Geological time periods

This is the earths form of order the extinction came by.Life on Earth originated about 2 billion years ago, but there are no good fossil remains from periods earlier than the Cambrian, which began about 490 million years ago. The known geological history of Earth since the Precambrian Time is subdivided into three eras, each of which includes a number of periods.Earth's geologic epochs—time periods defined by evidence in rock layers—typically last more than three million years. We're barely 11,500 years into the current epoch, the Holocene. But a new paper argues that we've already entered a new one—the Anthropocene, or "new man," epoch.The great Precambrian expanse of time is divided into the Proterozoic, Archean, and Hadean eons in order of increasing age. The names of the eras in the Phanerozoic eon (the eon of visible life) are the Cenozoic ("recent life"), Mesozoic ("middle life") and Paleozoic ("ancient life").

Saving the whales

1. Why do we need to protect them?
2. What is the cause of the animal population disease in number?
3. What is being done to help them?
4. How successful is this help?



                                                      1. To keep the oceans healthy for wildlife to swim in.
                                                      2. Acid rain.

       3. Hold our government accountable for closing the loopholes in international agreements and ending all commercial whaling.
       4. Still endangered but is a work in progress. 

Comment what you are doing in the holidays!

School Holidays is just around the corner! Are you going to any of the following these holidays?

Kiva

Kiva is a bullying program that is against the bullying in schools.hornby high school is one of the schools included in this program and kiva is awesome for solving problems and teachers get sent slides to show to the class and videos.

Gymnastics 26th september

I have learnt to do a front flip and a back flip between both of the parallel bars this has been an extrodanery experience and I can't wait till the next gymnastics.

22nd and 23rd of September

On Friday after school at spicificly 3:30 me and my mum went to pick up Jemma as we pulled out of the drive I closed the gate peering over the other side of the yard.All I see is my little Guinea pigs snowy and flash looking at me begging for a carrot I dissidend to get a quarter of a cucumber and feed it to the two pure white boys. As the Guinea pigs was munching on their cucumber I saw their eyes glimmer in the sun and felt their fur as soft as silk. I opened to door to the Honda and jumped into the car ready to pick up my best friend,as we drove to rolleston we saw all different colours and breeds of horse,for example palominos,greys,bay,gypsy vanner and much more. As we pulled up her drive I rung the door bell and waited,all of a sudden Harley and Oscar (dogs) sprinted at me as Jemima opened the door saying yay your here. She put on her sneakers and came out to the car and hopped in ready to stay with me at my nanas and grandads house. On the way there Jemima gave me a horse neaklace and a card with a suprise inside I opened the card and it was written in black pen... Happy birthday bestie you are the best love from your best friend Jemma. My reaction was aww and thank you so much I didn't expect that. As we switched the gear stick to park me and Jemima sprinted to the gate and closed it behind my mum and saw the five dogs eyes glimmer well begging to see Jemma for the first time my nana has three cream colour pugs but one of them is black on King Charles and one bichon amythist monty max Harry and Georgie is the names one female. My nana loves pugs so she has a collection of them. Jemma and I got knocked over by amythist the black pug Jemma and I piled our stuff in a corner in our room well Jemma my nana and I Made the beds.we took the dogs for a walk and before you know it,it's dinner time scrambled eggs for tea nanas favourite. That night Jemma and I went to bed at 11.00 and fell asleep about half an hour after. As Jemma and I raised from our beds the sunrise hit our eyes and pushed us down the stairs for morning tea we had this really yummy doenuts and took Harry and amythist for a walk next second Jemma's mum picked her up, I can't wait to see her again. The next day I woke up with all the dogs and the cat on my bed I sprinted downstairs and then grandad made me some poached eggs for breakfast. I did my teeth and then took the dogs for a long walk but I did not take gorgie for he is to old. Than the afternoon flew by and it was time to go home mum picked me up and my tutor for math appeared to help me.

Thank You for reading about my weekend

Signed: Kaela

Test

Today in science we have a test about the human body.This test will contain the correct names for the body parts. We have to name the bones and answer questions like why can jellyfish walk and if we get most wrong we fail that part of science.

My digital booklet

Fitness this morning

Today during fitness we have done different types of exercises and here are some of them.

Squats,Burpees,Starjumps,Skipping,Running,High knees,Butkickers,Irish dancing some of these is what my teacher Mr Mitchell made up.

The purpose of all of these exercises is to stretch and build up your muscles in your legs,thighs and other parts. 

Introduced species to New Zealand

Rabbits
Possums
Rats
Stoats
Ferrets
Weasel
Goats
Tahr
Red deer
Wallaby only in the south island
Pigs


1. An introduced species is a species living outside its native distributional range.
2. Because it fits with their habitat type.
3. Because of pests.
4. They eat eggs from birds that live on the ground and feed on them.
5. Because they are pests and predators and eat native creatures.
6. 

Rats:

 The first possums were brought here in 1837 from Australia.
Possums are native to Australia where they are protected.
Possums are not a problem in Australia, in fact, they are endangered in some areas.
Possums were brought to New Zealand to start a fur industry.
At the height of the fur trade, trappers killed 20 million possums in a year which helped to control possum number.When possums were first released into some areas of New Zealand, such as the Wairarapa, school children were given the day off school to mark the historic event!Possums belong to a special group of mammals called marsupials. This means that the baby possum is born when it is still very tiny and continues growing in a special pouch on its mother’s stomach instead of inside its mother’s tummy.
Marsupials are found only in Australia. There are 200 different kinds of marsupials in Australia.
Other marsupials are the wallaby (which was also introduced to New Zealand), kangaroo and koala. That makes the possum the cousin of the kangaroo.

WORK POST!!!

This week I have pushed myself to my limits and completed...

Gymnastics

12th  September 2017


Today in gymnastics went on the trampoline and a beam to lifting one I correctly did all the forms asked by the p.e teacher Mr Hilliard and Miss Merrin


What I would like to achieve by the end of this lesson is ...

To push myself to my limits: I have completed my goal and did all the activity's correctly and constantly doing it right.

Kaitiakitanga

KAITIAKITANGA

1. Fukushima
2. Chernobyl

What
Where
Why are these important
What effect have they had on the areas around them?
What has been done to protect the surrounding areas from Chernobyl radiation?
What we have learnt from the?

Cartilage

Tough ( Tuff )
Smooth
Strong
On ends of bones that move across each other.
Stops friction
Acts as a shock absorber 


Three things that can damage your cartilage:
Osteoarthritis
Torn meniscus
Playing football,Rugby,Tennis,Basketball,Squash and Ski-ing


Septic arthritis: Septic arthritis is a painful infection in a joint. The infection can come from germs that travel through your bloodstream from another part of your body. Septic arthritis can also occur when a penetrating injury delivers germs directly into the joint. (Google definition)


Osteo arthritis: this is when your cartilage breaks down.

Today in the life of learning how to write a quality blog COMMENT!

Today I commented on....

kaeduns blog
AND...
Sophie's blog
Also other blogs listed down below.
William's blog
Luca's blog

other uses of the archimedes screw.

1. other uses of the archimedes screw? Transferring water and used with seeds
2. paper making through the ages? paper making process came in the 19th century with the invention of wood based papers.                        

  Start: Ancient Egypt + travel through times to today

Include: what was used 

-The path traveled around the world

Include: Samarkand.

- What relevance has religion to the spread and development of paper? papyrus made from the 

What materials have been used. 

PARCHMENT 

Sheep Skin.

When was wood pulp first used.

paper making in Thailand.

Paper making in NZ

Four dimentions of hauora

Drama skills

3 Games we played


TODAY WE PLAYED:

• Copy Circle ( Is where you make contact with the person selected and one person is out of the room which may not hear the chosen person by the teacher and copy that person's actions while the other person comes back in the room and guesses the person who is the action starter which this person is allowed to switch actions without the guesser seeking you the seeker gets 3 Guesses)
• The name game ( One person starts with a ball and before throwing the ball to your choice make eye contact and call out your name)
• Dancing with a mirror/shadowing  ( you and your buddy has to find a empty space and decide who is the leader the leader has to dance while the person opposite has to copy just like its the leaders reflection)

It was easy to do these games and make eye contact with others 

It was  challenging  to find a space for we have a lot of students in my class. 

Quality Blog Comments

We are learning how to interact online in a kind, positive and helpful way.

Learning how to leave quality blog comments is an important part of having a blog. It teaches us how to interact with others online and enables us to continue growing our positive digital footprint.

Drama

 THE PURPOSE OF WARM-UPS

To prevent injury
Relax mental and physical tension 
Prepare physically and mentally for performance work
Help you be more expressive with your body

Warm Ups

Tongue Twisters (The Ultimate List!)
Introductions & Applause
Bippity Bippity Bop
Zip Zap Zop!
Name Game
“Lap, Lap, Clap, Snap!”
Whoosh!Splat!Bomb and ShieldPass the SoundLook and ScreamKeeper of the KeysAlien, Tiger, CowGreetingsToilet Paper IcebreakerName ChantShake It OffZombie Name GameMeet My Friend…Drawing IntroductionDance Your NameMalapropismNinja Star, Baby Kitten, Angry Chihuahua

Creativity

Morph the MovementWhat Are You Doing?Group EnvironmentOn the SpotFreeze and JustifyStream of ConsciousnessNarrative, Color, Emotion (NED!)Environment CharadesSlow Motion EmotionTwo Person EnvironmentBucket of WaterBeads on a StringBus StopTour GuideWho’s Telling the Truth?Two-Headed MonsterBackdropDon’t ThinkNot What It SeemsPop-Up BookWhy Are You Late?!Name DanceOrchestra of Sound & EmotionSound BallFamous PeopleThe Great Booga Booga BoogaComic Strip

Improv

Emotion PartyHitchhikerThe ExpertTalk Show Expert3 Television ChannelsStatus ExerciseGrab a Slip!Gibberish InterpreterGibberish ConversationAlphabet ConversationYes, Let’sStand, Sit, BendA Night at the OscarsSuperheroes!Scene From Real LifeCoffee HouseFast Forward/Rewind (DVR)Split ScreenFortunately, UnfortunatelyHelping HandsSlide ShowRelationship BlitzLie to MeWord Circle ImprovMacGyverQuestionsThree WordsSuperfansEmotional Transfer

 

DIY Archimedes Screw

you will need
Flexible,clear piping ( softened in hot water)
Hot water
Coke or V cans (needs to be tall and thin)
Waterproof Duct tape

method

1. soften the piping in hot water.
2. Tape four cans together with duct/waterproof tape to make one tall can.
3. Wrap the tubing around the can.Tape the the tubing securely at the top and bottom, making sure you don't obstruct the water way.



Put your screw in a bucket on about 50 degree angle and spin the screw if water goes down instead put duct tape over the piping spin it around and watch the magic happen!!!
                                                                                                                                     



                I have published info about this fascinating screw down below  in another post
                                                                                                                                                                                IT WORKED!!!                            
 we can improve this of you add a motor or a handle.

Archimedes

how do you get water uphill?

Job: agriculture soil specialist
Scenario: your client wants to plant crops in a field 1.5 m above the local river. he needs to get water to this field and has no electricity to run a pump and no hose. he must start from scratch! how will he achive this?




this is the screw pump he invented to bring water 1.5 metres up a hill
Archimedes' screw. The Archimedes screw, also called the Archimedean screw or screwpump, is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. Water is pumped by turning a screw-shaped surface inside a pipe. The Archimedes screw is a machine that can raise water with much less effort than lifting buckets. It was invented by the Greek scientist Archimedes, though the year is not known. Archimedes lived in Syracuse, Sicily (now part of Italy) between the years 287 B.C. and 212 B.C.