Financial Literacy

 For the past 2 weeks in wga, we have been looking at financial literacy. The reason why we have been looking at that is because we are starting B & E next week and we have to get ready for it. B & E is business and enterprise. We have to do some work on financial literacy. We have 3 tasks to do. We could work by ourselves or do it with a partner. I choose to do it with a partner. Here is my work and answers.

100 Word Challenge

 Today in wānanga if we have finished the on this day activity we have to do the 100-word challenge. We got two things we could choose to write about. The one I choose to write said "trust me". The other one was about hockey and I don't really like hockey. Here is the writing I did and a photo of the two choices.

It was a cold day in Masterton, everyone had their fire on and had the hot coco next to them. I wasn't inside in the warmth, I was outside trying to get a person to trust me. The reason why I was trying to get the person to trust me was because of my last name. My last name is Mather. My family has a very bad past with Masterton. No one likes my family because of it but the new generation is a lot better than our ancestors. That is the only reason why they won't be my friend. All I want them to do is trust me.

As you know my last name is Mather and you know that my family has a bad past with Masterton. My family was in high school when they came to Masterton. When my family came to Masterton no one liked them. My family "doesn't know" why no one liked them. When I got told the story of when they were there I thought it would have been about their looks. The reason I think that no one liked them because of how they look is because they looked very different from the other people back then. The real reason why people don't like them is because they are witches and wizards.

Springbok Comprehension

 Today in Nga Tangata the group I am in have to do a reading comprehension. The comprehension is about the Springbok tour. After we read the article that it came with, we have to answer some questions. Here are the answers to the questions. Another word for apartheid is separatism. The reason why they wore helmets is because the police used special long batons. I think that they were upset that they were called honourary white is because it is offensive. The game in hamilton was cancelled because there was a big group of protesters that stormed the grounds. I think that the protests were successful because the tour didn't go on. The reason why I think that the New Zealand protests helped Nelson Mandela was because he was going to be the next president.

Chili Tasting

 For the next week in science, we are learning about chili. We are also going to do a tasting on one of the days. We have to do some research about chili.

Section 1: Chili is a fruit and the chemical that makes it hot is called capsaicin. The reason that the capsaicin makes the chili hot is because triggers calcium ions to enter nearby neurons. 

Section 3: The top six hottest chilis are:

1. Carolina reaper
2. Moruga trinidad scorpion
3. 7 pop douglah 
4. Primo
5. Butch trinidad scorpion
6. Naga Viper

Section 4:The scoville chili scale is a tool for measuring the spiciness or pungency of the pepper.

Aim: 

To see which is the best way to cool down the hot chili taste in your mouth while still eating it.

Hypothesis:

I think that by using coca-cola I will be able to remove the hot chili taste from my mouth.

 Equipment:
1. Milk
2. Water
3. Coca Cola
4. Tasting Cup
5. Chili

Method:
1. You will work in groups of three for this experiment. Each person in the group will use one of the drinks with the chili. You will then swap your results in your group so that everyone has the same results.
2. Each member of the group needs to have their own tasting cup. This will be used for putting the different liquids in as we cool off the chili in our mouths.
3. Place a piece of chili in your mouth.
4. After 10 seconds you will drink the liquid that you have in your cup. As you do this you will complete a results chart.

You will be recording the following using yes or no.
- The effectiveness of the liquid immediately.
- The effectiveness of the liquid after 10 seconds.

Use the chart below to record your results.

Chilli Tasting Results

Record: Yes or No

 

	Immediately	After 5 minutes
Milk	yea	no
Water	yes	no
Coca Cola	yes	yes

Summary and Results:

Milk does take away some of the taste immediately and it didn't take away the rest of the taster after 5 minutes.
Coke took away the effect immediately for my friend and it did the same thing after 5 minutes.
Water had a small effect immediately and had a greater effect after 5 minutes.

The summary is the most effective drink to take away the taste immediately would be milk.

Conclusion:

and Milk could be a solution when eating spicy foods - literally. That's because milk helps your mouth handle capsaicin, an oily chemical compound in chili peppers. Capsaicin binds to a receptor in the tongue and creates a burning sensation...  casein protein found in milk can also bind to the capsaicin and wash it away.

Guajillo

Chili Plant

The Mirror Image - Springbok Tour

 Today in Nga Tangata the group I am in is having to read about the Springbok tour. We have to read an article about Springbok. After we read the article we have to write a paragraph about their povs and their differences and the similarity. Here is the paragraph I did.

Something similar in their povs is that they are both watch rugby. Something that is different is that one of them like rugby and the other doesn’t. Another thing that is different in their povs is that Zodaw wants the Springbok to

be beaten and Meggie is supporting the Springbok. Even though Zodaw doesn’t

like rugby she will watch that game Another thing that is a similarity is that they

both think that it is fine that people of different races play. When Zodaw is watching

the tv and sees a sign that is racist, she probably feels very sad. When Meggie goes to the stadium, she is protesting against Springbok because they only brought their

white players.

Climate Change

 Today in Nga Tangata we are looking at climate change protests that happened in New Zealand. We have to read a short article summarising the school climate protest. After we read the short article we have to watch a video. In the video, Jacinda Ardern is talking about climate change. Then after we watch the video we have to make a timeline about the protests. After making the timeline we have to define some words in your own words. 


Word meaning:

Climate change: The temperature is rising and the temperature is getting low
Campaign: Someone organizing a course of action
Demonstration:  A showing of evidence or examples 
Zero Carbon: Zero fossil fuels and chemicals

TouchPad Slides

 Today in Tuhura we are working on cyber smart. We have to make a copy of a slide show that shows us how to use our touchpad on our Chromebook. After we finished we have to do another slideshow. Here is both of the slideshow I did. 

Iraq Invades Kuwait - August 2nd

Each week in wānanga we have to do a task. The task is what happened on that day. Since today is the 2nd of August, I choose to do it when Iraq invades Kuwait. I choose to do it on canva. I decided to do presentations. I haven't done presentations before on canva. We can choose what site we do it on. I also had to do another one. Here is both of them

Maths - The board

Last week we started a biteable on some maths work we did. We have to share how we worked out the maths question on biteable. I worked with a partner because if I did it alone I would not have found it out. My partner was Alexia. Here is the biteable I made.

NZ Sign Language

 Today we are learning about New Zealand Sign Language. We have to read an article about NZ Sign Language. After we read the article we have to answer some questions. Here are the answers. NZSL became an official language in 20006. There was a need for NZSL because NZSL has a distinct vocabulary and grammar that has developed in the deaf community. Two facts about this are that 23,000 people in New Zealand have some knowledge of NZSL and only 3,000 - 4,000 of those people are deaf. Also, did you know what 5% of deaf children have deaf parents and acquire NZSL from birth as a native language. NZSL begins in Christchurch. After we answered the questions we have to learn our name in NZSL. 

It is important to have NZSL interpreters at Jacinda Arderns speeches because if deaf people are watching and they don't have the people they won't know what she is saying. Also if deaf people don't know how to put subtitles on they also won't know. One of the good things that they could lip-read but if they don't know how to lip read and they are all alone they won't know what's happening. If anyone didn't have NZSL interpreters it would be harder for deaf people to tell what's happening. 

Music

 Today in music we started doing the 1990s decade. Last week we did the 2000s decade. Each week we have to do a slide about each decade. On the slide, we have to put some popular genres and also some popular songs/artists. If we put all of them down we have to put what the fashion was like in that decade. This week we learnt how to play the recorder. We went outside with the recorders and played out there so we don't annoy the other classes as much. On Wednesday we got to go into the music room and play the recorders in there. We also got to see what a clarinet and flute looks like. We also got told what a woodwind instrument is. Here are some of the names of woodwind instruments I know of. Recorder, clarinet, flute, oboe, etc. All you need to do to play a woodwind instrument is have a steady blow and you blow into or across. Here is a video of a popular song in the 90s.

Easyio

 Yesterday in Te Ao Whanui we have to do another reading comprehension. The one we choose to do today is Easyio. Easyio is basically a way to make healthy yoghurt on your own without buying it from the shops. After you read the article it came with you have to answer some questions about it. Here are the answers.A science teacher named Len Light made Easyio. I think that they named it Easyio because it is easy to make yoghurt but I don't know why they put the io on the end of easy. Yoghurt does not remain healthy even if it's in the fridge in the supermarket is because the live bacteria culture deteriorates over time. Deteriorate means it becomes progressively worse. The steps to make yoghurt in the Easyio are to get the yoghurt powder mix with cold water in it, then fill the thermos with hot boiling water, and leave it on the bench overnight. The Easyio company was sold in 2010. After we did the questions we have to make our own brand of yoghurt. Here is my own brand of yoghurt.

Slide The Corner - Fast Finish

 Yesterday I finished doing my work for novel study. After we finish doing out work that has been assigned to us we can do fast finish. I choose to do two things for fast finish. The fast finish tasks I choose to do were to make a canva poster of an upcoming rally and research about rally history and make a poster about it. Here are the Posters.

Drama

 For the past 2 weeks we have started term 4 and we had to do drama. Since one of our teachers have gone into to maternity leave so we have a different teacher. Last week our focus was freeze frame. There were four things we were looking at in our freeze frame. The four things were gesture, layers, facial expressions spacial relationship. Last week we had to get into groups and create four freeze frames from a script we were learning. My group was with my friends Shanaya, Alexia and Casey. I think these freeze frames good because there layers are all different and they are all doing some thing different form each other. Here is a photo of some our freeze frames. 

Playing To Win - Chapter 3 - 4

 Today I read chapter 3 - 4 of Playing To Win. After we read them chapters we had to go on to the group slides and read the task. The task we to understand the characters: When we are reading a story, it is important that we understand who the characters are and what their actions show us. We looked at this a little bit last term with our Gingerbread Man lesson. What can we infer about the character, how can we describe them? Here is my doc with my work.

4 Food Groups Meal Plan

On Monday we had to make a meal plan with Vegetables + Fruit - at least 3 servings of vege and 2 servings of fruit every day 
Grain foods - 6 servings each day (check portion sizes)
Milk/Milk products - 2 servings
Legumes/Nuts/Seeds/Fish/Seafood/Eggs/Poultry/Meat etc. - 2 servings.

I found it hard to do it because the resource the teacher gave us was not helpful at all.
We are learning this so we get a health gut and food sources.

Here is my work

Breakfast	2 Weetbixs, Milk on the weetbixs,  Banana
Lunch	Nuts, 2 bread pieces strawberry
Snack	Carrots,  ¾ of pasta
Dinner	Beef, Milk, Pasta, Peas and corn
Water	How many servings per day?  2 liters/ 8 classes How do you think you could fit these in besides just at meal times?  200ml when you get up. 500ml when you are watching something . 1 liter when you are getting ready for a shower and when you're in the shower. 300ml when you go to bed.

Navigation In Space

Today the teacher gave us more question but about Navigation in space. There are some articles and videos with the questions to help use with it. Here are the answers.

1. The solar system is collection of stars with planets going around it. The Milky Way is a galaxy with planets and stars.
2. A star is a ball gas on fire. A Nebula is a lot of stars combined together with gas not in the stars.
3. A star dies because it turns into supernova and explodes.
4. There is no up and down in space.
5. You have to find the North, Sorthen, Westen and South stars.

Communication In Space

For the past week we were learning about Mars and Space communication. We had to create a animation that had answers to question we got given. The questions were:

1. What are some ways we communicate on earth? Pick 3
2. How do these forms of communication work, what do they rely on or use?
3. Why can nobody hear you shout in space? 
4. Is radio communication instant? Why/Why not? 
5. What does this mean for space missions from earth to mars?

Here is the video with the answers