Technology (Concept Ideas)

IALT: Write about my concept ideas I have drawn for my project during Technology.

For my concept ideas in Technology, I have chosen to do the design for myself. Our task was to draw six different things, your client likes, (Myself) and then pick one and draw it on cardboard paper. For my six designs, I have chosen to draw a bull shaped head, a rugby ball, normal sized clock, a square clock, a dog face and a shield. I have chosen to do these because I like watching the Chicago Bulls, playing Rugby, clocks, playing with dogs and the NRL telstra premiership shield. 

I chose to do the shield because it's a little bigger then the others and it's easier to draw, and I don't need to trace of anything. I don't regret choosing the Shield because I already have two sides and the joints that connect them together, all I need is to cut a piece in the middle and insert the clock mechanism. I am looking forward to moving on and getting ready for the laser cutter.

Something I enjoyed during this time was being able to create my 2nd design, to choose from the two which is better and then work on that one. I hope next week we can start laser cutting and myself, I can be able to learn about more things.

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KiwiCan Reflection

IALT: Write about what I learnt in Kiwi Can.

Yesterday in Kiwi Can I learnt how to play a 'Human Bop It Game' along with practising a Samoan Traditional Dance called a Sasa and got to learn about what other people think 'Reliability' is. 

The Human Bop It Game is just like the toy version, but includes more movement and more flexibility, it was the same moves which are ; Jump It, Spin It, Bop It and Twist It. At first I was like "Whaaat?"But then our Kiwi Can instructors Ms Lily and Mr M said it was easy and demonstrated the actions. I was eager to get into it, along with my peers who also had the courage to follow the actions. Soon it was for real and whoever did the wrong actions had to sit down. I along with one of my friends Sifa was out in the 2nd round, because I was just a beginner. 

But going into the next rounds I noticed the Juniors were pretty good at this, I was stunned. After a little while of playing, we got told to practise a Sasa, the actions were pretty detailed but after a little bit of practise we were sure to nail it. We practised the Sasa, and I was getting excited because it was actually amazing and I was from Samoan culture. 

Then we finished practising and we were told that we had a new topic and that we would be learning it for the last few weeks, I didn't know what to think of this but I when Ms Lily said "Reliability" I already had a keen knowledge on what it meant to me. Reliability to me means, being able to manage yourself and being able to trustworthy, others gave a try on what they though Reliability was, others said "When people can trust you" and "At home when I do the chores" I knew this was their prior knowledge, so no answer is a wrong answer. 

 It was getting near to lunch time so I had to leave and go to ring the bell, I didn't want to but I was reliable enough to go and fulfil my responsibility. When I came back it was time to leave, I was gutted but at least there was always Kiwi Can next week. This week, was different but Kiwi Can will always stay the same. I hope next week we will be able to learn more important things, and like skills. Something I found challenging during Kiwi Can was practising both Bop It and the Sasa, "If anyone can a Kiwi Can" 

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Statistical Investigation (Vegetables)

IALT: Create a survey based on the topic : "The most disliked vegetables in Room 9"

This Maths task was just a followup of last week's activity. I finished all my work from last week and now I had the oppurtunity to work on Statistics. I chose this activity from a Maths Activity Book, I chose to do this one because I am good with Statistics but I also wanted to find out what vegetables students dislike the most. The most disliked vegetables category was 'Other' , meaning other vegetables I didn't insert in my chart. 

Me personally, don't like eating vegetables but fruit. I try not to eat Vegetables because they taste different and they don't taste as near fruity as fruit. I have tried for many years to get into the habit of eating vegetables, but I am only used to eating Onions and Carrots, both my favourite vegetables overall. 

Something I learnt during this task, was that not much people in my class eat Vegetables, which is not so good. Something I found challenging during this time was first creating the statistical investigation, I didn't get what it meant at first, but I then found it out. 

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