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Term 4 Week 3 STEAM (Project 3)

 

Term 4 Week 2 The Pahurehure Inlet (Project 1)

 

T3 W10 Writing The Body's Sensations

 The 5 Important Body’s Senses

As we know our bodies senses like our hearing , our sense of smell , our sense of sight , our sense touch  , sense of taste, the mighty four senses of our body. But have you ever wondered “How does my bodies senses work and how do they help me?” Well to day i’m going to be explaining to you on how our four important body senses work!

Sense of Hearing

Hearing is the ability to detect sounds , both humans and animals are able to have this ability because of an organ part in your body called “ear” and which is located on the side of your left and right side of your head. We call it “an ear” but that’s the name of the outer part of your ear , the inner part of your ear is called “inner ear” the inside of your ear. The outer ear is the first step of hearing , it directs sound energy down the auditory canal and towards the ear drum. Sound that passes through the eardrum is simplified into one amplitude , that is easily detected by the inner ear and gets transmitted to the brain. The inner ear is a hollow cavity that is filled with a liquid and lined with hair like structures that are sensitive to sound , so when sound passes through into the liquid of the inner ear it applies pressure on the tiny hairs , this triggers a signal to the brain which it classifies as a particular sound. Your sense of balance depends on primarily on the vestibular system which is also located in your inner ear and the moment you close your eyes , your ears can’t correlate and you will start losing balance.

Sense of Touch

Your sense of touch is your skin having immediate contact with the world around you , and using your sense of touch allows you to tell if something is hot or cold , dull or sharp , rough or smooth , wet or dry. The skin is packed with different receptors each type responds to different sensations and although your brain receives messages all the time , your brain does filter out the less important ones. That’s why it’s explained that your skin isn’t aware of the clothes that you wear on your body. The most sensitive parts of your body contains most touch receptors in them , and for an example of some sensitive parts of your body it  could be your lips , fingertips and your toes they are all are sensitive touch receptors throughout your body.

Sense of Taste

Our sense of taste is a sensation where you have the ability to taste anything with the help of your taste buds , and if your wondering what are taste buds? Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on you tongue and allow you to experience tastes that are sweet , sour , salty , or bitter. If you wanna see your taste bids just stick your tongue out and look in the mirror , see those bumps? Those bumps that you see on your tongue they are called “papillae” (pronounced 

Puh - PILL - ee) and most of them contain taste buds. Taste buds have very sensitive microscopic hairs called “microvilli” (pronouced mye - kro - VILL - eye) , those tiny hairs send messages to your brain about something tastes , so you know if it is sweet , sour , bitter , salty.

Sense of Smell

Our sense of smell is also one of the most important five sensations and this sense requires a an part if your body called “Nose”. Whenever we smell something , our nose and brain work together to make sense of hundreds of very tiny invisible particles , known as molecules or chemicals , that are floating around in the air. If we sniff , more and more of molecules can reach the roof of our nose/nostrils and it is easier to smell a smell. Since we do have two nostrils allows our brain to detect small differences in the number of molecules that reach each one , so we can follow a smell trail like tracker dogs. Have you ever tried finding where a smell is coming from? See how hard it gets with one nostril blocked. The sense of smell also helps taste food , because that's why food tastes bland whenever your nose is blocked.

Sense of Sight

Having the ability to see wth your eyes is a sense where you can take a view at everything and both humans and animals have this ability but that doesn’t mean everyone in the world has sight to see this world which I find personally sad. But anyways the sense of sight is required to have eyes and if your wondering “Why do I need eyes to see?” well.. The human eyes has different parts because some parts protect the eyes and while others parts are in charge of our vision (being able to see) and the parts that protect the eye are the eyebrows , eyelids , eyelashes , lacrimal glands. The eyelids open and close many times per minute and help the eye stay nice and moist , the lacrimal glands help clean the eye and takes away the germs and the dust that has contact with the eye. The parts of the eye that helps with vision are the  iris , the pupils , the eye lens , and the retina. 

If everyone in the world became vegetarian what would our society look like?

 

15/9/21

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Purpose: To Narrate

If everyone in the world became vegetarian what would our society look like?

Imagine if there were no meat in our supermarkets… What would that look like?

Imagine if KFC had no meat on their menus , because they are a chicken based takeaway how would your taste buds feel? Would you still like to eat KFC?

Imagine if there was no meat at McDonald's , what would that taste like? How would your taste buds feel then? There would be less obesity and people would live longer in our society.

As a pacific islander meat is the main source of our diet , and we are known to be hard physical working people and meat is required to keep us solid and strong.

But in our days we don’t do as much physical work , yet we continue to still eat a good variety of meat which unfortunately leads us to health problems and a shorter life. Our people back in the stone age we would eat meat but we would do a lot of physical work which required a lot of stamina , when I mean work I mean they had to hunt , they had to scavenge , they had to wash the animal but now it only takes us 5 minutes to go either go to our local supermarket and get what we need or either go to takeaways and pick up our food. Some of us pacific islanders and others now could live off other things that's not meat and some of us can’t and with no meat in our society some of us could have a longer life span because we are healthier and doing less physical . But as for the animals they get to have more freedom knowing that we are not eating their kind (animals) and there would be more and more animals living freely and not being slaughtered for someones meal. Remember this is just a narrative , but who knows what if the day arrives and there was no meat. The animals would happy that they don’t get prepared for someones meal , but would we be happy knowing that our stomachs and taste buds might be craving meat? So just imagine the day arrives who knows , in five hours , in thirty minutes , in ten minutes , maybe tomorrow! And just imagine all of our meat just POOF! Gone!  

How would you feel? 

And would that effect you in anyway? 

Balanced Diet Week 8 Term 3 Reading Tasks

 

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My Online Learning Certificate! W6 T3 2021

 

Shoud we open the borders? Writing Week 6 Term 3 2021

 31/8/21

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Should New Zealand open the borders? 

Sadly there was an announcement made saying that the borders will be closed and as for me I was just two days away from flying to Napier , it really made me sad and upset but I had to remember it was for our own good and we have to accept that! So today's question is “Should New Zealand open the borders?”

Having the borders open can be fun because we could go on vacation to other countries or visit family and could catch up and stay with them! But that only one side of the story…

If New Zealand opens the borders and people had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand there might be a high chance that more and more people with have to get vaccinated just to keep safe from covid 19 , and as for workers like border workers such as air hostess,staff from the airport, or piolets there could be a possibility of where infected people come into the country which will bring anxiety and stress to border workers because those who might be travelling could be infected and they could also infect the border workers , so the strategy that might help border workers are to maybe minimise the staff. Border closure has also been frustrating and challenging for our athletes , because of lock down and covid 19 as well as the delta variant our , athletes can’t play their games and hopefully after this lock down our athletes can go back and continue playing their sports again with crowds and crowds of people .

As for the rest of New Zealand it could bring fear and anxiety to them too , not knowing that maybe the closes people to them could have been infected , and with more and more people coming from different countries it could make it a bit more difficult for the medical community to continue the race to vaccinate the entire nation/country to protect them from the virus and it is a big task  a big job , but it is a big effort for New Zealanders. But also considering that it hasn't been announced that people 16 or under the age  can’t get vaccinated yet , which leaves a million children and young people not vaccinated yet so then 20% of New Zealand haven’t been vaccinated but the rest of the 80% have been vaccinated and adding more people from different countries to the percentages leaves it unknown because , the medical community might not know if they have they are infected. So I personally agree with the restrictions of the borders we have now which means that I think we should leave the borders closed.

So that was my opinion but I really wanna know , what is yours? A little recap on what today question is , it is…

Should New Zealand open the borders? 

Should the borders be open?

 

Week 5 Term 3 Reading Tasks!

 

Kia Orana! This weeks reading tasks where based on culture significance!

What is your culture?

Is Kapa Haka Good for you?

 RT: Use evidence to back up your thinking opinion.

Is Kapa Haka Good for you?

You know that thing that the All Blacks do yeah you got it , the Haka! The All Blacks would do there Haka called “Ka Mate , Ka Mate.” before they start there rugby match. If your wondering “Why are we talking about this” , well the topic for today is Kapa Haka , and you may have heard what it is but if you haven’t heard it anywhere or don’t know what is it , it is a Maori activity of maori action songs with groups who preform them and people do this for   another way of expressing their cultural identity. The Haka was also preformed by Maori warriors before battle to intimidate their enemies , by demonstrating their fierceness and strength , but that was back in the past when war begun between Maori warriors and their enemies. So the question for today is “Is Kapa Haka good for you?”

Kapa Haka gives an opportunity for Maori students to connect with the Maori culture, and it also give them the opportunity to express their identity as well , as gaining confidence through performance and stepping up as leaders and role models. Through Kapa Haka , students are able to experience a way of learning , and its not just Maori students who benefit from kapa haka , all other kinds of other cultural students can also benefit from kapa haka. Kapa Haka is good form of motivation and it introduces the world to maori culture , and it also gives students the confidence when they are doing it with their classmates and sometimes you could even preform in front of people , and students could even meet new people and begin new friendships while doing kapa haka! Kapa Haka is an awesome way of exercise and it includes singing dancing and others. Learning Kapa Haka you could also learn about the history of it if you willing to , but when I do Kapa Haka i feel strong and happy and who knows maybe you might be able to experience it too!

So it’s all up to you and it’s your decision to make if you want to try it , so what do you think... 

Is Kapa Haka Good for you?

Reading Week 4 Term 3!

 

Did you know video games are actually good for you?

 RT: Use evidence to back up your thinking opinion

Are video games Good or Bad?

Gamers! For those who play video games and think it's bad to play and game , what if I told you that gaming/playing video games can actually help you through out your life and it could also help improve your life skills? Yes this may bring you excitement and joy knowing that playing video games could help you through out life , but it doesn't mean you start playing  video games  A LOT  more often. So as you may know there were some hints on what the topic is about today  , and you may have guessed it! Video games! So let's get started! :> 

Starting off let's take a game Fortnite Battle Royal for an example , when keeping an eye out for your enemies  and grabbing the best loot and changing your inventory without even looking at the controller  , right there you are practically flexing your brain. Your brain loves challenges like this , and your brain could actually grow from playing video games . Playing video games can help and develop other skills too.  For an example  , video games teach you to never give up no matter how many times it takes to defeat  the final boss or to defeat the last person standing to get the victory , no matter what , the persistence you use in video games reveals that hard work will help you achieve your goals , both inside the games  and outside the games. To succeed in video games you can work as hard as you can but also try  work smarter too. Trying to beat a very good player  or the final boss with what looks like almost infinite hearts may not be as fun and simple if you use the same strategy over and over again , so that's why video games train you to solve problems by trying multiple a different solutions to win. 

All though there are some people who choose violent games and playing those games can case people to be  a bit more aggressive towards their surroundings.Sometimes there can be little kids at a pretty young age playing violent games , and doing that could effect them to be more and more aggressive towards their surroundings growing up. Plus it is hard to get active and get more exercise if you keep looking at a screen and plying video games all day and if kids continue to do this and it becomes a habit then they could get overweight and start to lose their connections with the rest world. Overdoing video games and regularly playing video games could effect important stuff like friendships and how good you could be doing in school. So yeah hope you learnt something from this and not all video games are bad but some could be , and remember...

Education come first before games

What do you think is better?

RT: Use evidence to back up your thinking opinion       

Playing sport or Music?

Music and playing sport are two different things , playing sport can be really fun but at the same time it could be stressing but I tell you it can also be another way of exercise , and as for music I find it really calming well at least some music-. So the question is "What is better? Playing sport or music?"

According to fastcompany.com suggests that exercise and sports triggers chemicals in the brain that can make you feel happier and relaxed. Team sports provide a chance to unwind and take part in an activity that improves fitness.If you play outside , you can benefit from fresh soothing air which is said to promote a goodnight sleep.Your heart is a muscle and it needs frequent exercise to help and keep it healthy , and with a healthy heart it could pump blood efficiently through your body. Your heart will improve in preformence when it is regularly challenged with exercise and fitness , which means playing sport is healthy for your heart and your body.

Secondly sport can help many people learn how to work together in a positive way "how?" you may ask well , people who are learning sport could learn and develop teamwork by collaborating and communicating with each other , to find and discover strategies on winning. Thirdly music , research has found that listening to calming/relaxing music let's the blood flow more easily through your body. Plus your mood could be boosted on what genre music it could be and since music can be boost your mood it could also boost your brains production. Music also eases pain by reducing stress levels and  , music therapy can assist in pain management. Well to be honest it's all up to you sooo...

What do you think is better? Playing sport or Music? 

  

        

                     

Myself Poster Cybersmart.

 

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Cybersmart!

 

Kia Orana have a awesome cook-island language week! Thanks for visiting my blog and this week for cybersmart Kahikatea had to get into groups of 2,3,or 4 , and the learning was about improving people comments and checking to see if they were helpful , positive , and thoughtful! I had a buddy and she was Nicole go check out her page! Thank you for looking at my blog have a awesome cook island language  week stay positive and aere ra (good bye)!