Hong Kong Stem Challenge

Hong kong Stem Challenge  

6 x long sticks

1 x  wooden square

2 x pipe cleaners

2 x straws

1 x 1m ruler

11 x plastic cubes

1 x bunch of popsicle sticks

4 x wooden small flat pieces  

Stem Challenge #1

In the experiment we had to build a structure that was tall and we had to put the equiptment together to make it balance by itself. The thing I think I did well was sharing my knowledge on how to build the structure , it was so hard the block underneath was making it fall. So my teammates worked as a team and we got it to balance correctly, we got it finish in time. We tried our best to balance it but it kept on falling off...but we got there because we had one person to hold the base and two people to put the equipment on the structure and it didnt fall..it worked!! We were all happy.

Stem Challenge #2

This is round 2 it was really hard because we had to make a building with sides

sticking out. We tried our best and I think my teammates done well what we have here.

Its looks meese but we done a good job on it, and we worked really hard on it. So we had to biuld a structure so the sides could stick out. This was really hard. We had a smart girl Memphis and she had ideas and we followed her lead.

Stem Challenge #3

This was our last challenge, we had to build the tallest structure by using the eqiupment. We all had some good thoughts and when we build the structure we new what it will look like and it did, we had to put the Long wooden sticks on the blocks so it can stand tall and balance, but it kept on falling down, we tried our best and we made it tall, and my teacher was proud of us.

Kia orana Ms Rolton,

I want to comment on your beautiful post, poems are so lovely your one is really amazing.  I think your one is really amazing, the sentence that says “ Fielders sprinting for the catch “ I had that, when I went to catch the ball I tripped and I fell. My cousin laughed  and I said “ I will tell “ he said fine I won’t laugh. That was a lovely poem, I am interested in your poems.

Kind regards

Navarone

http://rangikura-sb-navarone.blogspot.co.nz/

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coding certificate

Coding certificate

This is my certificate on course one on coding that I have achieved.   

Tessellation

Tessellation

Definition of tessellation: A pattern made of identical shapes: • the shapes must fit together without any gaps • the shapes should not overlap Example look on your right to see the Tessellation

Vocab Polygon = means a shape Vertice = it’s a corner Angle =the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Regular Polygon The polygon is flat, on both sides it has straight lines. Example: a triangle is flat like a polygon.	Irregular Polygon There is a regular and irregular polygons. The angle of the Irregular are equal.
Salzman, L., (1990).  Cool Tessellations.  Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!  P6-7)

Reference List:
Definition of tessellation:	https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/tessellation.html
Example tessellation	http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/discussions/SymmetryInTessellati/

Matariki reflection

Matariki is a time reflection. Yesterday with whaea Toni we took the time to reflect on our year and set a new goal. Here is the goal I set:                                                                                                   

                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                

We made a Matariki star. We used our algebraic thinking. 

                                We had a pattern to follow :                                                                                               

                                           1,2 and down

                                              1 and up.

                     we repeated this pattern until we got the star. 

Manu Tukutuku

Manu Tukutuku

This is our Manu Tukutuku, I had help from my friends to do this, I didn’t know what  to do so a girl called Manusina came along and help us, she asked us first if it was ok if she could help us, we said yes so we worked as a team. One  thing I was good at was learning from manusina how to do criss crossing  with the wool and I got the hang of it, it was really cool so I said thank you.

We done this for the Matariki celebration because it is a celebration. What Matariki means is the 7 sisters, they are all in a story the same story, these men found  these beautiful ladies and they were the 7 sisters and they saw them and went out with them, this one man did not like  the 7 sisters he thought they were evil, but the men did not care and they didn’t believe in him, so they went out with the 7  sisters. One day the 7 sisters had a plan  to kill  the men,and they  were  really skinny and you could  see their bones. The seven sisters turned into birds. They  got caught and got took away by the chief, he turned into a bird and he took the seven sisters  in outer space and became Matariki.

This is what you need to make your manu tukutuku, you will need toetoe, it is a type of plant,( stiff plant) you will need wool, any colour, only 2 colours, then you need to measure the length, the length is 100 cm so that is the ruler you need. You will also need flax to put on the kite because the wool you are gonna put on the three sticks is gonna make it tight, the wool will hold on to the kite so the flax never falls down, when you are making the kite you will need to make the wool really tight so the three stick’s hold on, tie them into a big note so it’s tight. My friend patrick had to draw a picture of his whānau/family, then he had to use a glue gun to stick it on and he had to use it the same as the wool,then the glue had to dry.

Martariki...

This is what I have been learning in my group martarik. Here is a picture I drew to  share my understanding.

Here is my taiaha In English it means a long wooden weapon, this is what Maori people use