People Affected By the Christchurch Earthquakes

 People Affected By the Christchurch Earthquakes

• Family died
• People with homes destroyed 
• people lived in  garages Because they felt Nervous/ Scared/Worried.
• Injuries
• People had to move away from Christchurch
• Business places broken - Move business
• Set up other medical centre/Hospital dept.

Helpers:

1. Taiwanese rescuers
2. Student army
3. Japanese search and rescue
4. Navy
5. NZ Military

Here is the chch earthquake happening at 12.51 p.m. on 22 February 2011 

Pasta Rover Challenge

 Pasta Rover Challenge

Aim: Build a pasta rover that can travel 1m down a ramp then 1m across the floor.

Equipment:

• Lasagne Sheet

• Fettuccine

• Spaghetti Pasta

• Penne pasta

• Cannoli Pasta

• Round Mints

Results/Photo/Video:

 

Next time I would make the rover a bit more controllable and that the wheels actually work and move And not break the bottom sheet.

Hurumanu 3 - Ways to Communicate - Sign and Morse

Hey guys today we have been learning Sign language and Morse code. We got given a quote then quote was ( I will be respectful to my friends and parents )

Nevigation

 Aim:

I want to to walk in a straight line without any senses.

Hypothesis:

I predict that I will fall over and making a fool of myself.

Method:

Equipment:

• Bucket 
• Blind fold
• Cotton Wool

Instructions:

1. Using a bling fold cover your eyes.
2. place some cotton wool into your eyes carefully.
3. Now place the bucket over top of your head to stop the touch of wind onto your face.
4. Now before you walk off into a line spin 3 times in a circle to make you dizzy.
5. Now your partner must place you into the right Detection 

Safety:

•  STOP walking when you hear the whistle
• If your partner says stop you MUST STOP
• Do not walk into objects (buildings , People and trees)
• Also no cheating or you will be disquieted 

Results:

So we were doing the challenge I was the one who had to get a bucket over my head at first when we got given the bucket it smelt yuck so I sprayed perfumer into it then it smelt way better.

So we got outside and I stuck everything on my head and Span 3 times in a circle and tried to walk in a straight line didn't go so well the first time, I went to the trees instead of the prize spot.

Got up into the next time we got to try again. Went much better than the first time went straight for a while then keep going different ways after that,Third time comes 🙅.

So we got to the third time we got to try walk in a straight line to win $10 now, I walked into a straight line for most of the time walking down the field without any type of sense at all.

 see because the teacher (Mr. Stock) Said that we could not talk to each other (our partners), Or touch each other plus we had to put cotton balls into our ears and sgtarted the race.

The Race came to its start I was doing really good or so I thought at first I was walking in a stright line. Then while i was getting closer to the prize My mind set desied to change.

Which made me go in the other direction anyways when I was closeish around the prize. Mr stock (Teacher) thought it would be a good  to tell me to keep waling the same way insted on telling me to turn around anyways it came to the end and No one won because most people were cheating so no one got to win the ten dollars..

Polynesian people - Hurumanu 1 - Navigation

Hey guys so in hurumanu 1 (who are we ) we were learning about how the Polynesian people navigated the pacific ocean.And here is my explaintion about how they did it.




How did the polynesian way finders navigate the pacific ocean? They used the Sun and moon ,
Clouds, Star and oceans.



They used the southern Cross which showed where south was and where they needed to go.
(if they were going south though). The North Star was a fixed point in the sky which obviously pointed to the north.
They may have also used the clouds as such they might of used the reflections from the cloud
that reflected onto the island.Or possibly they could of used their prior knowledge and thought that the ,maybe a big bunch of cloud could be over top of a mountainous Island.Or maybe they could tell their direction by the way the water hit the boat.

They knew that the birds are always near land as they had a 190km range of flight.
They also knew their flight pattern - which is when they fly back to land shore after doing something.So in other word birds were a big help for the polynesian wayfinders to find land.(they used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo)


In conclusion the polynesian had multiple ways to find new land. They used The north and south star which dedicated the south and north way. And the reflection from a big bunch of clouds over an island.They also used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo Bird which only had a flight range of 190km for shore. Where they followed the bird to shore. These are 3 ways the polyneian people navigated through the pacific Ocean.

Hurumanu 3 - Compass -

•  One thing that affects a compass reading correctly

It all depend on if you get the exact right direction to where ether North, South , East or West is. It also depends of you get the line at the top of your compass is exactly underneath the North symbol.

• What can mess up a compass?   

Keys, tables with metal legs or steel screws, mobile telephones and even heavy framed spectacles. Many geological formations, and for that matter, many rocks.Also the wind could affect the compass but it depends on the roughness of the wind.

• 3 jobs that still use compasses

1. Fronted/UI Software Engineer. 
2. Senior Full Stack Software Engineer. 
3. Full Stack Software Engineer.

• 3 sports that require a compass

1. Ski Orienteering
2. letter boxing
3. underwater Orienteering

Term 3 - What I noticed about my feelings and emotions was - Week 5

 

• I felt aggressive and annoyed because I was tired and bored.

• I was optimistic because I got to hang out with my friends.