Dinosaur Eggs

 

                      LI: To understand how scientists discover, record and learn from fossils.

Our challenge was to become a palaeontologist who uncovered a rare dinosaur egg fossil. We used Adobe Express to reimagine what a real find might look like. After a quick research challenge about habitat we used that information to create our image.

My partner and I found the skeleton of a Brachiosaurus. One fact that I learnt about the Brachiosaurus was that it eats plants and fruits off of tall trees .

This task was fun because we got to use AI to make our image , and we got to reasearch about our dinosaur .

Mary Anning

LI: To create a DLO that tells Mary Annings story from her perspective story.

Before we take part in our own dinosaur dig LS2 were challenged to capture the story behind Mary Anning, a pioneering fossil hunter and paleontologist during the early 19th century. Something I learnt was that Mary Anning had a dog called Trey . Trey had died because of a landslide that happened in 1833 , almost injuring Mary . 

 

Volcano Poem

LI: To write a multi verse cinquain poem that describes the journey of a sleeping maunga that erupts

We have been exploring cinquain poems. A conquain poem. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. 

We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes.

Something I found interesting about this was that Volcanoes have diffrent sizes and some of them can explode at anytime , if they are active . Extict ones are dead , which means they cannot explode ever again . 

Impact of Volcanoes

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

Our challenge was to research the impact of a specific volcanic eruption in Aotearoa. We could choose from Mt Tarawera or Whakaari.

We found out that Mount Whakaari is a Cone Volcano , which means it is bigger than a regular volcano .

I found this task Enjoyable and fun  because we could search up facts about volcanoes and watch videos of volcano exploding and how they explode .

Overall this task was fun to Complete .

 

Why Maungarei Sleeps Peacefully

Orientation

Long ago , There was a fiery volcano called Maungarei. She was always angry because there was a lot of litter , and noisiness. She had enough of it , so she erupted , affecting a bunch of villages. She also killed many villagers and people. She did not regret any of her decisions ,until the god of the volcanoes put a spell on the Angered Volcano , to  teach her that killing people is a bad thing. The god also saw ash clouds , molten rock and lava . The Plants were burning , there was a forest fire , and the buildings and shops were turning into ashes and coal . 

Problem

The Problem was that the fierce volcano didn’t notice any spells being attached to her , until she felt clumsy and drowsy . So when she did her last attack , She laughed slowly , until her visions started to blur . And her mind started to fade away from her . She had daydreamed about all of the times she had fun with her siblings . She fell asleep after the daydream , and was never seen awake again . At Least that was what the people said . Why the Volcano Started to Sleep Why Maungarei , why do you stay quiet and sleep ? the children asked .

 

 Well my children , Maungarei is asleep , but she is resting because of her watchful job . Because she watches over the people , even in her sleep .She lets the peaceful land recover from all of the damage she has done to it . She lost all of the power from fighting , and now she rests , peacefully , the old man replies  . 

 

Resolution

Without Maungarei’s activity , the world turned silent . It was peaceful , without any sudden movement . The people were happy , even the villagers . The children kept asking their parents why the volcano turned silent . But what the children didn’t know was that the calm volcano used to be a death cause , so that is why Maungarei turned silent . Be aware of the fiery volcano . She is not who she seems . She will rock  mayhem in the future . Prepare for the trouble you will have . Because she will mind control her siblings , into causing the issue with her .

 

How Volcanoes Work ( Animation )

This week for Inquiry , Our task was to make a animation of how volcanoes work . We put many details into the animation , including moten rocks falling , techtonic plates and lava flowing down the volcano . Our purpose was to learn how volcanoes explode , what damage they cause cause to the earth and how dangerous they are . Overall , this task was fun to complete .

The 4 Diffrent Types of Volcanoes

In our Reading session , we explored lots about diffrent types of volcanoes . We needed to make a Google Video , explaining about the 4 different volcanoes there was (Shield,Cinder,Composite,Dome volcanoes). We’ve had  researched about all of the diffrent types of volcanoes , and we put them on the Google Video , but we edited it into our own words . We also needed to record us talking about the information on the slides , then we put it onto the Google Video .

Overall , this task was very enjoyable for all of us .