Passion Projects 1.1

Today in passion projects me and Joel were making things out of origami. The first thing that I made out of the origami paper was a ninja star (Shuriken) after that I attempted to make a parrot it didn't really turn out as I hoped it would then Mrs Buenaventura came and checked up on us she thought the parrot was a seahorse. Next I tried making a wolf it actually worked out really well then I put some detail on four of them. In total I made nine wolves two parrots a squirrel and two flowers. For the Maths Craft day we were thinking of making a zoo and a icosahedron.

Passion Projects

Today we had our second day of Passion Projects well actually we started the projects on Monday 12th of November, the passion project I am doing is Maths Craft. It is where we do multiple things that is to do with maths like Menger sponge, Mobius Strip, Origami and String Art so on and so on they all have maths in the making of all of them. In the after noon  I tried doing one of the flexagons but unfortunately I messed it up by cutting all the pieces and I should have asked a teacher if we cut it all the way or not. 

I have learnt to make the octohegon and the cube. I used twelve sonobe pieces to make the octohegon and six sonobe pieces to make the cube.

Gin Wigmore

In Music this term we are doing projects on New Zealand musicians first Mrs Richardson would go on to the wheel of  fortune and there would be a wheel full of New Zealand artists.
The artist I got was Gin Wigmore she is a singer and a song writer  her actual name is Virginia Claire Wigmore she was born on June 6 1986 in Auckland. For this project we had to do some research about them the things I found out about her was really amazing apart from the part when she was sixteen her farther past away from cancer. The type of genres that she plays are Blues Rock, Pop Rock and Alternative Rock she also wrote the song Hallelujah in tribute to her father. She was also the person who wrote the song tomorrow. 

Hunt for the Wilder People

In English we are learning to think critically to identify and describe the key aspects of a visual text. Well first off we are doing critical thinking and film study about the movie Hunt for the wilder people some of the things we are doing is things about some of the characters such as Ricky Baker (main character), Uncle Hector, Aunt Bella, Paula Hall (Child Welfare). 

Mu Torere

In class Mr Rzoska our Tech teacher told us our new project and the drawing process of the Mu Torere  a mu torere is a Maori board game they played before the British came to New Zealand. In the drawing process of the mu torere is the problem (brief) the n we have to do the research about the mu torere then after that we have to come up with four concepts about it. Next we have to have the final design of the Mu torere after that we have to do a formal drawing (Plan) about the sizes, how much wood you will need to make it with then it is the mock up and after that we make the mu torere we should make sure that we evaluate every step of the way of the making of the mu torere. Here is a picture of a Mu Torere.

Raising Seeds

Aim: To Look at the different growing conditions and how these affect the growth of seeds


Method:

We worked in groups of 3-4 students
Potting mix was put into the cups.
The cups were planted with radish seeds.
Each cup had a different growing conditions:
Cup 1 - normal
Cup 2 - clear cellophane
Cup 3 - over watered
Cup 4 - Under watered or green cellophane

The plants grew in their cups for 10 days before they were measured.

Findings:

Plant growing condition	Height after 10 days (mm)
Normal	35mm
Green cellophane	60mm
Clear cellophane	30mm
Over water	0mm

The normal seedling was planted in normal potting mix and grew to a height of 35mm.

The green cellophane seedling was planted in normal potting mix, covered in green cellophane and watered. It grew to a height of 60mm. The clear cellophane seedling was planted in normal potting mix and grew to a height of 30mm. The over watered seedling was planted in normal potting mix, the water could not drain out the bottom of the pot and it grew to a height of 0mm.

Conclusion:

From the pictures and evidence we can conclude that:

The seedling height was:

1.35

2.0

3.60

4.30

The best growing conditions were:

1. Green cellophane it grew to 60mm.

2.The too much water did not grow at all.

3.The normal planted radish grew to 35mm.

4.The clear plastic cellophane grew to 30mm.

therefore the seedling with Green cellophane  conditions grew to a height of 60mm.

Photos:

Traditional Tales

In English we have been learning Traditional tales such as Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sina and the Eel, The Turtle and the Shark etc.

The categories for the traditional tales are Greek, Maori, Fairy tales, Arabian nights, Fables, Folk tales, non greek, Non maorietc. My first tale the first cateagorie I chose was a non Maori and non Greek tale so I decided to learn more about my culture so I did Samoan Myths and Legends. The first tale I did was about Sina and the Eel and the next one I did was about the Turtle and the Shark. One person in my class asked m if I could help hi with his Norse Mythology project it was called the Yggdrasil it was the world tree that holds the different worlds. 

If you want to know more about the Yggdrasil go Joel Gillespie