My moon inquiry slide

Hey guys in science @ school we R doing some inquiry about the moon.

Heres my slide show :)

The moon inquiry

inquiry

Description: in term 4 we have been doing an activity called inquiry. There are lots of deferent inquiry groups to choose from. I wanted to learn more about the 3D printer, so That was my first choice.

Why will this benefit future RSS students: I think that my 3D printed creation will benefit the school by inspiring others to make somethings interesting not plane square creations.

Thinking outside of the box: I thought about how I could think outside the box by learning how to make interesting shapes.

here are some pictures:

This is my personality sphere

This is the holder gear.

11.12.15

Yesterday we had our last day of inquiry. I tried to print the personality sphere, but apparently James said that I'm to smart and creative for the printer, so then I tried to print this:

But that just looked like a messed up mustache. So I tried this instead:

but the stump for the tree ended up like a wonky spiral staircase. The star didn't even print and the tree was just a knotted string of plastic.

So then I whipped something simple up in 20 seconds like this and hopefully it works:

Now I'm called THE PRO! at sketchup. Later on James asked the pros at sketch up (William G and I) to try to make a gun with free hand draw on sketchup. This is my result ( It's bad)

My questions:

1. What did I accomplish? I accomplished being a pro and helper at sketchup.

2. What was the most frustrating/ challenging thing? What difficulties did you encounter? When I           was too smart, too clever and too creative and complicated and It wouldn't print anything                     RIGHT!!!

3. What was your proudest moment in your enquiry? Becoming THE PRO! at sketchup.

inquiry post

Elly (Art)- Every Wednesday we have been learning about the inquiry process while finding out 

Te Reo

WALT: use Te Reo in a simple conversation.

Task: create a puppet pals animation to share your Te Reo learning.

Success Criteria

• clear voice
• saying the right words (makes sense) 
• animation matches the words
• trying our best pronunciation

	I think	My learning partner thinks
I used a clear voice	I used a clear voice by not mumbling or shouting just using my normal voice.	Bridget uesed a clear voice because i could hear what she was saying.
I used the right words	I practiced so I can say the right word at the right time.	Bridget used the right words.
My animation matched my words	me and Juven practiced so we could match the animation with our words.	Bridget animation did matched her words.
What did I find challenging?	I found challenging to pronouncing the words.	i think Bridget found challenging when she had to say the words right.
What did I like about…	I liked how we could show other people what we are learning around the world.	i liked it when Bridget was saying what the words are.

I love how you have explained what each phrase means so your audience is learning from you and I am pleased that this was something you enjoyed. You have created a clip showing your Te Reo learning. You and Juven worked to make sure your animation matched your words! It can be tricky to learn new words but I think you have a clear voice and your pronunciation is great.

Kerri

Kinetic/Potential Energy

This is me and my groups Kinetic and Potential Energy movie.

WALT: create an i-movie to demonstrate kinetic and potential energy

How will we know our movie is successful?  

clear camera work (thinking about the sun, keeping the camera still-moving slowly, in focus

clear voices and image (volume, wind, background noises, mumbling)

Reflective Prompts:

I now know that: potential energy is stored energy and kinetic energy is the energy to move

I enjoyed: making the movie and how we decorated it

The most difficult was: planing the where we were to go and the right angel to film

Working with my group was: a little bit hard cause then they will not use your ides if they don't want to 

What great learning about potential and kinetic energy and the swing is a fabulous model to show your learning. A fantastic honest reflection Bridget, it can be tricky working in a group but it can also be very helpful to your learning. You all have to share ideas and work together to grow the most powerful idea.
Kerri

art post

Sharing our Stories

We have been creating a variety of art pieces this term. These pieces are all about ourselves and sharing our stories. We have used different media like collage, watercolour, crayon and clay to create our art. We are beginning to make choices as artists. Each piece of art shares a little about us.

WALT: share our stories and ideas through art.

WALT: explore a variety of media and make choices about how 
we want our finished piece to look

Success criteria: * our message is clear

* our art represents us

* we have tried different media

* we choose the media to create the effect we want

	I Think	My Buddy Thinks
my message is clear	I think that my message is clear because I always check that it makes sense.	I think that Bridgets message is clear.
my art represents me	My art represents if I know what it’s about.	I think that Bridgets art represents her.
I have tried different media	Yes and it’s helped me in the past.	Yes Bridget did try different things.
I choose media to create the effect I wanted	When I get to choose before I get the stuff for the art I alway plan what I need, shapes and how it’s going to look.	She did get the effect she wanted.
my favourite media is… because	well it depends of what art I’m doing.

I chose to make a movie because I love making my own movie and posting it on youtube speaking of youtube if you go on youtube you can serch bridgets art movie or clik hear... http://youtu.be/NiYCXLSxKTg to what it on youtube.

Bridget, you have a clear vision of what you want to create and work hard to achieve you goal. You enjoy the time to plan and think before you start and this thought is reflected in your completed pieces. 

Kerri

Learning to learn

WALT: Learning to Learn

Success Criteria:

• know what I am learning to do
• I know what I need to to to get better
• I plan activities that are going to help my learning
• I follow my plan
• use my learning time wisely (complete my activities on time)
  

  

  
  

  

  

Reflection

	I think	My Buddy thinks
I know what I am learning	I know what i’m learning because I listen to the teacher	Bridget knows what she's learning because she lessens.
I know what I need to do to get better	I know because I do what I need to.	Bridget needs to learn on making her stuff make sense.
I plan activities that are going to help my learning	I do it so I can be a good learner.	Bridget definitely can plan her time.
I follow my plan	I follow my plan so I can keep to where I am at the time it is.	Bridget follows her plan as it says.
I use my learning time wisely	I use my time wisely and sometimes I help others when they need it.	Bridget uses her time very wisely.

Bridget, you successfully plan your learning time using the must dos and can dos and you usually follow your plan.

Your next step is to ensure your learning activities are all completed in a timely fashion while maintaining your focus on excellence.

Kerri