Choose Your Own

Teaser week:
Day 5- Science, Technology & Inventions
Activity 3- Choose Your Own

Elon Musk

The famous and creative Elon Musk is an American who produces inventions like Tesla Motars, Solar City and CEO. He is worth over $10 billion making him the 37th richest American. He educated himself at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. 

He impacts on others life because he has potential that can inspire others in the future to pursue their dreams even if their childhood wasn't the best. I chose Elon Musk out of the five people because I know more about his history and I in the future wants to create many things I've dreamed of. 

Impossible Burgers

Teaser week:
Day 5- Science, Technology & Invention
Activity 2- Impossible Burgers

On your blog, share your results. You can use the following three sentences
as a guide.

1. The new impossible burger has 10% less calories than the original impossible burger. 
2. The new impossible burger has 25% more of the daily value of saturated fat than the original impossible burger. 
3. The new impossible burger has 48% more of the daily value of sodium than the original impossible burger.  

The Social Network

Teaser week:
Day 5- Science, Technology & Invention
Activity 1- The Social Network

On your blog provide five rules that people should follow when sharing pictures and/or streaming videos online.

1. Make sure it is appropriate because you don't know what kind of people there could be in the world. 
2. Protect your streaming videos by being careful with what your saying and what kind of people can join and start threatening you. 
3. Be kind to others. 
4. Before sharing a picture with someone like airdrop make sure your sending the photo or video to the right phone/person. 

5. Have fun but not share any personal information. 

Mass Migration

Teaser week:
Day 4- Politics & Activism
Activity 3- Mass Migration

On your blog, please tell us what you think about his plan to build a wall between the USA and Mexico. Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Why do you think so?

In my opinion from my knowledge of Donald Trump president of United States of America, I believe it is tragic and unfair for him to build a wall between USA and Mexico. We are all the same regarding skin colour and ethnicity. It is a bad idea to build a wall otherwise we'll never learn to love and appreciate other cultures. 

Leading The Charge

Teaser week:
Day 4- Politics & Activism
Activity 1- Leading The Charge

On your blog, list five changes that you would make to your school if you were hired to be the principal for one week.

If I was hired to be a principal for one week, the changes I would make are:

1. Use trips to make students explore the world and learn, experience new things

2. Teach my students to be independent and learn more about depression, anxiety etc. 

3. Hire different ethnicity teachers to teach their kids and make them learn about languages. 

4. Have a picnic every Friday to celebrate how well my school have been doing. 

5. Perform dramas, movies and songs to help pursue some of their dreams. 

The Columbian Exchange

Teaser week:
Day 3- Environment & Exploration
Activity 3- The Columbian Exchange

For this activity, please think of someone who has had a positive impact on your life. Who is this person? What did they do that was positive?

On your blog, please tell us about this person.

Someone who has put an impact in my life is Bangtan Soyeondan (BTS) because they make me happy and feel better in myself. I love other multiple Kpop groups but since I discovered BTS first I feel like it deserves to be my idol. 

Listening to their music has inspired me to love myself and express myself even if I seem to hide from everyone. I'm so grateful and lucky to have found out about BTS if it wasn't for my sister, I wouldn't have been able to find something to cure my anxiety.

When The Rubber Hits The Road

Teaser week:
Day 3- Environment & Exploration
Activity 2- When The Rubber Hits The Road

For this activity, please interview three friends and ask them what they are most proud of. It could be something that they, or someone in their family, have accomplished.

On your blog, please share who these people were (first names only) and what they were proud of. 

Annie :

I am proud developing more confidence and completing most of her work on time. 

Malia :

She is proud that she has more knowledge than last year. Malia have been focusing on her work and important things. 

Faye : 

She is proud that she can ignore the numerous rumours that have been made up about her and is learning how to stand up for herself. Also Faye is proud that she has improved more this term and will continue to do the same for next year. 

The Rainman of Rajasthan

Teaser week:
Day 3- Environment & Exploration
Activity 1- The Rainman of Rajasthan

On your blog, share what you have learned about The Water Project with us. What is the goal of the organisation? Where do they work? What have they achieved?

From The Water Project there are three hundred billion citizens in India, Africa, Rajasthan, Sub-Saharan etc who are suffering/struggling from drinking clean clear water. By producing water, when it rains it falls into a bucket which then collects it. The issue with having dirty contaminated water is that it distraught you from doing your living conditions. 

In the video there is a cycle which explains the cycle of having dirty water. The cycle mentions that dirty water can end up with you having diseases, being sick then sadly passing away. We should participate and help in The Water Project to make sure communities are healthy and clean. 

The Greatest of All Time

Teaser week:
Day 2- Sports & Leisure
Activity 3- The Greatest of All Time

On your blog, list three pros (advantages) and three cons (disadvantages) of being the GOAT of the chess world.

Pros of being the GOAT:

1. You will be famous and well known for the sport you love to do

2. Everyone would want to know and research about your process/history and wonder why you decided to play that type of sport/hobby

3. When your GOAT for 15 years, you'll be rich enough to buy expensive belongings you've always wished and wanted for

Cons of being the GOAT:

1. Sometimes people in the world can be jealous and find some way to cheat if they're playing against you 

2. Being famous can be a big deal and situation to handle which may lead to some bad consequences including jealously and hatred

3. If you play chess too much and gets in the way of spending time with your loved ones, family and important things, it can distraught you from what really matters

Equal Pay for Equal Work?

Teaser Week:

Day 2- Sports & Leisure

Activity 2- Equal Pay for Equal Work?

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.

In my opinion I believe it is unfair for the Black Ferns to be less paid than the All Blacks because they're all the same. Female athletes should be paid the same amount of money of male athletes because they're all doing the same thing and overall just have something in common that they love and enjoy. The fact that the Black Ferns are being paid for playing rugby is really sad to hear and I hope whoever is in charge reflects on this. 

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Teaser week:
Day 2- Sports & Leisure
Activity 1- Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

For this activity, please create four new similes. You can use the starters below or you can make up your own.

… is as fast as… (eg: The brand new Ferrari is as fast as a lightning bolt)

… is as tall as…

… is as small as…

… is beautiful like...

On your blog, share the similes that you have created with your readers.

Big Friendly Giants

Teaser week:

Day 1- Arts & Entertainment

Activity 3- B.F.G

On your blog, write a character description of the Big Friendly Giant that includes at least 10 descriptive words and a picture that you have drawn of the B.F.G. You could describe what he looks, smells, and sounds like, and tell your readers all about his personality.

My Pepeha 2019

Teaser week:

Day 1- Arts & Entertainment

Activity 2- Pepeha

Lorde Profile

Teaser week:

Day 1- Arts & Entertainment

Activity 1- New Zealand Royalty

For our day one learning week, we're researching things about New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde.  Here is my profile I created for Lorde.