Text Tiles

Today I finally got to get my cushion done in Text Tiles at Tamaki College. On Week 6, last term was the week we first began Text Tiles. Our Teacher: Mrs. Tuipulotu gave us a few papers to practice sewing. Over the past couple of weeks, we have learned how to thread the sewing machine, learn what each part does and even how to use it.

After a term of threading and sewing, we got into Term 3 knowing exactly what we were gonna do. Today (The Last Week) we got handed our fabric (Which was Ben 10) and we sewed the sides, filled in the cotton and finished our Ben 10 Cushions.

Thank you Mrs. Tuipulotu.

Should everyone learn a language?

Bilingual or Unilingual
¿Todos deberían Aprender más de un Idioma? If you understood what it meant then great, but if not maybe learning a new language might not be such a bad idea. Read more to find out on my opinion on if learning a language should be enforced.

Positives:
Yes, why not because learning a new language has positive effects on the brain which sounds good right? And it can come in handy when traveling is one your "Favorite Things To Do List". Communication is key when learning because well if you were learning something in a different country and language it would be pretty difficult. Plus once you've learned a language it will be easier to learn others.

Negatives:
Being bilingual can be a bit overwhelming. One negative of being bilingual is you can't switch a language off to use another. It can also slow down your speech which can get frustrating. But that could be a advantage because then you wouldn't be blurting out things you weren't meant to say.

My Perspective:
I do and don't think everyone should learn a language. The reason is it depends on the type of person you are if you're busy and don't have time then that could be your reason why you wouldn't learn a language. I would want to learn a language from Asia because it would be easier to learn the others once you've the hang of the first.

Overall, I really can't decide whether I agree or disagree. Would you want to learn a language? Which would you choose? Till next time adiós,아디오스,au revoir and goodbye

Genomics

Task Description:

This slideshow is about my learning about Zebrafish and Octopuses. I recently did 2 blogposts about the Zebrafish and Octopus. This google slides has a few videos which helped me gather information to create the previous blogposts about the Octopus and the Zebrafish.

Octopuses

Walt: Identify the meaning of a Octopus

Task Description:

This is a poster of a Octopus. This week for inquiry I got to learn about these 3 brained molluscs. An interesting fact about a Octopus is that there blood cooper-based that's why it's blue unlike human blood which is iron-based.

Zebrafish

Walt : Identify meaning of a Zebrafish

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Task Description:

This is a Zebrafish. This week for inquiry our learning was based on learning about this fish. On each stripe of the Zebrafish there is a fact. Here are the two videos that helped me learn these facts: Video#1 and Video #2.

Day 2 - Maths Week - Mystery Photos

Today is the second day of Maths Week. Mystery Photos is the title on the paper we were given. Me, Pisi and Marika had to work on the problem because Trinity is not here today.
 On the paper had 5 questions on it. Each question had a mystery photo on it and we as a group had to try guess the answer of the question we are asked. This was quite hard but then again we got to use our Chromebooks for help so that helped a lot. We were stuck especially on Question 2. It showed a picture of a Pocket Calculator and that was confusing because I have no idea that it existed. Everything was confusion because all the pictures were about old stuff. The information that was provided for us was very little too!

Trying Out Morse Code

Morse Code:

Samuel Morse

Math week has started and this week Room 4 Maths will be trying to solve some questions including Morse Code. Morse Code was created in 1820 by a group of engineers and physicists. Samuel Morse was one of those who created a signal code which was labelled after him. 

Mrs Stone put us into 5 teams. In team 4 is Me,Pisirina,Marika and Trinity. Unfortunately Trinity was absent today and Marika was at rehearsals for this year's school production. A few pieces of paper were handed out with some questions on them, each question was worth a certain amount of money. The team with the most money gets a prize on Friday. By the way the money I am talking about isn't actually real money it is just this system Room 4 does to help the students behave more.

Here are the slides to the presentation we were given. Math's Week.