Tech @ Tamaki College | Robotics

Today at tech we have started our new tech rotation. Our rotation for the next few weeks is robotics, with Ms. Ferguson. Today we have been playing with the M-bots, we started coding the robots to go in a square form. Then made the robots do a little victory dance at the end, along with playing a song. We did this by using the codes on the M-link site, we revised a lot of the coding that we did previously with Mr. Krishna. To make sure that our M-Bots were moving the way that we wanted them to move, we tested them on the ground. If they didn't move the way we wanted them to look, then we go back and change the codes.

Some codes that we revisited - 

The codes we revised were "When m(mcore) starts up" , "Wait until" , "Repeat" , "Move forward at the power (  )" , "Turn Right at the power (  )" and the "LEDS".  

Current Events

LI: To explore the international current events. 



This week, we explored the international currents events and some of the different types of current events. Newspaper editors make choices everyday, about what to share with the world. On a google maps, Sakina, Haylee and I worked collaboratively to plot locations about these current event stories. We really enjoyed finding out about these stories, which was very interesting.

Steps

L.I To practice using Suffixes.

Today we did 15 minutes of Steps. I got a range of different activities to do around suffixes. I am practicing the suffix "able".  For these tasks you would get a range of different activities to achieve, when you complete an activity you would get rather a Bronze, Silver or Gold metal for how well you completed your activity.

Ta'ovala Maths Challenge

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to solve the problem.

Today we have done another maths challenge. Todays maths challenge was about the tongan Ta'ovala...This challenge was to find out how many metres you would need to make 26 Ta'ovala. In this DLO we showed how we got our answers, and explained what we did, we also have the Rule, which is explaining the maths strategy we used. e.g Addition...I enjoyed this activity as I got to collaborate with Victoria to find my answer.

Maths Challenge

L.I To use the most efficient strategy to solve the maths questions.

This week for maths, we were given another fun maths challenge. For this challenge I worked collaboratively with Lukah to get this DLO completed. This challenge was to find out how many fish Hemi had caught in a certain amount of hours. Also we write down the rule to how we figured the question out. E.g (Skip counting in 20's) When you write that, it shows people that you skip counted in 20's to get your answer. I enjoyed doing this activity as I got to collaborate with Lukah to solve these questions.

Haiku Extra Research

L.I To do research about Haiku.

Today Victoria, Haylee, Sakina, Taheesha and I worked collaboratively to get this Haiku Research completed. For this task we completed multiple slides relating to Haikus. The first slide explained some research on Japan itself, the next slide was the history on Haiku's, that slide explained what started the Haiku, who invented it etc, the third slide is about what a Syllable is, and the structure of a haiku, the 4th slide is just some examples on what syllables look like. the last slide is all about some facts.

Maths Challenges

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to solve the problem.

Today Haylee, Sakina and I worked collaboratively to complete this maths challenge. The task was to find the most efficient strategy to solve the maths challenge.  For this task we had 3 separate questions, for all of the questions we used division to help us figure out the answers.  We all did this collaboratively as we all did a question each. I enjoyed this activity as we all helped each other out.

Think outside the box

L.I to transform a drawing into a whole new drawing.

Today I have created a drawing using the small design that was set for us. The drawing that was set for us (LS2) is outlined in red. I transformed the red drawing into a whole speech bubble. The drawing on the right is not apart of the drawing, but I wanted someone using the speech bubble for something.

Link to my drawing - Think outside the box 

Daily Maths Challenge 3

L.I to find the most effient strategy to help solve the maths equation.

Today I have completed the third daily maths challenge, I completed this with Victoria, we worked collaboratively to get this finished, for this activity we tried to solve how many red fruit burst Miss Niuula needed for her lollie necklaces. 

Te Reo Maori Phrases

L.I To showcase Te Reo Maori phrases.

Today I have decided to blog the Te Reo Maori DLO that Victoria and I worked on. This activity was to create a DLO showcasing some easy weather phrases and feeling phrases. Victoria and I worked collaboratively to get this completed. We also added a photo of a hook that is also used on the wall of the Junior classes at our school (Panmure Bridge School). We enjoyed doing this activity as we got really good feedback from it. :)

Daily Maths Challenge 2

L.I To find the most efficient strategy 

This maths challenge was about trying o figure out how many mussels Zion and Koro had harvested. For this maths challenge I worked with Haylee and Sakina again. We worked collaborativly to find the answers to the questions. We also wrote our strategy in the bottom right corner to tell our audience what we did to get our answer.

Daily Maths Challenge 1

L.I To find a strategy thats most efficient to you.

Today I have decided to blog my maths challenge. For this maths challenge I worked with Sakina and Haylee, we worked collaboratively to find the answers. Our strategy is in the box in the bottom right corner. This maths challenge was to find out how many lollies would be left out if nana used a certain amount of lollies for the Kahoa lole.

Haiku Poem 3

LI: To correctly structure and write a three verse haiku poem

Today I have decided to blog another Haiku Poem. This poem is about how Maui slowed the sun, this is a summary of the book but as a Haiku Form. I worked with Victoria for this task, we worked collaboratively to ge this completed. The Haiku structure goes like (5 syllable sentence for the first sentence, then a 7 syllable for the second sentence, then a 5 syllable sentence for the last sentence of he verse) but, for this task we did 5 verses. 

Haiku Poem 2

LI: To correctly structure and write a three verse haiku poem.

Today I have decided to blog my second Haiku challenge. This Haiku is around the topic "winter". This Haiku task was to create a 3 verse story, meaning we have to connect a sentence to the next one. This Haiku challenge I worked with Haylee and Sakina. We worked calloboratively to get this completed, Thank you to Sakina bc she helped with alot of the ideas :). 

Haiku Poem 1

LI: To correctly structure and write a haiku poem.

Today I have decided to blog the first Haiku Challenge that I created along with Haylee, Sakina and Taheesha. This task was to think of a sentences that have  do with the topic you chose e.g (winter). A Haiku is when you write 3 sentences but the first sentence has to be 5 syllables. The second sentence is 7 syllables and the last is also 5 syllables. For this haiku poem we chose the topic "Ocean". We wrote our sentences then added a picture to show our audience what our text was guiding.