Curiosity at the Museum

 

On Thursday 7th August, the senior school of Panmure Bridge School went to the New Zealand museum on a bus. It was a cloudy day when we left but when we arrived, it was raining.  

 

First we lined  up in the group and headed inside the museum and sat down. We were told the rules and had to follow the simple instructions. The people with bags with their lunch and 2 other peoples lunch had to take it out so their buddies could eat. We arrived around 11am so everybody was up and ready to explore. 

 

Then, we all got up and proceeded to go to the “Weird and Wonderful gallery”. It was super fun and had fossils like a whale skeleton and the great white shark’s teeth. There were also insects that were taxidermy but so cool to see other insects. For example, Tarantula, Dragonfly, and also birds. I found it super cool that we could see them close up. It was also interesting that they had an ipad so you can create your own butterfly. While my group was exploring on that side, I looked on the other side and looked at a weird black small cube that I could look through with a microscope.   

 

After that, we went to the volcano room. There, we sat down and the room was dark with bright red lights. They were teaching us about the types of volcanoes and were explaining about rocks that are made during volcanoes such as scoria, basalt, obsidian, lava bomb, and pumice. Did you know Rangi toto is the youngest but also the biggest? It’s actually 600 years old. Afterwards, we played a game to see what items are important and one of the groups got the cat food with no cat. After all of that, we had lunch.

 

Fourthly, we went to the Imaginarium gallery. It was  super cool, it had items and little jars with the sands of loads of different beaches around the world. We didn’t stay there long but there were stuffed  animals which are called “taxidermy”.

Next, we went to the Origin gallery, there was a Moa skeleton and big dinosaurs. Did you know that the Moa leg is the size of a 5’2 girl? . We had so much fun and saw lots of birds including an owl and parrot. I found out that the eagle that killed the moa was called “The Haast’s eagle”. I also saw lots of dinosaur fossils and saw lots of interesting things. There was also an elephant named “Rajah” in the gallery. He was special because he was a male elephant,  he was acquired by the Auckland Zoo in 1930 before being shot in 1936.

Finally we left and were transported back on the bus.

Social Science

This week we had to reseach about time and use a google draw to make a tool that was used to find out time in the old days. My partner was Amarley, we made a sundial and first, we started on the circle. I did the lines and the shadow. She did the bold and big lines. Finally when everything was finished, we sent it in and added how sundial works.

What is a haiku poem?

Haiku Poem
LI: To write a Haiku Poem about a topic/object of your choice

An Haiku poem is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. It can be written to describe a particular or object
How do I write a Haiku poem?
Title
Line 1 = 5 syllables
Line 2 = 7 syllables
Line 3 = 5 syllables

Look at the example below.

What punctuation can you see?
Can you count the syllables in each word?
Season Weather

 

 

 

 

Leaves fall, winds whisper,

Raindrops kiss the quiet earth,

Spring waits, soft and near.

List some adjectives that describe your topic or object

 

Cold
Sunny
Rainy
Stormy
Blooming
Frosty
Breezy
Golden
Crisp

List some verbs to do with your topic or object

Change
Fall
Convert
Transform
Mutate

 

Rangi and Papa

This week I had to create a google drawing about rangi and papa.

First, I read the task and created a google drawing by going to drive, pressed on new, the google drawing.

I put the google drawing into my inquiry folder and started to make the picture.

Then, I started with Rangi, the earth mother. I shaded her beautiful green hair and did her body.

Next, I continued with Papa, the sky father. I did exactly the same but different shades and colors.

Finally I Embed this to edublogs and blogged my work.

Spacilioushicbeep

 

Friendly Alien Profile:  Spacilishiousbeep

 

Alien’s Name: Spacilioushicbeep

Favorite Color: Beige

Favorite Food: Meteoroids        

Mode of Transport: Shark tutu

Fun Fact: my poops are rainbow

Special Talent: I can shoot water and fire out from my hands depending on my mood

Hobbies: Finding butterflies, playing with the spaceship, and likes to make hambhorsebugers

 

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This week for cybersmart, we made a alien using AI and adobe express.

First we genarated with our words and the key word is friendly. This activity was fun and intresting. I enjoyed making the horse/pony. Spacilioushicbeep was super happy because they finally got to travel around the galaxy.