Integers Game~ Maths

 

Today in maths we were learning about multiplying and dividing integers. One of our tasks was to try and play a math game. It was pretty fun and easy :)) The game link is there if you want to play. 

Game Link:

Project,, Maybury Royale,, Team DonkCorn

Hello people who still read my blog post. So yes, recently I have started high school and

I have been put in a class known as Akomanga Kaihanga. We are a project based learning class that

does many different unique things. We take information from the community and put it into action. 

My group, Team DonkCorn, consists of the members Maya, Kingston, Jaylim, Tata, Poiva and I(Mafi).

Just like every other group we have a project idea, and it is a support system for family issues.

We didn’t necessarily say family violence as itself alone yet family issues.

Family issues can be violence, drug abuse and many more, basically anything that affects the family’s

relationships or bond.

What we hope to get out of this project are the community’s opinion, to gather and make the community

stronger, and for fun events for kids to enjoy. 

So yes we have reached the end, if you have any requirements or any interest in supporting, funding or

attending the event, please reach out to me or comment down below. 

Thank you :))

-DonkCorn

Maya's Blog 

Kingston's Blog

Tata's Blog

Poiva's Blog

Nevaeh's Blog

Jaylim's Blog

Equal pay for equal work(SLJ teaser week)

In my opinion I personally think they both deserve the same amount of money and support for many reasons. The Black Ferns - New Zealand women team - have far more power and influence in 15-aside rugby than the men. They have already won five World Cups compared to the All Blacks' three', but they lag far behind in both profile and pay. They are barely recognized because the media intentionally decides to not televise or show any of their games and interviews. Which I find very very biased, if you feel just as bad it could help if you too support The Black Ferns. Thank you :))

Black Ferns

Task: For this activity, please think about this issue of the gender pay gap carefully. It is quite controversial (some people agree with it and some people disagree with it).

On your blog, tell us what you think. Is it fair? Why or why not? Be sure to explain exactly why you feel the way that you do.

Teaser for Summer Learning Journey #1

Today was the start of teasers for the Summer Learning Journey. Our task today was to create an infographic based on Lorde. I personally enjoyed this task because I let my creativity run wild. Overall it was pretty easy and very fun.

Evaluation For My Project - Technology Wood

*Very Long Blog Post*

Question 1: How well did I do in completing all of the things that I needed to do for this project?
 Answer: Not trying to complement myself, but I would have to say I did pretty well. I did well with the visuals, but I can't say that about the measurements. I did as best as I could but it could have been better. It is something I can continue to work on. Overall I think I did okay :))

Question 2: The design ideas? And Final Choice? 

Answer: So before we handle wood, we needed at least 8 possible ideas to choose from. I couldn't bother(which is wrong) to even have 8 design ideas, but I still managed to get 5. After 2-3 weeks, it was time to choose a design, I then went ahead and choose a piano for a gift.

Question 3: The Working Drawing? 

Answer: So after I chose my design, I needed to create a working drawing. Why? It's to show that it is possible and I have a plan before I start. So considering a piano was a well known design chosen amongst students, there was already a design working on the wall. So I copied that and my Working Drawing was done. The Process Of My Design  

Question 4: The Marking Out?

Answer: I used a ruler and pencil to mark out the lines. The whole point of this process is basically to create a joint as it was a main focus of making our project. Our next step is to saw, so marking out the lines is a guidance to saw as in cut straight.

Question 5: The Sawing?

Answer: Like I stated in the previous paragraph, sawing is needed. The whole point of the lines is to saw correctly and straight. It is very important to saw correctly as it is a danger hazard to be swinging it around. It is also very important to saw straight as you want your joint to be strong and stable. Sawing also makes your chiselling life easier 

Question 6: The Chiselling? 

Answer: As I link from paragraph to paragraph, YES it is true sawing helps you to chisel the wood. How? After marking out the lines and sawing them, it basically is the road to start chiseling out. A proper way to chisel is by taking little hits with a wooden mullet(tool) or a little and rough push at the end of a chisel. A tip: Also if you are chiselling, do not chisel down it could ruin your entire wood/work

Example of how a chisel works!

Question 7: The Assembly? 

Answer: The Process Of My Design │After doing the first few steps, I needed all my parts to then assemble it - as in project. So after all of these steps, I have two chiseled out joints, and a piece of wood that should come out of 320 cm of wood. Now to assemble, you put the piece of wood horizontally in between the two chiseled joints, when completed glue is needed to hold the wood together. It is then needed to dry

Question 8: Looking At What I Have Produced? Does It Work? Does It Look Good?

After completing all these steps, my project turned out fine just my measurements were not really the best. It does work, for its purpose. It is supposed to be a piano with a box inside it to hold little objects. It looks pretty good by itself, but if I keep working on its visuals it would look even better and more attractive 

Question 9: If I could/were?

If I could redo the project it would be to pay more attention and focus. My project turned out well but my measurements are something I can work on by far. They were a little bit off, and crooked :) If I could change something about it? Like I said for the billionth time it would be the measurements, and to draw/cut the lines more straight. 

Thank you for reading this very long blog post ! 

Mental Math

This morning I completed a daily test of "Mental Math ". This site is suppose to time us on how well we can answer questions based on speed.

Revision ~

Today I did a maths task, and I really did find it a little bit difficult considering it was division with decimals.  I could improve by practicing a lot and revisiting the site.  

Revision ~

10 Seconds of Math~

Today I tried out a new math site, it testes you to see how fast you can answer the question and YES you do recieve a time limit. This site helps you to think fast in order to also react fast to the questions. If you need a challenge for any of the order operations this site is for you.

10 Seconds Of Math

Khan Academy

Today as a for maths I played Khan Academy.  Khan Academy is a educational site that help people or students improve in their learning areas. My teacher assigns task for each group, so by finishing it another task is done. Highly recommended to sign up to this site :)

Khan Academy ~

The Process For My Design (Technology Wood)

*As I continue to work on my project steps will be updated daily* 

Tools that were needed:

Steel rule

Tri-square

Mallet

Marking gauge

Wood chisel

Claw hammer

Backed saw

Bench hook

The Process :

Step 1: I used a ruler and pencil to make a full size working drawing of my project because it shows that -my project is possible. 

Step 2: I used a ruler and pencil to copy measurements from my drawing onto the wood

Step 3: I marked a square line at (90°) across and down the sides using a tri-square 

Step 4: I cut off the first piece of wood using a backed saw

Step 5: I then marked out the joint using a ruler

Step 6:I then used a chisel, and chiseled the access wood out 

Step 7:  Considering my project was a piano I must repeat these entire steps on another piece of wood that is also 160°

Step 8: I should then ask for another wood that measures 160 °for the middle

Step 9: My project turned out to be loose, so glue and elastic rubber bands was needed to hold my project together as it dried

Step 10: After letting it set, a wood used as a backboard for the piano was added, I am now waiting for the glue to dry

Step 11: My technology teacher, now then cut another thin piece of wood. Its purpose is to create a box with my project, so it has a purpose, and that is to hold little items

Step 12: I then lined out the piano keys with a thin piece of wood and a black marker. This is for the piano keys

Step 13: I then needed a lid. I walked back a forth with my Wood Tech teacher to create a "lid" for the box/piano. Like I stated the object needs a purpose :)  

Step 14: I have 1-2 weeks left to complete my project which I would I have to say is nearly done, I don't really know, but I guess I only need to continuing to make it look really good. 

Word Whiz

Today as a task for reading, we had to find words we didn't understand or know, we also had to write the definition, sunomes and a sentence with the word. I felt like this was a fun way to learn and improve in our vocab. I also didn't quite finish yet :)

New Vocab DLO

Today I created a DLO based off new words/vocab we learn in class. We recently had  mystery solving so as a different task Miss D asked us to create a DLO for it. As usual we had to find a definition, and use it in a sentence. I understood all these words but had to consider that these will be best used in test or writing in general.

Collaborative Problem Solving DLO

Today I created a DLO with a couple of friends. As reading we had mystery solving, it was my favorite task and I indeed had fun. It was really fun to detect and read carefully between the lines. What I had fun with the most was working with friends. If I had to improve it would to be trying more advance text or problems. Overall this was great fun :)

Collaborative Mystery Solving

WALT:Work collaboratively to solve a mystery

Today in class we had to work collaboratively meaning in groups. I was in a group with 3 good friends of mines, and solved all together. It was great fun considering we could suspect who did the crime. After That we created a DLO, with all 4 suspects to decide whether they were innocent or not. The entire reason of the crime was the sneaky butler. I found this task very easy and fun. If I could improve it would to move on and try more difficult mysteries. 

Our DLO~

Technology Class/ Wood

In wood technology, one of our tasks are to choose a design. As a design I chose a piano, because it would be considered for many things such as a gift, to store stuff, and for inspiration. To make my design I need to note that it should be or have correct measurements, also look good. 

What's In Our Blood DLO

Today my friend(Glaysia)and I created a DLO based off our science topic. Our topic was about what was in our blood, which was very fun. We found out that blood also carries red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets. After learning so much we had to create DLO to show what we have learning for the past 4 weeks. 
What's In Our Blood? DLO

Equivalent Ratios

I completed playing a game based off Equivalent Ratios, and I found it easy. Why did I find it easy? I found a task like this easy because we(group 1) has already learnt this strategy in the past. I also found this task easy because I have experienced playing. 

Equivalent Ratios !

Sewing Class 2019 Last Day!!!!

Today, as our last day my class cooked. We finished all our cushions in time, so as a reward we got to cook. My class could work on listening, because they didn't today. As a wrap up of sewing class I finished a Evaluation, Or Reflection on what I have been doing in this class for the past 1 month and 2 weeks. Thank You Mrs. Tuipulotu

Khan Academy~

Today, I tried out a very educational site. This site is basically where you sign up or login and choose your year level. You also get to choose what you would like to improve or learn about. I really enjoy this site because it is trying to help, yet also give very motivation sayings. I found this task very easy and fun because it gives a walkthrough to the questions you are not familiar with. 

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Khan Academy~

Equivalent Ratios~

As task I tried out a game, based off Equivalent Ratios which in a case I found easy. I found this task easy because we have recently learning about equivalent fractions. If I could improve I would press the timed mode for a challenge.

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Equivalent Ratios