Tuesday 28 October 2014

NZ FLAG


   
1) What do these symbols on our flag stand for?
a) Blue background
b) Stars: The stars represent the constellation of Crux, the southern cross.
c) Union Jack:
2) Name the 3 flags of the 3 countries which are combined to make the Union Jack


3) When did we first use this NZ flag ? 1834
4) What flag did we use from 1840 until then? the union jack flag.
5) From 1834 to 1840 we used the United Tribes Flag. Insert an image of this flag.


6) Who kept chopping down the flagpole in Kororareka? Why?
7) What are the other official flags of NZ. Who are they used
for/when are they used?
Insert an image of the National Maori Flag. When did this flag first fly officially?
8)# Now you understand the basics of our present flag, work on a design for the flag you feel NZ should have. Insert your image.
Think about:
*what flags of other countries look like
*which icons are important to New Zealanders
*is your flag representative of our society
*the colours and what they represent
*what will go in the top left corner -the most clearly seen part of the flag even when there is no wind and the flag hangs down.
*how the rest of the world will identify NZ from this flag

Monday 27 October 2014

Rotating Shapes

What 3 things do you need to say to describe a rotation?
1.Where the centre of the rotation is?
2.How much it has turned through(1/4, or 1/2 turn or an angle)
3.Weather the rotation has turned anticlockwise or clockwise.

Explain what centre of rotation means
The centre of rotation is a little dot or cross on a grid which is where the shape of the rotation should turn on the line where the dot is.

Now use these 3 things to describe the rotation on Page 1 of the myimaths lesson (i.e. describe the rotation of the triangle)


The centre of this triangle is at 1,1 on the grid. It has turned 90ยบ or 1/4 and has turned clockwise.

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Thursday 23 October 2014

REACH WITS

A friend is at your house and wants you to steal some cough medicine from your medicine cabinet.
Some things you can say:
1.No thats not right
2.I don't want to
3.My Mum moved the medicine to somewhere else for a while.

You're at a party and the friend who was supposed to give you a ride home is drunk or high on drugs. She insists that she's fine and tells you to get in. You know that getting in the car with her would put your life at risk – and hers -- but you don't want to make a big scene.
Some things you could say:
1.Your not acting right lets say we get a taxi so we can talk to each other about the party tonight.
2.Why don't we ask if we can stay here for the night, it'll be awesome.
3.Why don't I drive tonight and you can drive the next time

During a free period at high school, a guy or girl you like suggests that you go off in the woods behind school to smoke cigarettes. You really like this person and don't want to embarrass yourself. But you also don’t want to get smoke.
Some things you can say:
1.Nah i've got something really important and if i cant be there i'm screwed.
2.Not today, bro
3.I don't smoke maybe we can do something else?

A kid at school is having a massive party this Saturday because his parents are out of town. You know that lots of people there will be drinking. A friend really wants you to go with him. You don't want to go. Some things you could say:
1.Im too busy to go to the party.
2.My parents want me to be home because some relatives are coming over so I cant skip it.
3. Why don't we go somewhere else the next day maybe like the movies, my shout.


Q & A article

Write questions for these answers.

A.Krystal Bennett
Q.Who was the 18 year old that died in a car crash in this article?


A.P and Morphine
Q.What kind of drugs were that 19 year old taking while driving?

A19
Q What was the age of the driver that had taken drugs and was driving on the road?

A.River Road, Upper Hutt
Q Where did this accident happen in this article?

ANever drive if you’ve taken any drugs
Q What did Krystals mum say in the article?

A.3
Q.How many passengers were there in the other car?

A.selfish and irresponsible
Q. What words did Krystals mum describe the other driver as?

A.57th
Q.What was she ranked in the top 100 sales staff of the month on August 2005?

A.6 ½
Q.How many years was the driver sentenced to prison?




Find another article which reports on the death of a NEW ZEALAND teenager from drugs or alcohol.

Write a 100 word summary of what happened.

Link the article.

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Rotational Symmetry

In your own words explain what rotational symmetry is.
Rotational symmetry is a shape that can be turned around in a 360 degree and in that rotation the shape will match itself.

A shape has an order of rotational symmetry of 2. What does this mean?
This means that the shape has matched it self 2 times in the 360 rotation. That means the shape has rotational symmetry.

How is rotational symmetry different from line symmetry?
Line symmetry doesn't rotate, there is a line that separates the picture in half to see if they are the same on both sides. rotational symmetry rotates the picture in a 360 degree which sees if it can match it self during the 360 rotation.

What do you do to check if a shape has rotational symmetry? 
Rotate the picture at 360. If it matches itself it has rotational symmetry.

Find pictures of 3 real life objects which have rotational symmetry (not shapes, objects e.g. foods, logos) and paste them into your post






Complete this table
If a shape has rotational symmetry of order 3, how many degrees would it rotate to match itself? Answer = 120 degrees



Order
Degrees of rotation to match its shape
2
180 
3
120
4
90
5
72
10
36


Photo Captions

WHEN YOUR BROTHER TRIES TO GET IN YOUR ROOM



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THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SUSHI.

THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT U.







Monday 20 October 2014

Happiness Abstract art

Find a piece of abstract art which illustrates (must be ABSTRACT)


  1. happiness
  2. anger
  3. disappointment
  4. boredom
Paste it into your blog (label with the emotion)


  1. Happiness 2. Anger
  















3.Disappointment                                                                                      4. Boredom 














Use Sumopaint or do a google image mashup to create an abstract illustration of one emotion. Paste your image into your blog (label with the emotion). You will be writing about this emotion in Writing today.