How To Attribute Images

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning to attribute images. I learnt how to attribute images and credit peoples work. I will use it in the future to credit people’s work so I don’t get copyrighted or accused of plagiarism. What I thought was hard was when I had to do an image from my friends blog because I didn’t really know how to attribute an image from a friends blog. What I found easy was probably trying to attribute an image from Google and explore tool because I just had to find the license, title and author. Do you know how to attribute an image?     

How NOT To Get Scammed

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about scams and phishing for the cybersmart challenge. The challenge was to guess if an email, website and pop up was legit or fake. To know if they’re fake or legit we had to look for details like if they asked for private information or if the padlock has a cross. What I found hard was the last one because the pop up said that “we have just detected a virus download now” so I couldn’t tell since most pop ups are fake. What I found easy was the first and second one since the first one ask for private information and the second one was by manaiakalani which is pretty easy to guess if it’s fake or legit. Have you ever gotten pop ups and fake emails before?

The Steps Of The Scientific Method

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method for our science fair. I learnt that the scientific method is a method that uses a hypothesis, questions, gathering information, etc. We also made a infographic that showed the steps of the scientific method. I think that I will use this in the future for when I learn about science or do the science fair. What I think I did well in was making the infographic because I put the steps in order and created a good design. What I think I could do better next time is maybe add a bit more detail and try to put it in my words. Have you made an infographic before?

The Extraordinary Science Roadshow

 On Monday we went to the Bay of Islands College Science Roadshow to learn about science and to get some ideas for our science fair. We learnt about the different types of gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and more. We also learnt that 21% of the air around us is oxygen, 1% of the air is hydrogen, etc and that 78% of the air is nitrogen. After all of that we went to check out the exhibit. My favourite exhibit was the one where you had to jump and stick the thing on the pole because it was fun to do and I got to see how high I could jump. What I learnt about fair testing was that you only change one variable. I think I might use it in the future for our science fair to change and modify. Have you done a science fair before?

Extraordinary Technology

In Te Ngahere the year 7 and 8s goes to Moerewa school for technology every two weeks. This week for technology us year 8s were doing woodcrafting. We are making a waka. This week I was up to cutting off the front and back of my waka but before that we took a test about types of woods and trees then we did some crafting. I had to cut off the front and the back of the waka with a tool called plane which took me a while then I had to trim off some more with a spinny sandpaper tool to make the waka more smoother. That was all i got up to this week. What I thought was hard was when I had to cut off the front and back because for me the plane tool was kind of hard for me because I didn’t know how to use it properly. What I think I could do better next time is maybe pay more attention and ask for help because I was stuck on what to do for a while. Have you done woodcrafting before?

Being Smart Online

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about “Smart Relationships.” We had to first watch a video that showed a relationship between a grown man and a little girl that had a profile on a website that showed her personal information. The little girl didn’t know that he was a grown man since they were in a open chat room. She also got bullied about it at school because one of her bullies found her profile. The people that made the video showed it in real life though for example the grown man walking into her room which was her chatroom and more. After we had watched the video we made a slideshow where we had to write what information she shared, the main points the video is trying to make, etc. When we were done with that we could either make a DLO, animation or poster with your group. My group decided to make an animation but we still haven’t finished it. What I’ll do differently in the future is try not to share personal information that I don’t want going around.  What will you do differently in the future?

The Interesting Life Cycle Of Animals That Live In The Ngahere

 In Te Ngahere we have been creating a Ngahere presentation about an animal that lives in the Ngahere. Before we made the presentation we had to make a doc that had information about the animal that you choose to do. You had to show and talk about where the animal lives, what does it eat, what does it do in Te Ngahere, etc. The animal that my group chose was called the Gray’s Tree Gecko. We added some animations to the animals so that it matches with what we are talking about. What I thought was hard was when I had to animate because the animations were confusing to use and control. Also I didn’t really participated in that much so what I think I could do better next time is maybe work more with the group so that I could have at least participated in some more stuff.The Interesting Life Cycle Of Animals That Live In The Ngahere