Day 2 Forest life

ACTIVITY 3 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL 

New Zealand is just one of many countries that has amazing plants and trees. In fact, the African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!

Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.

Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?

On your blog, tell us how to solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).

1095 mls

Photo credit - W.Clarke West Saguaro National Park around Sombrero Mountain near Tucson, Arizona in November 2016.

If I was given a cactus for my birthday my answer would be to give it 1095 mls for a full year. The way I got this answer is I multiplied 3 mls by the days of the year. There are 365 days in 1 year and my total was 1095. I got my answer by getting help from the google calculator on my chromebook😁 I put in 3 x 365 and it came up with 1095.

Day 2 Forest Life Activity 2

ACTIVITY 2 THE GREAT TAUPO CYCLE CHALLENGE

Every year approximately 7500 people arrive in Taupo, New Zealand to compete in a one-day cycling race around Lake Taupo. The race route is 160 km in length. Participants can choose to compete in the full race or the half-race (80 km). Let’s imagine that you were given a free ticket to compete in the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge next year and you were able to bring three people with you as your ‘support crew.’ Who would you bring with you?

If it was me, I would choose my son, Aronui, as one of my supporters because he’s really funny and energetic. I think that he would make sure that I had a great time and that I spent the entire day laughing and smiling. I would also choose my sister, Leigh, because she is very strong and fast. Thirdly, I would choose my co-leader, Hazel, because she is very organised and would make sure that we followed the trail and didn’t get lost!

On your blog, list the three people you would like to have on your Lake Taupo Cycle Race Support Crew. Tell us why you have chosen each person.


JAHREY'S LAKE TAUPO RACE SUPPRT CREW

I would take my mum and my dad and my little brother because there good helpers and good supporters. I chose my mum because i know she is a good supporter like my dad thats why i chose her and i know that they will cheer me on. I want my mum and dad and little brother to be there because they make me happy when there are there for me my dad makes me happy and support me and my mum helps me and my little brother cheers me on and they all make me happy. My brother makes me laugh when im sad and he tells me jokes and we talk he tells me jokes to make me happy he respects me and I respect him too.

Week 3 Up up and away Day 4 Activity 1

Activity 1: The Southern Lights [4 points]

Once in a while a very special event takes place in New Zealand. It is a show of beautiful, bright lights that appear in the sky over the South Island. The lights are called the ‘Aurora Australis’ or ‘Southern Lights.’ They are similar to the ‘Northern Lights’ that are often seen in places like Northern Canada, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The southern and northern lights are so stunning that they often leave people, who are watching them, speechless.

For this activity, you are to write a short acrostic word poem about the beautiful lights. Hazel has written an acrostic poem about summer to give you an example.

S - Sun outside,

U - Umbrellas in the sand.

M -  My friends and I, having fun,

M - Making sandcastles,

E - Enjoying ice cream on a hot day,

R - Racing to the beach!

On your blog, use the word ‘LIGHTS’ to write an acrostic poem about the Southern Lights. Be as creative as you can!

For more information and examples of acrostic poems, check out this poetry website.

DAY 1 LIKE A SCENE OUT OF A MOVIE

ACTIVITY 1 THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS

SOUTHERN LIGHTS

L - LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY

I - IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE

G - GLOWING AND BRIGHT

H - HIGH UP WITH THE NIGHT STARS

T - TWINKLING LIGHTS WINKING AT ME

S - SOUTHERN LIGHTS SHIMMERING IN THE NIGHT SKY

PHOTO CREDIT - TAI-CHIANG HUANG 29 MAY 2017

Activity 3: Something Smells Fishy…🐟

One of the longest and largest rivers in the world is called the Amazon River. It is located in South America and is approximately 6400 kilometres (kms) long. That is four times longer than the entire country of New Zealand. Wow!

Scientists believe that there are over 3000 different kinds of fish that live in the Amazon River. Now, that is a lot of fish! To learn more about fish, we went online and found some really cool facts about fish.

For this activity, we are going to provide you with five sentences about fish. Some of them are true and some are them are not. It is your job to read these ‘facts’, and decide whether they are true or false.

On your blog, write out each fact and in CAPITAL LETTERS beside the fact, write the word ‘TRUE’ if it is a true fact or ‘FALSE’ if it is not true.

TRUE OR FALSE???

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. TRUE

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. TRUE

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc) TRUE

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes.’ FALSE

Week 2 water water everywhere

DAY 1 SWIMMING WITH THE FISH

 ACTIVITY 1 SURFS UP

WEEK 2: Water, Water, Everywhere

Welcome to the second week of the Summer Learning Journey. We hope that you enjoyed learning about the amazing land habitats that we have here in New Zealand and overseas. This week we are going to  focus on water; the lakes, rivers and oceans that make up our beautiful country. Are you ready to jump in and get wet? Let’s hope you brought your togs!

DAY 1: Swimming with the Fish

Activity 1: Surfs Up! [4 points]

In New Zealand we have many beautiful beaches and stunning waterfalls. One of the most spectacular waterfalls is called Kitekite and it is located in Piha, a small village west of Auckland. Tourists and locals flock to Piha during the summer season to enjoy the waterfall, the local beach, and the great surf. Have you ever tried surfing? Although I have never surfed many of my friends have and they absolutely love it. In fact, it is their favourite summer activity! What is yours?

For this activity, please take a picture of yourself doing one of your favourite summer activities. It could be anything! Here is a picture of one of our team members (Laura) doing one of her favourite summer activities.

On your blog, post a picture of yourself doing one of your favourite summer activities. Below the picture tell us what the activity is and tell us why it is one of your favourites.

 S A G E

In the summer my favourite thing to do is play with my dog Sage. He is my bestfriend and I love him so much! Sage is a Samoyed and he is all white as you can see he looks so cool like the snow. He comes from the husky family and he is a snow dog. He is very strong! Samoyeds lived in the snowy cold areas and they are strong and can pull nearly anything! Sage is turning 2 soon his birthday is January 19. We got Sage when he was just a little baby my mum says when he was 8 weeks old. I love playing with him in the backyard and taking him for walks with my family.We walk him around the block or go to the onehunga dog park.We go around the dog park cross the bridge to hillsborough and its cool as cause you can look down onto the motorway! Then we reach the other side of hillsborough where the beach area is then come back over the bridge to onehunga its like looooong as but I love it because I really love my dog hes the best!

Day 1 in the beginning

Activity 2: North and South

The country of New Zealand is made up of two main islands – the North Island and the South Island. Approximately 77% of the New Zealand population live in the North Island. Many of these people (including our Summer Learning Journey design team) live in Auckland city. Auckland is a great place to live with lots of amazing parks, beautiful waterways and stunning scenery to enjoy. It is also a busy, vibrant city with many cafes, museums, galleries and theatres to visit. I feel lucky to call Auckland my ‘hometown.’

Now it is time to think about your hometown. What is special about where you live? On your blog, describe your hometown. Be sure to include lots of describing words (adjectives) in your post.

MOUNT ROSKILL, AUCKLAND

My home town is Mount Roskill. It is special because we have a big special community at Mount Roskill. In Mount Roskill it is a big place. We have new houses getting built and old houses getting demolished because some houses are very old and very dirty. We have very grateful family's in Mount Roskill. At Mount Roskill there is a school nearby the park. The school is called May Road school and it is the best school because I go there! Even my Mum went to May Road school and my aunty and uncle. And I have the best teacher in the whole wide world too her name is Miss Ulugia Pua. There is a playground down by the school field with swings, slides, climbing monkey bars and even a flying fox. There is a big basketball court too where all the kids play and we even have a cool skate ramp at the park and a dirt bike track at my school for everyone to use. I think if people are looking for somewhere to live they should choose my hometown Mount Roskill because it is the best place to live. Here is a photo of me and my brother at our school may road school.

Photo credit My Mum Mareah Mata

Day 1 In the beginning

ACTIVITY 1 LEGEND OF NZ

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points]

According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.

To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.

MY TOP 3 FUN FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

1. The name of the country we live in is called New Zealand. in New Zealand our native language is Maori. There are lots of different places in New Zealand with Maori names but the one people should know is the Maori name for New Zealand. Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. Land of the long white cloud.

Photo by - Nathan Kaso

2. Some people like to call us New Zealanders or another word is Kiwis. Kiwi is the cool name we like to call ourselves but it is actually new Zealands native bird. The bird does not fly and lives in dark places.

Roha the Kiwi. Photo credits Kiwi Coast Malcom Pullman

3. In Auckland city where I live one of the cool attractions to see is the skytower. It is very high up at 328 metres high. If you go to the skytower you will get a beautiful view of the city. You can go to the casino or restaurants and even bungy jump off the skytower.

Photo credit My Mum Mareah Mata