Summer Learning Journey #36 Funky Fungi

My Task: Let’s imagine that we tested the air in your classroom and found 7 different kinds of mould. Eek! The cleaner says that it takes 5 days for each mould to be eradicated (removed). If the school had to remove each mould one at a time, how long would it take to remove all the mould from the classroom?

On your blog, tell us how you would solve this tricky maths problem. Be sure to also post your final answer in days or weeks.

It would take 35 days/ 5 weeks to remove the fungi because if it takes 5 days to remove 7 different places of fungi you just do 5 x 7 = 35 days and 35 days is 5 weeks because there are 7 days in a week.

Summer Learning Journey #35 Special Sinks

My Task: On your blog, list all of the foods that you would put in your special draining sink.

I would put in my sink cream rice, custard, mushrooms & boiled eggs in sandwiches and salads ect.

Summer Learning Journey #34 Bee-utiful

My Task: On your blog type out the four ‘Unbee-lievable Facts about Bumblebees’ and fill in the blanks for each one.

1. The word ‘bumblebee’ is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word ‘bumble’ means to ____________________________________.

2. Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of _______ kilometres per hour (km/h).

3. Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do  ______ times as much work as a normal honeybee.

4. The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including _______________________ and ______________________________ [insert any two causes of the declining number of bumblebees].

Answer 1 blank: Humm, Buzz, Drone or move ineptly or flounderingly.

Answer 2 blank: 54kms per hour

Answer 3 blank: 50 times more

Answer 4 blank: Ants & Wasps can kill bumble bees

Summer Learning Journey #29 The Black Drain

My Task: On your blog, tell us:

1) The names of the rivers. 2) The location of the rivers. 3) What is being done to clean up the rivers (if anything).

River 1: A news article said that in Auckland that %23 of rivers were swimable and %97 of lakes were swimable. To help clean up the rest of the rivers and lakes they have made a start by putting up fences around rivers and planting around them to. 

River 2: Another News Article said that in Northland %24 of rivers were swimable and %67 of lakes were swimable. They are also putting up fences and planting lots of plants to help in Northland.

Summer Learning Journey #33 Burning Up

My Task: On your blog, post a picture of your graph.

Summer Learning Journey #32 Sunsmart

My Task: On your blog, list five different things that we can do to protect ourselves from the sun this summer!

1: Wear Sunscreen

2: You Could Stay Insinde

3: You Could Stay In The Shade

4: Wear A Hat

5: Wear Sunglasses

Summer Learning Journey #31 Togs Or Trackies?

My Task: On your blog, tell us what time of year you think is best for tourists for come and visit. Be sure to share at least three things that tourists could do while they were here in NZ.

I think for tourists the best time to come is in the summer because the weather is warm and there are plenty of beaches.
1 activity the tourists could do is visit lots of tourist attractions.
another activity tourists could do is go down to Queenstown its really popular down there and cool
and the last thing they can do is go swimming if they come in the summer and go to somewhere like Mount Cook in the winter (they can climb to the top if they really want or just do the track).

Summer Learning Journey #30 Faded Glory

My Task: On your blog, list three different ideas or strategies for raising funds to preserve the Great Barrier Reef. What could you do to fundraise here in New Zealand?

Option 1: Put a raffle table outside supermarkets and make the tickets like $2 and have around 5 decent prizes or prize baskets.

Option 2: Have a sausage sizzle outside somewhere popular

Option 3: If the people running the protect the reef thing have kids at a big primary school, if they have to wear uniforms the could say $1 for mufti, $2 for a sausage sizzle & have other activites you have to pay for and if the school is big the people would get a lot of money. This idea could or could not work.

Summer Learning Journey #28 Overfishing

My Task: What do you think about this rule? Is it fair that people are charged up to $100 000 for overfishing? On your blog, tell us what you think about this rule and why you think it!.

I think that its fair to get charged up to $100 000 (as long as I'm not getting the fine). I think that its ok because otherwise there will be no fish left and we need to protect the animals on our earth. If it says no fishing you shouldn't fish there, its simple to go to another fishing spot.

Summer Learning Journey #27 Selfies

My Task: On your blog, write a short story about what you think is happening in the picture. Be sure to tell us where you think the people are and what you think they were doing at the time that they stopped to pose for the selfie. To earn full points, the story must be 8 – 10 sentences long.

I chose selfie #3
I think that the girl is on a trip in this place and has been taking lots of selfies a long her way. I think she is in one of the cities/places that will sink underwater overtime. I think she wants to show the world how beautiful that place is. I think before she took other selfies that weren't as daring, so this time she went on the edge all for an epic photo. I also think she is wanting to be adventurous by going different places and trying more extreme things. I think she is excited that shes on a trip, and maybe partly nervous. I think that when she visits different places she will take extreme selfies from way high up. I think she could be a photographer once she has finished her trip, or she might go other places and take selfies for a living

Summer Learning Journey #26 It's All In The Name

My Task:On your blog, give us a list of three to five options for the name of this geothermal pool. Put a star (*) beside the name that you like the most.


Name 1: Shreks Swamp*

Name 2: Green Stinker

Name 3: Toxic Bath

Summer Learning Journey #25 Planes,Trains & Automobiles

My Task: On your blog tell us which of the three options you would take to explore Milford Sound. Be sure to tell us why you have chosen this option.

I would choose to go on the boat because I've done plently of walking. The helicopter would be my 2nd choice because I went on one when I was little and it was really loud. I would want to go on the boat because you could get good photos, I know you could get good photos by walking aswell. I would also want to go on a boat so then I enjoy it better now that im older, also the boat looks cool.

Summer Learning Journey #24 Colossal Squid

My Task: Let’s imagine that the average adult can lift 25 kg and the average child can lift 15 kg. How many adults and children will it take to move the giant squid into its new room at Te Papa? [Note: There is more than one right answer to this question.]

On your blog, tell us how you will 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. .

You can have lots of different answers so I will put down 4

Answer 1 = You will need 20 adults because 25x20 is 500,
 25x20= 500

Answer 2 = You will need 32 children because 15x32 is 480 and 1 adult because they can hold 20kg, 480+20=500

Answer 3 = You will need 20 children because 15x20 is 300 and 10 adults because 20x10 is 200, 300+200= 500

Answer 4 = You will need 8  children because 15x8 is 120 and 14 adults because 20x14 is 280, 120+280= 500

Summer Learning Journey #22 Night Owls

My Task: On your blog, tell us whether you are a night owl or an early riser. Then, tell us about the rest of your family. Are they the same as you?


I am sometimes an early riser and wake up around 7-8am, and somtimes I stay up late untill around 9 or 10pm in the holidays.

Dad is an early riser because he has to get up to milk the cows.

Mum is sometimes an early riser and does the office work or other times shes out on the farm.

Shaun is a night owl because he always goes to sleep around 10pm and he stays in bed for ages unless he has to get up early and milk cows.

Hamish is not a night owl but not an early riser I don't really know his sleeping patern.

Summer Learning Journey #15 Going Going Gone

Summer Learning Journey #21 Funky Plants

My Task: On your blog, list three similarities and three differences between the two plants that you chose. To earn five extra bonus points, post a picture of both plants on your blog..

Summer Learning Journey #20 Mighty Mangroves

Summer Learning Journey #19 Flax Weaving

My Task: On your blog, tell us whether or not you would like to try your hand at flax weaving. Does it interest you? Why or why not?

I have flax weaved before and I enjoyed it I would do it again with school and learn more complicated things to weave. In my own time I would personally not choose to flax weave I would choose to do it at school.

Summer Learning Journey #18 Something Fishy

My Task: 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.

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

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

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

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

Answer 1 = TRUE

Answer 2 = TRUE

Answer 3 = FALSE

Answer 4 = TRUE

Answer 5 = FALSE

Summer Learning Journey #17 Cycling

My Task: 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.

1- Shaun because he is fit and would keep me motivated

2- Mum because she will also help me feel more motivated

3- Hamish because I can always have a joke around him.

Summer Learning Journey #14 Living On The Edge

My Task: On your blog, write a letter to your best friend or a family member telling them about your trip to the tundra. To earn full points your letter must have a greeting (eg. Dear…) followed by 5 – 6 sentences of information about what your experience.


Dear Family
As you know I am on a trip in Tundra, it is really cold!
There are some cool animals around like the snowy owl and theres more animals.
I am enjoying it here but I kind of miss being around home but I will be back soon.
I've meet some other people visiting Tundra and they are really nice.
I've also learnt some things about here like the permafrost prevents trees from growing because the roots need to go deep and can't grow. I will explain more about my trip and what I learnt here. I will be back in around 4 days, see you soon.
From: Bridget

Summer Learning Journey #13 Towering Timbers

My Task: On your blog tell us whether you think logging should be allowed in New Zealand. Be sure to provide at least two reasons to support your argument.

I think logging should be aloud in New Zealand because there is plenty of forest and will provide more jobs. But if  the logging industries start to destroy too many trees without re-planting them, then I think they need to go around and re plant the trees and have a break from cutting down trees in summer. So I think it should be aloud as long as they re-plant and think whether they need to cut down the trees.

Summer Learning Journey #12 Salt & Pepper

My Task: On your blog tell us where you would build your hotel and what you would use to build it. For an extra five points, use Google Drawings to design one room in your hotel. You can also use a paper and pencil to draw your room, take a picture of the drawing, and post it on your blog




I would find a place made of gingerbread and make a big ginger bread hotel and I would build it in Canada. The picture is kind of blurry but it is all candy themed

Summer Learning Journey #11 Pancake Rocks

My Task: For this activity you are asked to choose one of your favourite foods. On your blog, write the name of your favourite food and then tell us how to make it. You may need to ask a family member, friend or Google (!) for help, if you do not normally make this food for yourself.

My favourite food is buttery popcorn

The recipe  I use is very simple I get a packet of microwaveable popcorn (extra buttery) and I put it in the micorwave for 3 minutes and stop the microve at around 20-30 seconds left. It is simple and yummy.

Summer Learning Journey #6 Weird and Wonderful

My Task: 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).

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?

The Answer is 1095ml because 

300ml x 3ml= 900ml

60ml x 3ml = 180ml

5ml x 3ml= 15ml

Then 900ml + 180ml + 15ml = 1095ml

Summer Learning Journey #10 Edmund Hillary

My task is to write 5 questions I would ask Edmund Hillary if I could meet him

1- How long did it take you to climb Mount Everest?

2- How did it feel to reach the top?

3- Did you leave your mark on the top of Mount Everest?

4- Are you happy/proud you are on the $5 note?

5- Would you climb Mount Everest again?

Summer Learning Journey #9 The WWF

My task is once I have watched the video, go to my blog and, using full sentences, tell us:
1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save.
2) What the WWF is doing to help the animal.

3) What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.

Out of the 2 videos I had to watch the animals they were trying to protect were tigers and fresh water seals. To help the freshwater seals they made snow banks so that when the mother gave birth to the pups half of them wouldn't die. They also said that making snow banks are working but they need a more affective or easier plan. The video about the protecting tigers was basically just a video about saying it doesn't matter where you are you can still help protect tigers and thats really all the video said.

Summer Learning Journey #8 Doc Rangers

my task is to list three pros (good things) and three cons (bad things) about working as a DOC ranger. At the bottom of your post, tell us whether you would like to be a DOC Ranger or not.

Pros

1 you are helping to protect native wild life

2 it would be cool to see all the animals and get closer to them than just staring through a window

3 you will get to travel and meet new people

Cons

1 you won't be able to see your family as much if you are working somewhere far away

2 you could get injured while trying to save/help our wildlife

3 when you put out traps you could accidentally kill native wild life

Personally I wouldn't like to be a DOC ranger, I'm sure it could be fun or interesting but I would rather be like a vet or a professional hockey player.

Summer Learning Journey #7 Fantastic Beasts

The task I had to complete was look at a website for the book writen by J.K Rowling and then create my own fantastic beast and give it a description.

Summer Learning Journey #5 Fabulous Fern

In this activity I had to research some of New Zealands sport teams that have ferns in their name. Then I had to put a picture of the teams uniform next to it. Then at the bottom I had to put which is my favourite uniform and why.

Silver Ferns - Netball     

Black Ferns - Womens Rugby Team  

White Ferns - Womens Cricket Team 

The uniform I like the most is the white ferns uniform because it has pink on it and the design looks cool, and that really all why I like the uniform but all the uniforms in my opion are cool.

Summer Learning Journey #4 The Tāne Mahuta Tree

In this activity I had to explain why I would/would not want to visit the Tāne Mahuta tree in real life.

I would like to visit the Tāne Mahuta tree in real life because I would get to fly up on a plane to see it. Also I would want to see whether I could hug the tree and my arms could fit around it, or to see how many people it would take to get a circle around the tree. It would also be cool to get a photo of it and see how huge it is.

Summer Learning Journey #3 Digital Foot Print

In this activity I had to create a digital foot print and explaining ways to be positive and smart online, I wasn't 100% sure if I was doing this right but this is how it ended up.

Summer Learning Journey #2 My Home Town

In this task I had to write about my home town Inchbonnie.

My home town In the South Island on the West Coast near Moana called Inchbonnie. I have lived in Inchbonnie my whole life and basically all of Inchbonnie is farmland. In the back of my farm there are lots of waterholes and one of them is crystal clear, very cold & looks amazing. Inchbonnie isn't very busy, has lots of farmland, and plenty of swimming places. Theres nothing special about Inchbonnie apart from the swimming spot on our farms, the only cars going down the road are either locals or lost tourists.

Summer Learning Journey #1 Some Facts About NZ

In this activity I had to look on a website and write down my top 3 facts about NZ.

#1 To become a New Zealand citizen, you must swear an oath of loyalty to Queen Elizabeth

#2 The Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters high

#3 30% of New Zealand is forest