Agenda: 24th March

24th March 2016

Wednesday is day 1

Homework:-

Notices:

Reminders:
-5 day Easter break

-Year 9 Camp adair

Signed:

23rd March 2016

Tomorrow is day 6

Homework:-
-Weekly quiz
-Creative writing
-Wonderings for unit- refer blog

Extension: Brainstorm answers to resource questions on Blog? 

Notices:

Reminders:
-Teaming

-shared lunch 

-Camp meeting 6pm CC today.

Signed:

Agenda: 22nd March

21st March 2016

Tomorrow is day 5

Homework:-
-Refer Mondays
-Add a wondering to the padlet on our blogger
Extra for experts
-TED-ED for the week.
-Chapter 3 of THE OUTSIDERS

Notices:

CAMP ADAIR - Talk to your parents about your home baking

Shared lunch on Thursday

Reminders:
-TECH

Signed:

Sharing the planet wonderings

Earth's resources and their limited nature Finding Out

STP LOI 1 - The earth’s resources and their limited nature

WALT: Explore Earth's Resources

What are your thoughts? How does this connect with LOI 1?

Thanks again Rosie! You are a champion.

Click on the picture below to read the following article

Sharing the planet photos

Unpacking the central idea

Today for "sharing the planet we unpacked the central idea" through the key concepts. The below brainstorm shows my current conceptual understanding of the central idea. 

Science

We are all made of atoms. Today in science we inquired about different elements. Can you guess the elements below

Blogging Challenge 3

#16stubc - Protect The Places We Love

Protect The Places We Love

Every year, the students and classes taking part in the blogging challenge also try to join this special event held in March annually.

The event relates to Earth Hour

Here is a link explaining why we celebrate Earth Hour and how it has progressed since the first one held in Australia in 2007.

Many countries are holding different themes this year – check them out here. As you can see, Australia is going with

Protect The Places We Love

So over this week please do some of the following:

-Home Learning- Switch off your lights for at least an hour starting at 8.30pm on Saturday night.
-Home Learning Write a post about what you did in that hour as a family – did you keep your lights off longer than an hour?
- Write a post about the places you want to protect – might be a favourite beach or the Great Barrier Reef or a mountain track you use often or a picnic area you always go to on weekends
- What thing related to climate change would you like to see fixed by all countries around the world by the time you are 50 years old? What could you do to help make that fix?
- Add the Earth Hour badge to your blog – right click on the image below and save to your computer. Add to your sidebar using the image widget

Ted-ED

TED-Ed - Term 1 Week 8

Planning for the end of oil - Richard Sears

As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears' talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil. Toward ... what? 

1. What primary elements make up oil?

2. Approximately how much oil still exists to be refined and used?

3. When did oil peak in its share of primary energy usage?

4. Which source of energy peaked previous to oil?

5. What energy source is currently the second most used in the world?

6. What forms of energy are almost completely unused in modern times?

7. How has oil affected global affairs?

Agenda: 21st March

21st March 2016

Tomorrow is day 4

Homework:-
-Weekly Quiz
-Creative Writing Prompt (see blogger)-
-This weeks blogging challange (refer blog)

Extra for experts
-TED-ED for the week.
-Chapter 3 of THE OUTSIDERS

Notices:

Aongatete Camp meeting: This Wednesday, 23rd March, 6 o'clock in the Cultural Centre

YEAR 9's - We still need 1 more parent to drop students off near Auckland next Wednesday, and pick them up on the Friday (Return to school)

CAMP Aongatete - We still need 1 extra parent to help out with this. You can let me know by email or agenda book. Thanks.

Reminders:
-Teaming

Signed:

Student Blogging Challenge Week 2

Student Blogging Challenge - Week 2 - I can comment

Week 2  - I can comment...

Hey Team! Click here for all the details of this weeks tasks!

An overview of this weeks tasks:

Activity 1: Leave a comment on the post.

Activity 2: Practicing commenting on a class blog

Activity 3: Write a post, create a video or create a poster about commenting.

Activity 4: Visit other student or class blogs

TED-ED Term 1 Week 7

TED-Ed - Term 1 Week 7

The Earth is full - Paul Gilding

Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful.

1, What is the evidence that the world is reaching its economic growth capacity?

2. What are the countries that you think are most susceptible to the challenges of rampant economic growth?

3. In a world where the global economy is uncertain, what are the implications for your personal safety?

Agenda: 14th March

14th March 2016

Tomorrow is day 5

Homework:-
-Weekly Quiz
-Creative Writing Prompt (see blogger)-except invitation for Vocabulary.com (refer email)


-This weeks blogging challange (refer blog)

Extra for experts
-TED-ED for the week.
-Chapter 3 of THE OUTSIDERS
-Student leadership Blogging workshopNotices:

Reminders:
-TECH ARTS

-Camp Aongatete forms due back ASAP

Signed:

Agenda: 11th March

11th March 2016

Monday is day 4

Homework:-

-Summative task

Notices:

Homework marked on Monday (Quiz)

Reminders:
-Teaming

-Camp Aongatete forms handed in ASAP

Signed:

Science - Heart Dissection

Today in science we got to dissect a sheep's heart. Below are some images of students hard at work, discovering the make-up of the heart.