Tech Reflection | Science | STEAM

 LI: To understand and identify the meaning of science with Mrs Sharma. 

This week the Yr 7&8's in LS2 had a new Tech rotation. The year 8's had Food Tech with Mrs Heka and the Yr 7's had Science (STEAM) with Mrs Sharma. Mrs Sharma was our Tech teacher for this term. We started by receiving a project book each. In our project book we wrote down what we were learning and what was happening during the session. 

We started off the session by introducing ourselves to Mrs Sharma. The topic of this week was 'being a scientist'. Mrs Sharma then showed us some science equiptment thats used during testing or in a science lab. There were some equiptment we knew and did not know. Mrs Sharma told us about what the equiptment were and what they are used for. Some of the science equiptment she showed us were; funnel, bunsen burner, test tubes etc. We wrote down the science equiptment we learnt in our project books. 

After that we had some time to think about some words we thought of when we hear science. Everybody participated and wrote down what they think relate to science on the board. Some words in the list were Biology, Physics and Chemistry. Those 3 words are also known as the 3 main areas of science. Each scientist studies at least one of those areas. The words we wrote down on the board also were written in our project books. 

While talking to the people around us we found out answers to 3 questions. They were; 

What is a scientist? 

What do scientists do? 

Have you ever thought about being a scientist? If so, what area in science would you study?

We had an activity to finish off our session. Using an A3 paper folded into quaters we did our activity on it. On the top left quartile we wrote down some more words we think of when we hear science. On the bottome left quartile we drew sketches of what we think of when we hear science. On the top right corner we wrote down the area of subject we'd study if we were a scientist and a question. The area I chose was biology, my question I asked was 'who found out that the sun was the source of light?'. Lastly on the bottom right corner we cut out an image and sticked it on the quartile and wrote down what was the science in the image. 

Duffy Books In Schools

This week each class in Panmure Bridge School got given Duffy books that were chosen from each student. I have been excitingly waiting to recieve the books I have chosen. The books I have chosen are called 'Chinatown Girl' and 'Amulet: Book Seven'. I would like to thank Duffy and the scholastic company for giving students at my school the chance to open a world of possible. The Duffy books we receive give the students a chance to find an inspiration while reading. I have read 6 series of all the Amulet books and I am very excited to find out what happens next in book 7.  I also have 2 books of 'My New Zealand Story' collection and am excited to have a third book from the series. 

Natural Disaster Q2 | Tsunami

 LI: to identify the evacuating instructions during a tsunami. 

                       

In this DLO I have answered the second question. This question was based of what to do when you see the signs of a tsunami. If you see the warning signs of a tsunami you and your family should evacuate immediately to high ground, if there is no high ground near that move as afar in land as possible. Tsunami's are usually caused by earthquakes or a sudden movement in the ocean floor. Using an image from the civil defence site it comes with a phrase 'If an earthquake is long or strong, get gone'. It basically means, if there has been a strong or long earthquake in the area then get gone as quickly as possible. 

Vincent van Gogh Timeline

LI: To create a timeline to show the life of Vincent van Gogh. 

This week in groups of 3-4 we created a timeline using Padlet explaining the life of Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh is a dutch artists that created paintings called 'Still life'. Still life is capturing a moment in time by painting it. We collaborated together to complete this task, the people in my group were Juel, Sulia and Heavenly. We all found out interesting facts and things about Vincent van Gogh. The thing that I found interesting was that out of a strong love for his girlfriend he cut of a part of his ear, because it is not very often someone cuts of part of his ear for a reason like that. During his lifetime he made over 800 paintings and 1,100 sketchings. His very first painting was called 'The potato eaters'. 

Natural Disaster Research Q1 | Tsunami

LI: To identify the warning signs of a tsunami. 

                         

Last week during L3 distance learning our topic for reading was Natural Disasters. We researched a natural disaster of our choice, I chose 'tsunami'. I created 3 DLO's all answering 1 of 3 questions. In this DLO the question I answered was "What are the warning signs of a Tsunami?". To answer the question I used my smart researching and used the New Zealand Civil Defence site. On the Civil Defence site there were options that I could choose. One of those options were "History of events". This option gave me information about the history of tsunami events around New Zealand. I used one of those events in my DLO. 

Fitness Challenge

 LI: To create a fitness challenge that can help challenge yourself and also others. 

This week LS2 has been given a challenge to create our own fitness challenge for ourselves and others. I decided to do a short excercise. In my challenge it consists of 3 easy excercises, Squats, Jumping Jacks and Push Ups. In the DLO's above, one DLO shows the goal of the excercises and the other DLO is a video demonstrating how to do the excercise. The part of the first DLO that says 'click me' leads to the second DLO with the demonstration. 

Mary Anning | Geology

  LI: To use smart searching skills to find out about a geologist from the past who made an important contribution to geology. 

Today Sulia, Sakshi and I worked together to create a presentation on Mary Anning who is a very famous geologist. To complete this task we first talked to each other through a video call so we could easily discuss our ideas. Once we had collected information about his journey, occupation, achievements and facts we added all of it into a google slide. In the end we created a slide showcasing the questions we used to guide our research. We found interesting that Mary Anning was called the "Women of Science" because she had found many discoveries and inventions that was very useful at that time. We really enjoyed working together as we could talk to each other and share our ideas concerning this topic as well as got a chance to work as a team.