Water Filtes

 

This week and last week for inquiry LS2 was learning about water filters and how to make them, we needed to find out what water filters need to work and how we could put the filters together.  All of the groups used plastic bottles, sand, rocks and charcoal to try and dilute dirty water. Although none of the groups completely filtered the water, some of them managed to get lighter coloured water.

Rugby Advertisement

This week for writing, we were making Advertisement for Rugby. We had 2 choices, to either make a video or make a poster. We first planned to make a video, but as time sped up we chose to make a poster. We also chose to use a Rugby Ball as our advertisement. We tried to use some qualities that advertisement had so that it is really relatable. 

Rugby World Cup

This week out theme was about maths and our topic was about the Rugby World Cup. There were 7 challenges, most of them were quite difficult. After completing all the challenges, we choose one of those challenges and make a DLO about it. We chose the last challenge which the question was: If all the stadia are sold out each time then what will be the total number spectators for all the pool matches combined?

International Current Events

This week for reading Aung Naing, Joseph, Jack, Julian and I worked together to fill out a google map with international events. We needed to search through different news websites to find stories that fit the current event criteria. Our story for oddity is twin pandas being born in Belgium and for impact, bush fires.

Provocation and Opinion

A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Recently a major supermarket chain announced it will no longer sell energy drinks to people under 16. My opinion is recorded in my DLO that shows both perspectives. What is your opinion and why?

Exploring our national current events

News editors make decision every day about which current event stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in NZ, thought about why the story made news and plotted the location on an google maps. I was working collaboratively with Julian, Te Pounamu and Jayen. 

Explanation: Should NZ ban plastic straws?

                                          Should NZ ban plastic

Plastic Straws are actually simple to fair, they're small, quite useful for drinking as well. But sometimes usefulness and simplicity can cause something so dangerous. Hi my name is Joseph and by now you should know the boundaries of what plastic straws can cause. Plastic straws are a bigger deal than you think. Some turtles live they're live with a plastic straw in their nostrils, but for what reason. Well you see it is caused from us people, people that are capable of thinking of their own actions.


“Eww Yuck” is a common reaction I’d see if there was a photo of a plastic straw shoved into a turtle's nose. Well I find that sad, to see a plastic straw stuck in a turtle's nose is like hearing it scream help. Some people say that banning straws won’t make a difference, they might be true... in your own opinion. But making a small difference in the present could make a big difference in the future. Tell me what you achieve from throwing plastic straws? Do you become luxurious and full with gold?


Apparently some California restaurants have banned plastic straws. For the past 10 years New Zealand have been collecting plastic straws throughout the beaches. It is said that there are 65,000 plastic straws. Imagine in 30 years we kept on littering plastic straws, there would be approximately 195,000 plastic straw which is a lot of straws for a small countrie.

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