Article comprehension.
1. Every anime turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
Bao Bao's parents got shipped to America so that they could be put into a zoo so that they can save the giant panda from extinction. There were other older pandas there, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. They had 5 cubs, all of which perished in the first couple of days. Bao Bao and her brother are the only cubs in the zoo.
2. How did zoo keepers celebrate it?
The zoo keepers did many things, but they were similar. First the panda was offered 3 honey covered bamboo stalks, then they painted a poster that had different sentences on them. What eer on that the panda would pick would be it's fortune. The three labels were: 'Long life' 'Many cubs' 'Good health' Luckily Bao Bao chose the 'long life' poster. These posters were pinned onto a stalk of bamboo. The person in the nutrition department made Bao Bao a cake that consisted of ingredients she could eat. A '1' was carved out of frozen apple juice and placed on the top. Bao Bao attacked the cake, but embraced it for the rest of the cakes life.
3. What are some of the things Bao Bao learned during his first year? What are some things that are in store for her before she turns two?
Bao Bao has learnt to respond to her name and stand up on the scales when getting her monthly weigh in.
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Sunday, 31 August 2014
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Dangerous Decibels
Today, room 41 went to the wharekai to be taught about decibels. Decibels are the measurement of sound. The higher the sound level the worse it is for you. Toni, the instructor told us about the safe and dangerous levels of sound.
She had us doing some experiments like hitting a tuning fork and then feeling and hearing the vibrations and she showed us how the hair in our ears can bend and become useless. She also showed us that they can not become straight, so that means that they can not be repaired. In the first experiment we used a tuning fork and hit the floor with it, then we moved it to a safe distance away from our ear and listened to the vibrations. The next one still involved the toner, but this time when we hit it, we touched it with our hand so that we can feel the vibration. After that we used the toner and a ping pong ball. When we touched the toner to the ball, it started to bounce. This is because it created energy which then moved the ball. We did a bit more with the toner, such as hitting the toner 5 times then comparing the movement. Another experiment involved pipe cleaners. She got some volunteers and gave them a bundle of pipe cleaners. She then told them to hit the pipe cleaners semi soft. This was the show the safe level of sound, which is 85 db. Then she went beyond that and went to a heavy metal concert level which is 150 db. The pipe cleaners bent and were not able to straighten because of the severity of the bend.
Toni also explained what things were safe and what were dangerous. Here are te examples she used:
1. Washing machine.
2. Power tools.
3. Fireworks.
4. Rock/heavy metal concerts.
Once all of this was done we had a conversation about ways to protect our hearing. Here are the ways to protect your hearing:
1.Walk away.
2.Turn it down.
3.Use protection e.g use ear muffs.
One thing that I learnt was that sound waves create energy.
She had us doing some experiments like hitting a tuning fork and then feeling and hearing the vibrations and she showed us how the hair in our ears can bend and become useless. She also showed us that they can not become straight, so that means that they can not be repaired. In the first experiment we used a tuning fork and hit the floor with it, then we moved it to a safe distance away from our ear and listened to the vibrations. The next one still involved the toner, but this time when we hit it, we touched it with our hand so that we can feel the vibration. After that we used the toner and a ping pong ball. When we touched the toner to the ball, it started to bounce. This is because it created energy which then moved the ball. We did a bit more with the toner, such as hitting the toner 5 times then comparing the movement. Another experiment involved pipe cleaners. She got some volunteers and gave them a bundle of pipe cleaners. She then told them to hit the pipe cleaners semi soft. This was the show the safe level of sound, which is 85 db. Then she went beyond that and went to a heavy metal concert level which is 150 db. The pipe cleaners bent and were not able to straighten because of the severity of the bend.
Toni also explained what things were safe and what were dangerous. Here are te examples she used:
1. Washing machine.
2. Power tools.
3. Fireworks.
4. Rock/heavy metal concerts.
Once all of this was done we had a conversation about ways to protect our hearing. Here are the ways to protect your hearing:
1.Walk away.
2.Turn it down.
3.Use protection e.g use ear muffs.
One thing that I learnt was that sound waves create energy.
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Friday, 1 August 2014
Homework challenge- 40 hour famine
In term one I did the 40 hour famine. I did the no eating one with my friend Hayley. Hayley stayed the night at my house and we managed to finish the famine. Whilst doing this, I got more confident it going around fundraising. My dad kept teasing my friend and I with food, and my step mum made a soup. I was just about ready to give up but I didn't. Every time we had a barley sugar it made us more hungry. I raised $55 in total.
Homework challenge- Assembly box
Another one of the challenges was to do the box in assembly. I was lucky enough to get chosen for the box. I started out as a reserve, but then my teacher decided to make me a part of the people who do it. There is three of us, we swap each week. This job is a very high pressured job and requires you to think fast and/or ahead. You also have to be responsible and trustworthy. When under pressure you must be able to think about what is going wrong whilst you have everyone staring at you. While we were in the box we took some photos.
Homework challenge- Class leader
For our homework we have to do these challenges and one of them is to be a class leader. I am a deputy class leader in my class. To become the class leader we had to send our teacher an email saying why we would be a good class leader and why we want to be a class leader. Then after that the teacher made a survey of which the people in my class had to vote for a male class leader, a female class leader and a male deputy class leader and a female deputy class leader. This was the email that I sent my teacher :I would like to apply for the role of being a class leader. Think that I would make a suitable leader because I am responsible, I know when to be serious and when to have a laugh and I have so far completed all of the set tasks you have given me. I hope that you choose to select me as the class leader.
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