Fantastic 4 Shot Movie

 

In Te Ngahere we have been making a four shot movie. We had to make a movie that

had an establishing shot, a long shot, a medium shot and close up shot. The reason why

we did this was to learn about four different shots because we will be making small

movies about something, so now we know how to shoot an establishing shot, a long

shot, a medium shot and close up shot. The establishing shot shows you where the

movie will take place. (Ours was a picture of the Library because that was were we filmed

our movie.) A long shot shows you the characters for the first time.

(My movie showed a boy looking at a book and a girl next to him looking at it too.)

The medium shot shows more information about the people in the movie.

(So you might be able to see them better or see their emotion. We showed the boy

looking at the book but he looked really stuck on the questions.) The book the boy

was reading was called the Very Hard Math Question Book. The close up shot is pretty

much showing what the characters are doing. (Ours was a twist and we put very easy

questions in the Very Hard Math Question Book.) When we did our establishing shot

it was supposed to show the library but we did not think that was very clear because there

was no sign. I think my group did well on making the movie because it was a little bit

funny because of the close up on 1+1 =_ on the Very Hard Math Question Book. Next

time we make a movie if we film in the library we should put up a sign that says

library because it was not clear. This learning will help me in the future because now

I know how to film shots like a close up shot because we did the learning.

Have you ever made a movie before?

Nano Girl Show

 In Te Ngahere we had Nano girl come to our School. I really enjoyed her show because she did a whole lot of sciencey things for us. I think what stood out to me the most was when she put some weird yellow string thing  in a big bowl full of water and then put some gas in it. Once she did that she grabbed the bubbles and put them on her hand. Then she lit the bubbles on fire but when the bubbles were almost gone she swiped her hand so the fire would disappear. I learnt that even Scientists make big mistakes because I thought that if you were a scientist you were not allowed to make mistakes. 

Have you ever met Nano girl before?

Interesting Science Fair

In Te Ngahere we have been doing Science Fair. We had to research about a question we came up with and find out small things about it. My group was Marley and Jaelyn. Our question was what washing powder works the best out of Fab, Surf and Persil because we wanted to find that out. I learnt that there were more than one type of variable because I always thought that the one variable was a controlled variable. If you don’t know what a controlled variable is it is basically something you control when you are doing something. When we were doing this the thing that was most difficult was figuring out who was going to bring what because we did not know if we had what we needed to bring. If I do this again  will probably work in a group of 2 because in my group we had a hitchhiker. I think I used my Hoe of Tu Maia (Resilience) and Kaha (Being Strong) because at the start one person in my group was confused on how to write the slides and then when I talked to her for a bit she then knew what to do.

Have you ever done Science Fair before?

The Amazing Marble Challenge Take 2

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing the Great Marble Challenge take 2. We did a take 2 because after we did the first 1 we had to say what we would of done better if we did it again. My group was Marley and Poet. We could either make a new ramp or modify our old one. We were doing this to prepare for Science Fair because we needed to learn about the scientific method and the great marble challenge had a small bit of it. When we modified our ramp all we changed was the angle by flipping over the ramp. That made a huge difference because the angle was much different. We modified our ramp because we only got 6 points when our ramp got tested and the  highest you can get is 50 points. We did better this time because we got about 18 points and before we only got 6 and 18 is much bigger than 6. I enjoyed testing the most because it was fun to see who’s ramp I got to test and how many points their ramp would get. 

Have you ever made a ramp before?

A Fantastic Day Out of School

In Te Ngahere we went to the Science Roadshow. I learnt that honey from different flowers tasted different.  We had to go on a school bus or car to get to Bay of Islands College. I went by car and my mum drove. Ashlyn and Mahana came in the car with us.Be sure to check out their blogs too. When we were there we got a small show about oxygen, carbon dioxide and other things. Before we left we had another show.  For that one the scientists made a firenado. If you don't know what a firenado is it is spinning fire that looks like a tornado. When the scientists running the show created this they tried just spinning the fire but nothing happened. Then they tried to use a cone that you put on a dog to stop it from itching, but nothing happened. Then they tried to use a small rubbish bin with holes and the bottom taken out. That worked because a fire needs oxygen to stay alight.

My favorite exhibit was how the same discs reacted to different surfaces because it was very interesting to see if a plastic disc went further on carpet, lino, smooth wood or rubber.

In fair testing I learnt that if you change one variable at a time you will know what helped your creation.  This will help me with my science fair project because now I understand about fair testing.

Have you ever gone to Bay of Islands College before or a Science Roadshow?

Fun and Amazing Trip to Urupukapuka Island

In Te Ngahere the year six’s went to Urupukapuka island while the year 7 and 8s went to technology. A couple of days before we went on the trip we were choosing our jobs. The teacher told us the names and we need one girl and one boy. I was told nicely to let everybody get a job because I am the Paihia School bell ringer. As they were going through the names people had to paper, scissors, rock to see who got it because lots of people put their hands up. Once the teacher called out the last name of the job nobody put their hand up so I did. The jobs were biosecurity, construction, planting and health and safety. If you were biosecurity you would check people's bags and stand on a cleaning brush so the other year sixs could clean their shoes. If you were construction you would take the rat trap parts onto the boat. (We got split into 2 groups because we had to make rat traps and plant trees. For planting you would help your group plant trees at the end of the walk. For health and safety you would mark who got on the boat, give people hand sanitizer and hold a first aid kit. On the day we had to pack a nice lunch and lots of water. I really enjoyed this trip because I learnt how to plant trees and make rat traps. Before we left the school we had to grab our school hat and school t-shirt. As we were about to get on the boat we had to line up in 2 lines so bio security could check our bags and we could clean our shoes so we didn't bring pests onto the island. Once we got on the boat be met a lichenologist called Marley. He wanted to find a new species of lichen. He didn't find a new lichen species but he did find a rare species. After we got off the boat we went to a small place for morning tea. After that we got split into 2 groups and my group had to walk up a hill to a farm and we sat on a big Pohutukawa tree for a little while. We got off the tree and walked down a hill to the campgrounds. We had to jump over a fence to plant our tree. Once we got over the fence we watched our Project Island song teacher plant a tree. Once she had done I handed out gloves to everybody because my job was planting. My group and I planted our tree and the name is a beach tree. Once everybody had done planting there tree  we walked back up a hill and went to have lunch. After lunch my group was now doing making rat traps. We made a proper rat trap and decorated it. When we decorated the rat trap we had to put the date, our names and our School names before we could color and draw pictures. When we finished we had a little more time and we were going to go for a small walk in the bush. Before we went in the bush we saw 2 adorable dogs. Those dogs were trained to find pests that came onto the island. The owner said that there were no pests on the island but  they were just looking for pests if there was any. Then we walked into the bush turned around and walked back to the deck and the other group came back.we got back on the boat and came back to Paihia. On the terrific boat ride home we saw about 10 dolphins. Have you ever seen dolphins? Have you ever been to Urupukapuka Island for the project island song?

Fantastic Smart Relationships

In Te Ngahere we have been doing Smart Relationships. For Smart Relationships we had to watch a youtube video on how to stay safe when online. We made 2 google presentations one was a DLO on how to stay safe online and the other was answering a bunch of questions. We were learning to do this because it is really important to know how to stay safe. I will stay safe in the future by not sharing personal information when i am online or in general. This is bad because if you put a picture of your car and number plate someone could track you down. 

Has your class ever done something like this before? Have you ever put a picture of you, your car and your number plate online as a profile?