Natural Disaster Research

This afternoon we were researching about Natural Disasters and different facts about them like What is a natural disaster, how do natural disasters happen, where do natural disasters happen / why do they happen in different places, why do natural disasters happen and who is affected by natural disasters. The question that I decided to  research about was " What is a natural disaster " . 

From my research I have found out that a natural disaster in my own words is  something that happens naturally that can harm huge amounts of people and animals. This is my definition of an natural disaster because when they usually happen they tend to hurt huge amounts of people not only physically but emotionally to. People can be hurt physically by natural disasters when they are in the middle of an Earthquake, they could fall through cracks in the earth or something harmful could fall on them. People can be hurt emotionally by natural disaster by losing someone they love to and Earthquake, Tsunami, Avalanche or a Landslide and lots of other natural disasters.

According to what google said about what a natural disaster is it is a " Natural event like a Flood, Earthquake or a Hurricane that causes damage or loss of life " to me this means that a natural disaster is a event that happens naturally that cause damage or or loss of life.

E-asttle Maths

This Morning we did a E-asttle Maths test to show our teachers where we are at in Maths and to show what we already know. At the beginning of the test there were alot of pretty easy questions to answer, I'd say questions one to twelve were pretty easy to answer but then from there on out it started to get a whole lot harder. One question that I found pretty easy was the very first question that we had to answer I can't remember what it was I just know that I found it very easy to answer. A question that I found very challenging to answer was " Y= 2x ". I found this question very challenging to answer because I didn't know how Y equalled 2x, but after about a good ten minutes of trying to get an answer I ended up choosing an answer that looked right to me.

Something that I found out by taking this test was that I need to work on my fractions and percentages because when it came to the questions that involved these things I got very stuck and it took me a lot of time to try and think of an answer. I think that one way  I can work on improving on these two things is by trying to earn them not just inside of school hours but outside of school hours, I could get help by my friends, family and Teachers.
              

My first blog reflection for Term 3 2018

WALT : Make Goals for Term 3 and Reflect about what we did in the Holidays.

In the school holidays I didn't do much fun things with my family 
members because they all had work and some of them just wanted to spend time with their friends. But I did get to spend time with one of my older cousins, we decided to go out one day and just see what happens. The very first thing that we did was go to Burger King to eat and play basketball,  after about two or three hours we decided to stay because we were having a lot off playing with other people in the community and spending time with each other, but by the time that we realized we were having more fun than we  expected it was forus to go home.

One thing that I am excited about this term is Boxing. I am excited about this because it is our Kiwi Sport and because it is the first time our school is doing boxing for our Kiwi Sport. I think that it is a fun thing to have as a Kiwi Sport because we will all be learning new things about boxing and we might learn new things about it that some people didn't know.  I am excited to do boxing because I dont know much about boxing and because I think that it will be a fun sport for me and my friends to do throughout the Term.

The main thing that I want to be working on this term is my Division and Multiplication in maths. I want to work on these two main things because I am not very good at either of them, and I know that if I am confident in using them they can help me with my everyday life. One way of how I could work on these  two things is by trying to make time to learn them to the best Ican, And I can get help by my teachers and Family.

What I have learnt this Term about Earth and Beyond

This term we have been learning a lot about our inquiry topic Earth and beyond , I have learnt a lot of things this term like ... 

What have  I learnt so far ?? And what new knowledge have I learnt ??

I Have learnt a lot of things about our Galaxy and lots about the stars, planets, comets and other things in  our galaxy like …

1. Comets got their name from Aristotle
2. People believe that in the center of our Galaxy there is a giant black hole
3. And that the stars that we see at night are most likely giant blue stars three times the size of our sun
4. That there are three different types of star red dwarf star, yellow medium stars and giant blue stars
5. That our galaxy is believed to have eaten smaller galaxies inits past years of existing life span
6. That black hole are created when I star dies/ before a star dies there is a tiny virus inside of them that starts to eat away at the remaining mass that the star has left and before the star even knows what's happening to it, it explodes into comets, black holes or supernova’s
7. That if two black holes cross paths they will battle pushing the other one of and the bigger the black hole the greater the black hole

What is interesting about this topic ??

I think that this topic is very interesting because there are a lot of things that you get to find out about the galaxy and the other planets and comets that it  brings along with it. I also think that this is a interesting topic because I got to learn where the “ Milky way “ got its name from ( Hera - a Greek Goddess ) Greek people in that era believed that she spilt milk across the sky wichis why they gave the Galaxy the name “ Galaxais Kyklos “ or road of milky.

What have I found challenging about this topic ??

I have found a lot of things about this topic very challenging because it was hard totryand find different information about the Milky Way and actually understand people gave the Galaxy the name Milky Way.

Ako Evening

Last night was one of the most important nights of this term, because it our Ako Evening. Our Ako Evening because it is a time for us to share our learning from this term to our friends but also to our family.  I think that this is an very important event because it gets to show our family and friends what new knowledge that we have and show them some of the things that we have created. The topic that we had this term was Earth and Beyond ... I think that this was very fun topics to learn about for the term because I got to learn lots of new things about outer space and other things to do with it like gravity and about our galaxy. Two things that I really enjoyed learning about was about gravity and stars I think that I enjoyed learning about these two things because I learnt that stars are actually way bigger than we think they are and that gravity is an very important thing. 

What I have learnt about stars is that stars actually have three different types of  stars there are blue ones - ( which are the really big ones and are really hot ) , Yellow stars - ( they are smaller than blue stars and do not shine as  bright) and Red stars - (they are usually the smallest stars like our sun and do not burn as hot as yellow and blue stars) . 

I have learn that gravity plays a big part in helping us stay on the Earth and not floating up into space. It also helps to keep everything that we see around us on the ground andalso not floating up  into space it, in away it also keeps things in check everything that is falling falls at the same speed they do not fall faster than  one another and they all pick up speed as they fall.

Visual Art Reflection

I created a simple drawing , that represents a small part of me and what I have learnt about night and day.

The I learned was/were how night and day happens.

A challenge I had was trying to make everything come together . It was challenging because I had to fitin a piece that represents me and a piece of something to  show what I have learnt .

If I did this project again, I would change is the little tentacles at the bottom left , because I don’t like it now seeing how it turned out and change them to more roses because I think that more roses wouldve been better.

I think the colour scheme worked well because seeing it now I am happy with the way that they all stand out together and nothing is brighter than the other they are all  got the same kind of colours in them all.

Things that went well with my drawing were the first rose that had a stem and the giant colour ball in the middle of the page with a flower.

I think that the rose with a stem went well because it has  a lot of different colors blended into it which makes it stand out a bit more than the second rose branching of out of it. I think that the big bright ball in the middle of the page went well because it's one of the things that stand out the most because it's like the centerpiece of my artwork.

Matariki Investigation

This week we have been researching about Matariki, and we all got put into groups to research about a certain topic that we are given when we were put into our groups. The topic that I have been tasked with researching about with a group of friends is .... What is Matariki ?? And why is it important ?? So far in my group we have researched about our topic and have got a good idea of what Matariki is and why it is important we have also got some extra information from researching and reading about it. A couple of things that I have learnt from this topic is that it is a time to spend with family, share stories and remember people that you have lost in the passing year. I also learnt that each of the Matariki stars have different tasks and different qualities that they share with the rest of their family and with the rest of the world.