Category: Hanga | Create

Dinosaur Eggs

LI: To understand how scientists know so much about dinosaurs. 

Our challenge was to create a Google Draw that shows clearly labelled examples of each fossil type. Me and my patren work together to make this egg, the ingerisedsns we used were salt, water, flower and our dinosaur, Its was really fun doing it because after we made it we put it on our window seal and made sure it was dry. After some weeks, we cracked it open, But first we went outside and put it in some dirt thinking like it was there for ages, we took some photos with it. We came upstairs and we cracked it open we made a mess but it was ok cause it was in a box. After we used Adobe express to generate a old picture using it, we used our ideas to add on our egg. Something I found interesting was that we got to learn about dinosaurs and create it.

 

Mary Anning

Before we took part in our own dinosaur dig LS2 were challenged to capture the story behind Mary Anning, a pioneering fossil hunter and paleontologist during the early 19th century. Something I learnt was that Mary Anning was the first to complete the skeleton of a Plesiosaurus and an Ichthyosaurus , she was 23 years old when she discovered the Plesiosaurus and 12 years old for Ichthyosaurus.

Fossils

Way back in the days, there were dinosaurs in the world, and they all went extinct due to a meteor shower. Now there are people who are called Palaeontologistsand what they do is study fossils and see how history was in the dinosaur age. We created a DLO explaining what a fossil is and the two types of fossils, which are Body Fossil and Trace fossil. A Trace Fossil is a Trace the dinosaur left behind for example,  Footprints, nests, and feeding traces. A Body Fossil is a preserved part of an dinosaurs body like, head, legs and arms. I found this fun to do because I also got to learn so much about both fossils.

Paleontologist

This week in Inquiry LS2 have been learning about Fossils and Dinosaurs and we started off by learning what a Paleontologist is and what they do. We then got into groups of 2-4 and got a big piece of scrap paper and a vivid each and then our Teacher put a video and while we were watching it we would also e taking notes and writing them down on the scrap paper with our vivids and when we were done our Teacher asked two questions which were “What is a Paleontologist?” and “What do hey do?” and we were given a bit of time to think and write it down and then we were then given our task which was to write a 50 word statement that explained what they are and what they do. And something I found fun was the collaboration we used to write it and the focus we all put in it.

Mt Vesuvius Cinquain Poem

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

We have been exploring cinquain poems. A conquain poem. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes. Something I found interesting about this was that we can make a unqie story just by using some of these powerful words.

Matariki

LI: Identify Matariki as the Māori New Year and explain its cultural importance.

To explore Matariki we worked collaboratively to complete a series of challenges. 

Something I learnt about Matariki was that it is a time for people to come together as one big whanua, It is a time to remember the people who have lost their lives and about making your wishes apon Hiwa-Te-Rangi, which is the youngest star that represents wishes and aspirations. My favourite challenge was to create a star that symbolises the Matariki cluster because it shows my creativity.

Mt Whakaari/White Island

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

Our challenge was to use our smart searching skills to research about the volcano we chose, The options were Mt Tarawera and Mt Whakaari/White Island, Then we added interesting fun facts about the impact of the volcanic eruption. We could choose from Mt Whakaari, and we found out that Whakaari white island erupted in 2019 which was seven years ago this volcano was also one of New Zealands active volcano. I found this task very fun and interesting my knowledge because i now what types of volcanoes there are and how or when they erupted which is amazing this is good because we are also learning the new zealand history about volcanos.

 

Form Data Analysis Poster

For Maths, LS2 did a servey on why we don’t come to school, And we used the data we got from it to create a bar graph that shows all of the reasons and amount of students that chose the reason and created a DLO explaining it. For the most common rating sickness is the most preferred option. We also had a conversation about how to prevent it and the negative effects behind for not coming to school. For example one of way you could prevent from it is sleeping early. Because it could support you and your brain. I found this interesting because of how much fun it was to learn about bar graphs and the reasons that the amount of students had chosen for why LS2 have not been able to come to school on time.

Volcano Animation

For Inquiry, Our class was to get into groups of 4 or in pairs and create a google slides of an animation that show how a volcano eruptes and becomes dormant, we also had to use our smart searching skills to find out more about how it erupts,  It was really fun to create and something I found interesting was learning how to make the animation and making precise desions by working together as a group to make it all come together.

Researching Four Types Of Volcanoes

Our task was too get into a group of 3-4 people to collaborate with and to use our smart searching skill to research out the four different types of volcanoes  Shield, Caldera, Cone and Dome, Shield is the type of volcanoe that takes the shape of a shield therefore giving its name “shield” The Caldera volcano  was one of the other volcanoes that has collapsed in itself from recently erupting. The Cone volcano has the shape of cones when the hot magma spews up into the surface turning into lava. The Dome volcano  are shaped like a hill or a big lump ,They are formed when thick, sticky lava oozes out a volcano vent. This lava is so thick that it doesn’t flow very far, so it piles up around the vent creating a Dome shape. What an interesting and fun thing for me about this task is tha I get to share and collaborate with my group and to share ideas to help research about these four types of volcanoes and how they are different along with there different shape.