country, where would you go?

Syrian Project

Cuba Project

Cuba maybe considered as a poor country but it makes up for in resilience, no matter the challenge Cuba will get back up.
originally Cuba had sugarcane farms, and the members of the soviet union would pay eleven times the price for sugar, and support them with food, money, gasoline and medicine for free, but in 1989 the soviet union had fallen and could no more support Cuba.
Have you ever tried Cuban food?

Germany project

the difference between numbers and digits

what home means to me

Hi, i'm Liam, and to me home is a place where you feel safe and loved by family members and friends. Our family weekly activities include running the dogs along the beach, watching movies my favourite, sleeping. there are four members amongst our family, my mum, my step-dad, my sister and I. my favourite part of living with my family is mainly the food seeing as my mothers a chef.

In conclusion i would like to state that many people have different ethnicities  and can come from many separate homes.

Maori gods

WALT create a quality blog post for an online audience, using correct sentence punctuation.


Yellow: (Rongo-Ma-Tane) is the god of peace and happiness


Orange: (Maui) is a demi-god (not to be mistaken for a real god)of the wind and sea


Purple: (Ruaumoko) is the the god of lava and volcanoes


Red: (Tumatauenga) is the god of man and war


Light Blue: (Tawhirimatea) is the god of the wind and weather


Dark Blue: (Tangaroa) is the god of the water and the ocean

What does Respect look like

What does Respect look like?


In my perspective Respect is one of many acts of kindness in this world.

Websters dictionary defines Respect as a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
I believe many teachers throughout the globe don't get as much  respect or kindness as they deserve.
teaching can be a difficult job if not done properly and that can take strength and perseverance.

Respect can also mean giving your attention to the speaker, sitting up strait and keeping on task.

The creation story

on Monday 24th of feb huia had to recreate the creation story based on Maori beliefs. Lopala, Devlin and I have created this storyboard and told the story in our own words. making this story has helped
me with my Maori knowledge

Eeling

WALT: use correct sentence punctuation in our blog posts and comments
My favourite  thing to do at home is to eel.
 I usually will eel alone for at least one or two hours at a time in the afternoon.
Its really convenient since we live right next to the Awanui river

book reveiw

BOOK: Weird but True facts
AUTHOR: National Geographic
What Would You Rate This Book: On a scale of 1-10 this for me this book was probably was a 7 because of all of its interesting facts.

team building part 3

WALT work together as a team
on Wednesday the 5th of of February Huia did there third team building activity. we had to stand in a circle and pass the water balloon around, but every time someone catches it we all have to take a step back until the balloon breaks

Team building part 2

yesterday on Tuesday the fourth of February
Huia

Team Building

WALT work together as a team


Yesterday on Monday the third of February Huia  whanau conducted a experiment to see if we could work as a team. personally i think the experiment was a success. almost every team seemed to work as a group and not exclude anyone.
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