Manaiakalani Film Festival 2016: Mad Science

Have you ever wanted a day off school, but you're not actually sick?

Well our mad scientist may have found the perfect solution for you... just remember DO NOT GET CAUGHT.....

This is our 2016 Manaiakalani Film Festival entry, we were a little in the learning pit about how we could do some of the effects, but thanks to the magic of green screen we were successful.

Cybersmart Netiquette - By Elijah

For cybersmart we have been learning what Netiquette means. We have made some rules for our hub. Here are mine.

Stained Glass Window's - By Elijah

For the past few terms we have been working on geometry, measurement and fractions. We got to show what we learn't on this stained glass window. We made our own shapes and made connections with fractions, geometry and measurement to show our knowledge. When I did this, I felt very challenged.  

We Should Eat Bugs - By Elijah

For literacy we have been writing persuasive's. We were writing about bug's. Humans should eat bugs. We found this very challenging, as we had no knowledge of that topic, but luckily our kind teacher, Mrs Parker gave us some videos to watch to build knowledge. I hope you like my persuasive writing.

Humans Should Eat Insects As A Part Of Their Daily Diet

I think we should eat Insects as a part of our daily diet. Although you would probably scream at the thought of eating Insects, they are actually good for you. Insects are good for you because they have tons of protein.  They can also be used to make a number of different foods like chili cricket. "That sounds yum". Another fact is that they do not take much food or water to farm and will eat almost anything. That is why I very strongly believe we should eat Insects.

My first reason why we should eat Insects is they are very good for us and have lots of protein, vitamins and minerals. Insects have much more protein than beef. 80% of their edible body is Protein. While the rest, is vitamins and minerals such as zinc. Did you know insects have more mineral iron than beef. While also having about the same or more amount of protein. Mealworms are high in fibre and also has the same amount of protein as beef. If you live in america you could eat or drink Insects every day. It could be in your beer or peanut butter. In some food products in america a certain amount of Insect parts is allowed in food.

Insects also will eat almost anything making it really easy to farm for eating. Since they are so small, they will not need much food or to live in a big space. Insects and insects do not need much water either,  because they get fluids from the food they eat. Here's a fact to grow 1 pound of beef it takes 200 square meters, but to grow one pound of insects it takes 15 square meters. It also takes 22000 liters to farm 1 kilogram of beef, but it only takes 1 liter to farm 1 kilogram of Insects and insects. Insects are more economical to the society, so we should eat them as a part of our daily diet.

My last part of this argument is Insects can also be used to make a lot of different scrumptious foods if cooked right. Mealworms, an american food can be served in two delicious ways. You could satay them with butter and salt or roast in chocolate. Delicious food doesn't stop there. In Cambodia southeast of asia giant tarantulas are caught, fried then served. There are much more delicious foods and dish's that you could try. Insects are not only healthy and good for the environment they are also very yummy, scrumptious, delicious. Do you want to eat Insects now, I ask?

Are you ready to eat bugs yet? They are not so bad. We should all eat bugs as a part of our daily diet. Do you still not want to eat bugs? Well I could go on forever about why you should eat bugs. Oh so now you agree with me. Tell your friends and family to eat bugs and if the disagree show them this piece of writing and make this world a better place.

Crafting Clever Sentences - by Elijah

For literacy we have been learning about sentence structure. Here are some of the the sentences I created. - Elijah

I dried the berries. When the berries were dry, I ate them. - AAAWWUBBIS and ZIGZAG SENTENCE

I got shot, so I died. - Fan boy

I wrote a complex interrupter, it took me a long time, for my teacher. - Complex interrupter  

Although I finished, I wasn't aloud to leave. - AAAWWUBBIS

Breakthrough Reflection - By Elijah

• What part of your exhibition are you most proud of?

The end with the haka and dance off.

And the olio By isac and brittany

• What area of the graduate profile do you think you have grown the most? And Why? (Building Learning Capacity, Making Meaning, Collaboration, Breakthrough

Make Meaning because there were lots of changes so I had to think of a new idea lots and be flexible.

Also the paper work because I had to alter the entire script for setting.

• What feedback did you get from visitors last night?

I didn't get feedback

• What part of your exhibition would you have done differently?

The side I was on and who helped with the props

Also the meeting's because we didn't have enough so we weren't fully ready

• Who would you like to thank for supporting you in your breakthrough learning?

Mr Hessian because he helped me make the bench and the barriers

Whaea nin because she helped me get everything ready and with all of the paperwork and meetings.

• What part of your exhibition are you most proud of?

The end with the haka and dance off.

And the olio By isac and brittany

Book Review By Elijah

Mad Science By Elijah

TITLE:  Mad science

Mad Science

It was around midday, me and my friend Dylan or also known as Dk Plays YT (go and subscribe to his channel). We were sitting on the mat with the rest of the hub waiting for our teacher. I was reading the Science experiments up on the board. The first one was the fizz inflator, the next one was Dancing raisins "I wonder what that is", I thought. The last on was the Supa Dupa Lupa!!!!! I was most looking forward to was the fizz inflator. Finally the teachers came and instructed us to go to certain places in the hub. We went to the lino first to do the fizz inflator.

We all found a seat and opened our chromebooks and looked for the heading Fizz Inflator In a doc. Dylan said I would take notes and he would write down the ingredients, hypothesis and instructions. Mrs parker (our favorite teacher) started explaining chemistry formulas or symbols, H2O and lots of other symbols. She explained how yeast needs sugar to feed on.

Once she'd explained everything she showed us the first experiment. First she added a bit of water and sugar. Then She poured in a spoonful of yeast. She quickly put a balloon over the top of the bottle. We were surprised It didn't explode. Dylan immediately put his hand up and asked why it didn't explode. Mrs parker said "It didn't do anything because the yeast needs time to eat the sugar so eventually the balloon will blow up", Mrs Parker explained. "The balloon should be pretty big at lunch", She said.

Now it was time for the next experiment. This one Mrs Parker had another bottle. She filled it with vinegar. She grabbed up the balloon and filled it with baking soda. This time we were really wondering how this would react. We both had experience with volcanos when we were in kindergarten so we had a bad feeling about this. She tightened the balloon onto the top of the bottle. Then she suddenly tipped it so the baking soda fell into the vinegar. Mrs Parker was holding on to the balloon very tight so it didn't fly off. Amazingly the balloon started to blow itself up. It started to fizz up like a fizzy drink after it had been shaken.

We wondered why. Mrs Parker started to explain how the baking soda reacted when it was poured into the vinegar. Finally it was time to go onto the next experiment. It sounded really cool. It was called Dancing raisins. Dylan and I walked excitedly over to where that experiment would be performed. Mr Stuart explained the instructions even though we had already read it. We wondered what would happen. We were using soda water, raisins and a transparent plastic cup. We got on with the experiment.

We got some soda water from mr stuart and went off to our table. We made predictions on what was going to happen. "I think the raisins will jump out of the cup", I said. We kept on talking. Finally Mr Stuart came round with some raisins. We grabbed 5 or 6 each and threw them in the cup. It got a bit fizzy, but luckily it didn't spill.The raisins had air bubbles all over them. Then suddenly 3 of them floated up to the top, they stayed there for 15 seconds then floated back down. It happened about 5 times over 1 minute and 30 seconds. Mr Stuart came round and gave our cup a flick. He said it might make some more float up, but they only floated back down. The raisins weren't floating up as much now.

Dylan and I were typing down notes rapidly. We didn't know why were floating yet. It was time to go down to the mat so Mr Stuart could explain why the raisins reacted like that. I think it was because when the raisins get tipped into the water they float to the bottom, then all the bubbles in the cup cling onto the raisins. The bubbles lift the raisin up to the top. The raisin floats up. The bubbles keep it up for a bit then pop. The gives the raisin back its weight and floats back down to the bottom. Now it was time to go onto the next experiment. We walked to the next experiment, our heads bulging with knowledge.

This was Whaea Nins experiment. It was the amazing hoop glider. Whaea Nin explained what to do. She explained how the physics worked. Finally we got started. She roughly cut us 1 big piece of paper. We had a choice of hot glue or tape. I chose tape. I thought it was the easiest. I made a circle. Then we did the same thing except smaller. We put a straw through then threw it. It flew really well. Then we tidied up.

This was an awesome school day. I learnt loads. My favorite thing was the fizz inflator. I was really suprised it didn't explode and I wondered if You could put much more in and make an explosion.

How to run a blog By Elijah

How to make Animations in Google Presentation by Elijah

Elijah made this presentation about how to create an animation. 
Watch for yourself, you'll see he's applied his knowledge in an animation presentation. 

Great work Elijah

Learning this week

The past couple of days have been busy busy getting to know one another. 

Dylan, Elijah, Sophie and Seb sharing their
problem solving on the measurements of our waka!

Yesterday we were building knowledge about Kowhaiwhai patterns, what the different designs and colours represent. We applied this knowledge to make our own patterns, which share stories about our families and interests. To determine what size our kowhaiwhai patterns would be, a team of Hub 8 learners worked together to problem solve based on the number of learners and the approximate size of the waka. 

Our painted squares will later be put onto our class waka along with our class treaty values.  Stay tuned to see the final product! 

This week we've also been doing some sports rotations, getting to work together in teams and challenging ourselves to learn new skills. 

Basketball Relay Games 

Today we were practicing some maths games that we will be using throughout the year. Some of us got stuck in the learning pit, but collaborated and were able to problem solve to work out the math puzzle. The puzzle was called 24, where we had to use multiplication/division, addition/subtraction to make the four numbers on the card equal 24. 

Sophie and Dylan K collaborating on one problem,
while Cooper and Pativai solve another.