Tech

This week it is our last rotation at tech. The year 8B had Mrs Feguson and are creating Clocks for a special someone. I have created a clock for my mum because I think that she really deserves it because she is always working hard. I wanted to design my clock the Fiji flag because that is my background. There were many diferent clocks like a bird, cat and more. There were a variety of designs too. A big thank you to Mrs Ferguson for teaching us how to create our clocks.

Stardome

Last Night the year 8 got a special opportunity to go and see the night show at Stardome Observatory. It was a amazing night. Tobias was showcasing us all about the stars. There are plenty of stars in the night time but in the morning there is only one star which is the Sun. The stars also have constellations and there is about 88 costellations in the world. Two constellations that are close to Jupitar and Saturn are a Scorpion and a Man - Horse.  The Scorpian is closest to Jupitar and the Man-Horse is closest to Saturn. I've learnt that Jupitar has altogether 98 moons and that Saturn's rings are made out of Dust and ice.

Information Report - Penguins

Penguins

Penguins, they are cute and chubby animals. They have white bellies and dark black backs. They have large heads but short necks. Although their skin looks like fur they are actually feathers. There are 17 different species of penguins. The smallest type of penguin is called the blue penguin and the Emperor penguin are the biggest penguins. These animals only live around the southern hemisphere which is the iciest part of the world.

Penguins can only live in icy places such as: Antarctica, Africa, Australia, South America and the Galapogos Island. They preen their feathers because there's a special type of oil on their body that keeps them warm. They use there flippers to help them swim so they can find nutrient. Some people might even say that penguins are aquatic!. Most penguins like to eat seafood.

Penguins are carnivores so they can eat both meat and vegetables. The main food that they eat are Krill which are small fish, Squid which is a baby octopuse and regular fish. Usally if penguins are about to have a baby penguin the father penguins stays and looks after the egg while the mother penguin goes and hunt for food but they have to be carful of the predators.

There are plenty of predators for penguins. The land predators are Ferrats, Cats, Snakes, Lizzards, Foxes and Rats. The water predators are the main threats since penguins are always in the water. There are Seals, Orcas (which is a killer whale) and sea lions. Luckly for penguins they have counetshading feathers which kinda camouflages them in the water.

Most penguins either hop, waddle or do tobogganing. This is how they usally walk. Tobogganing is when a penguin drags itself somewhere on its stomach. Peguins have huge colonies because it is like a camouflage to them because of their black backs. Did you know that penguins can only lay one and a half eggs a year?.

Now you know so much facts about penguins. They are very intersting animals and can do many amazing things such as tobogganing and preening. They aren't just regular animals but they are amazing unique animals.

For the past two weeks I have been learning about a Information report. A Information report is a peice of writing that informs the reader true facts on a specific topic. My information report talks about Penguins. Penguins are animals that live in the Southern Hemisphere which is places like Antarctica, Africa, Australia, South America and the Galapogos Island. Some people might think that penguins have fur but they don't they actually have feathers. They have black backs and white bellies. They have this fat that is called blubber to keep them warm. They preen because they have this special oil on them. Altogether there are 17 different species type of penguins. The smallest penguins are called the blue penguin and the Largest penguins are called the Emperor Penguin. To help me write this information report I used my notes that I had wrote down and the acronym TIPS ( Title, Introduction, Paragraphs of Informations, Summary ) to help me order my writing.

Sun Facts Quiz

This google form shows some of the questions from my quiz. This task is a creating one. I have gathered information from the book " Sun Facts" and have turned them into questions that my peers can answer. The book Sun Facts had a variety of facts so it was easier to create this quiz. Before creating this google form I had commented on Nyjah's quiz and also answered some questions.

America

This week I have created another DLO based on one of the task for the Reading challenge. This was one of the creating activity. It was to create a DLO based on the country your book comes from. I read the book " The problem with Pluto " and this book came from America. I listed down some facts about America and added a picture of America's flag. I learnt that America is the 3rd most populated country in the world because I thought it was the first. During this activity I have sent a comment to Nidhi about reffering to her DLO.

Who's the best?

This term for reading we have been reading different books that is linked around Space. We have six independent reading challenges and for each one we all get to do a response. We are learning to read other people's task and comment on their work so we can have a dialogic conversation. A dialogic learner is someone who has a conversation with someone else arguing and sharing opinions back and forth about the book. My favourite part of this challenge was the creating part because I got to be creative with my task. For this task I have created a DLO about my book I have read. It was called " Who's the Best". Victoria was my partner for this task. I learnt that there are 8 planets altogether in the solar system.

Tamaki College Visit

Today the Year 8 students has got a chance today to have a experience at college. After our sessions at tech all of the year 8 students stayed back. We all went to different orientation. Our first class was Maths. I really enjoyed this task because I learnt something new. We were learning about Coordinates how how to use them. We all each got a grid of paper and some coordinates then started following what the coordinates were. At the end of our drawing our results were a alien. Our next rotation was science. We done different expericence using Dried Ice. One of my favourite challenges was how we had dried ice and water in a tube and the tube went flying up in the air. A big thank you to the teachers and to Tamaki College for giving us this oppotunity for the Year 8 students to have a a experience of what type of learning the year 9 students for at college.