Rube Goldberg Reflection Questions

What do you feel successful about?

I feel successful about our groups design & how well it worked, it took a couple of tries to get it, because the dominos kept getting knocked over, but it eventually worked. Also we got our design done in one block so that was really good.

How did it feel to work with your teammates?

It was good working with Dani & Jayda because they are both my friends but we also got all of the work done. But when Jayda went help out with the drama production it got harder because there were less people to help our group but we got it done even though we didn't have our whole group.

Is there any step in the process where you were getting stuck?

We were getting stuck with the dominos. They kept on falling over & knocking the rest over. Also people kept accidentally knocking the table & that would cause them to fall. But apart from that the rest of the design worked perfectly.

Rube Goldberg Design

Gummy Structures

Today we made tetrahedrons out of gummies & sticks to test if a triangle is stronger than a square we tested how much weight it could hold by balancing bibles on top of it & seeing how much they could hold. The most bibles people could hold was 4 & it had to hold on top for 10 seconds after they had put them on. If it toppled over before the 10 seconds then they failed. Here is a picture...

 I played soccer at lunch last week. I also do infection at lunches with my friends.

Action Plan Analysis - Whangara - Tarn Boyle

This is my Action Plan Analysis I did on slide.

Ecosystem Balance

Why is it important to ensure a balance between components of the ecosystem?

Because if one of the components becomes extinct. Then that will lead to a chain reaction, which will kill animals that live on that substance. Then they will die from having nothing to eat which will cause the animals that eat that animal to die. Etc. All of those animals dying from mostly us humans will lead to us dying too. That's why it’s important to ensure a balance between components of the ecosystem

About Me

Term 4 Summary!

Term 4 has been one of the funnest terms this year because it's when we did most of the sporty events this term & it's been so fun starting surfing! Surfing was my favourite event for the year because it's a way to have fun on Friday mornings & to get better at surfing. Athletics was also super fun because you get to have fun trying to get first & you get cheered on alot! The bad thing about athletics is that EVERY YEAR i've been in Ziggy's races(he's the fastest kid in the school(maybe)). It might be because I am pretty fast & they might want it to be a good race!

 This is my 100 meter sprint.

 This is one my 200 meter sprint.

Another fun thing term was the Kapa Haka festival because I like singing & it's a fun way to have fun with your friends. It's also a way to express your feelings because singing is fun. Haka is strong & can also tell stories like singing but Haka is more for the men & singing is for both men & women. I am doing my Waka Hoe after I finish this blog post & I am getting through it really fast! A Waka Hoe is a Waka paddle that the Maori used to paddle their waka(boats) to get from place to place or to get food to different parts of the country.

This is a photo of us at the Kapa Haka festival.

Culture city is where you have a certain amount of time to finish your work so you can go surfing. You have to finish 1 paper doll & 1 timetable about the culture you chose. The topics on the timetable are Drama(how they tell their past), Visual Arts(what their art is), Dance & Music. The paper doll is basically a white gingerbread man that you have to decorate to make it look like what the culture your doing wears. The culture for the term were Maori or Aboriginal, Maasai or Egyptian, Thai or Indian & Mexican or Cuban, I chose Maori, Maasai, Indian & Mexican.