Needs And Wants

Last week on friday we learnt about Needs and Wants. We had to create a DLO about it. The DLO had to show us what we need and what we want.  We had to show what needs are and what wants are. Here is my DLO.

Sphero

Today we tried something new. We did spheros. It was new for me to do because I haven't done it before and I'm not good with robots. We did it in groups and my group was with Shelby and Felicity. We had to use a app called Sphero Edu. We used drive to move it around. We had to cut out pieces of paper for the obstacles we had to go through. Here is a photo

Letter To Mars Desert Research Station

Yesterday I finished my storyteller questions. Since I finished the questions I have to do the fast finish task. The fast finish is to write a letter to the Mars Desert Research Station. Here is my letter.

Dear Mars Desert Research Station.

I think i might be good at staying there because I have a lot of good ideas and I don't talk to my family much. I'm not good a socialising but I can still talk to people and have a good conversation. I am really good at making ideas as long as other people give me something to think about. I am a bit fast so if there is en emergency happening and we need to run I could get out fast. I am good at cleaning so if I am not doing anything I could clean the place.

From Carla

Spheros On Mars

Today in science we have to answer some questions. We had to read some articles to help us answer the questions. The questions are about the Mars 2020 rover. Here are the answers.

1. The name is Atlas V/5.
2. Spirit and Curiosity are rovers on mars. Spirit is a rover on mars getting photos and even got some sighting of past water. Curiosity is a rover on mars getting photos and some samples.
3. Perseverance is now settling in for its seven-month interplanetary flight. The rover’s target: Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient crater lake and an erstwhile river delta that the rover will scour for signs of past Martian life.
4. It will have to go very slow and lightly to make it not be damaged.

StarryTeller

Today we had to read a article called Starryteller.I don't get what the story means because it seems like it has something to do with stars but there's nothing in there about stars. We had some questions to answer. Here are the answers.

Sixs people crews stay at the station for two weeks, learning what it might be like to live at the planet. they wore space suits and helmets whenever they went outside, ate dehydrated food, and communicated with the outside world by radio.

nine-to-five job. You’re there 24/7, and it’s a completely foreign environment.

I think its important for astronauts to practice in an environment like where there heading so they know what the air there is like before you go so you know what its like..

Mars Rover Explanation Writing

For the past 2 weeks we had to do a explanation writing. We had to make a plan about what we are going to write about. After we did that we got onto making it. We had to do it about Mars and its rover. Explanation writing is a piece of writing that explains something to your in a paragraph and doesn't tell you what its about it says in the writing. Here is my work.

Did you know Mars has a Rover? A rover is a robot prototype made by NASA and SpaceX. A rover takes 8 years to build. A rover goes to planets and takes samples of the land and pictures. It takes about a year for the rover to get there depending on what planet it will go to. Rovers can have new technology that won't be out in a year. Some rovers have autopilot and high tech cameras. You need more than 100 people to make one rover. One rover cost 25$ Million dollars or more to make one.

A lot of things could go wrong in the mission. They could get their coucalcion wrong on the fuel and not have enough or there is a hole in the fuel tank and all of the fuel falls out. They could go to the wrong place and get their coordinates wrong and head into a black hole. It could go to fast and explode but if it has an escape pod the rover could go in that and make its way to the spacecraft in space. The escape pod could land in the city and make you feel more sick and sore from the hard landing.

Kāhui Art

Today in Wānanga we had to create a art piece of our kahui bird and it has to represent our school Hornby High. The hole year 7-9 could enter and one person from each year level could get a cafe voucher or Hud voucher. I did my art about Tīeke because its my Kāhui. The bird was standing on a branch and was holding the school logo in its mouth. I used a reference to make my art. Here is the reference I used.