Matariki Stars

LI: Identify Matariki as the Māori New Year and explain its cultural importance.

For this task I found out about the Matariki New Year and all about the 9 stars. Matariki is a time to celebrate the lunar new year and to spend time with family, make stronger bonds with eachother, Honnor our ancestors that have walked before us, and to look forward  into the futrue. Something I found interesting was that Matriki disappears in may and early june due to the sun because it can get to close which blocks our view of the 9 stars. It then reappears in late june or early july making it easier to see the star clusters.

Whakaari – White Island

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

My  challenge was to research the impact of a specific volcanic eruption in Aotearoa. We could choose from Mt Tarawera or Whakaari.We found out about wharaari white island and researched about its recent eruptions. I found this task interesting because whakaari white island had a eruption that was so fatal to the people on the island.

Cinquain Poem

I have been exploring cinquain poems and all about there meanings. A cinquain poem has 5 lines, each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun for example Grey table the table is a noun and the adjective is grey. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions of a movment. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.  We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes. Something I found interesting about this was that this was a very challenging task and learnt to use more sientific words.

Pourqoui Story

For this task I created a Pourquoi story talking about the Maungarei and what happend when it erupted.

Long ago, far back in the mistis of time when the world was very young and dinosaurs once ruled the earth, there once lived a young mountain called Maungarei the Raging Demon. It was long ago one day and this present day this was one of the weeks that we called the terror of destruction. It was 9:00pm as the earth rumbled and shaked with terror, all the people looking outside of their windows at magungra. As the people looked up they noticed something far in the distance.

“It can’t be” as I mentioned with fear.

The volcano was about to erupt. The people of our village ran for their lives as the raging demon started gushing molten magma with hot rock flying far distances, people were getting hit and killed by the eruption. This day was one of the worst days of my life. As the lava reached the surface, people nearby started getting water to put out the lava, but it was no use and by the time people got close they burned like no other. 

The raging demon erupted for 2 weeks straight no breaks just the gushing out magma spitting out of it. The people of our village had no chance but to take cover and hide somewhere far far away. The explosion kept on happening day by day with each day starting to cool down. But something happened and Mt Maungarei didn’t stop erupting. We all came to our senses thinking this is it as the lava started reaching us as we lost breath. Some people even get burned from meters away because of the intense heat.

Maungarei started to feel disengaged as her lava started to cool down

“Heyy where are you guys going”   confused Maungarei

“Your too destructive and so were leaving”  demanded the village chief

“Please don’t leave i’ll be very lonely”  as she answered full of sadness

“Sorry Maungarei but you’re already caused enough damage” as they walked away.

The people of the villages left and Maungarei became lonely. Soon after a while she regretted her actions and felt destroyed for the destruction she has caused to the villages. When she calmed down the villagers came back to their home and asked Maungare if it would ever erupt again. 

“No, I promise to be in a deep sleep and never wake up from my slumber“answered Maungarei.

The villagers became delighted and carried on rebuilding their villages together. And soon the story of Maungarei the raging demon was told throughout generations and is now extinct this present day.

I enjoyed this task because I got to learn on how to create my own pourquoi story.

Diary of the past

LI: To use the ideas on your plan to help you write a diary entry through the eyes of a soldier who lived through WW1.

For this task I created a vidoe that talks abut what happend during the WW1.I have been looking at the events that took place at ANZAC during WW1. Many of our NZ soldiers were wounded or killed in action. I looked at videos of life in the trenches,  and read about Hami Graces diary. I used Google ids to record my diary entries. I enjoyed using this as it allowed me to voice over diarys. Something I found interesting about this was that 8,700  Australian and 2,779 New Zealand soldiers were killed at Gallipoli during the First World War

Time Travelers prodcast Samurel Marsden

For this task I created a podcast ft Ssamurel Marsden. Our group created a script about what Samurel Marsden would have said when the time travelers went back in time to go grap him. Samurel Marsden in the podcast is played by Vaingalo and the 3 host Darius, Daniel, and Rekard. Something I enjoyed about this task is the podcasting and recording of the scenory and the background of our script.

 

 

Mapping the Migratory Flight of the Kuaka

LI: To use Google My Maps to show the migratory flight path of the Kuaka.

For this task I created a google my maps and I had to find out where the kuaka travels to and how many km can it travel. One of the refueling stations that the kuaka has to stop is  the Yellow Sea region, located between China and Korea. The kuka travels far out to have better breeding grounds and food for themselves. One interesting fact about there travel is that they can fly for a distance of approximately 11,000 kilometers.