Designed for Good

Designed for Good 

What was the problem that Craig Bond had?

The problem was he had a flat tier and a man pumped it up with compressed air and that gave him an idea.

Give two reasons why Craig and his classmates want to design a new pest trap? 
They saw in 2007 what the damage was from the possums and other stokes.

There was a lot of stokes in NZ so they made a new and better trap.

What were the requirements for the new trap design? 

Pests had to die quickly with little pain.

Explain in your own words what a prototype is. 

Prototype is the first product you made but can be improved.

What is the message or theme of this story?

Trying to get rid of the pests and killing them with as little pain.

Pavlova

Pavlova 

today we learnt about who made pavlova and some question about pavlova. hope you like it

 

Bungee jumping

Bungee jumping

Today we learnt how bungee jumping was invented we had some tasks to do and I made this.

An New Life for Old Machines

What does Fisher & Paykel do to help the environment? How do they do this? 
by recycling old diverting thousand of tons of materiel away from NZ landfill.

What does coal, oil and natural gas do to the environment?

it pollute the air that we breath in and it is no good for your body.

What does non-renewable mean?

non-renewable mean green energy and natural resources.

The energy of moving things is called…

It is called kinetic energy the energy to move things.

Explain in your own words how a wind turbine works?

instead of using electricity to make wind, wind turbines use wind to make electricity.

Reflecting on Te Ao Whanui

W.A.L.T. we are learning to read instructions carefully and complete our work to our personal best 

Hi this week in Te Ao Whanui/reading we have been reading about an upgrade on gas and coal energy and using wind to make energy. Here is a link to the texts

I finished the task that was set as good as I could. I found a right spot to set and not talk to get my work done. I read the questions as carefully as I could so I could get the task finished at the right time.  

how do you get your work finished? 

   

String instrument

String instrument

Problem Solving

Problem Solving

Hi Diago and I have been problem solving here it is.