New Zealand Disaster

Hi guys, today I will be sharing you guys what I have done for our Social Study Hurumanu. Well we have to research some disaster that happened in the past, then write some information about it. The topics can be about a famous singer, or some interesting that happened here in New Zealand and also we can search about New Zealand disaster. We need to pick at least 3 to 4 topics and read some article, then write it on our own words. If we want to be in a small group then we should put a lot of information, and quality work. But I prefer to do it alone because it will be more easier, and it was a good way for me to be a independent learner.

The topics that I have choose are about the disaster that happened on 1995, 1947, 1648, 1896, 1886. The first thing I have searched was about " Cave Creek ", it was about a group of student who died when they are having a tour. Then I searched about Ballantynes' Fire that happened on 1947, this was about an area that blown out because of something.Third thing I've searched was about Abel Tasman, it was all about the things about him like when he was the one who discovered the NZ etc. And Brunner Mine disaster in 1896, this was interesting because almost half of the workers died when this accident happened. I've also searched about Mt Tarawera like when this thing erupted, and how many people died.

The last thing was different because I've a about a famous singer who lived here in New Zealand, she was known as Lorde. Her first song was Royals, and she live in Takapuna with her family.

I enjoyed doing this because there's a lot of thing that I've learned and know. So here is the slide that I made:
 
                    

Decade research

Hi everyone, today I will be sharing you guys what we have been doing in a week and it was our decade work. We always do this in every Wananga class it was a literacy activity, so it was basically about us researching some interesting things that happened in 1900's to 2020's. We can do this on our own or you can be in groups but we are not allowed to work on one slide, but instead work in every each slide on your own. I had fun researching and learning a lot of things actually, there's also some words that I learn. So I worked with my friends Skyler and Shiela and after we decided to do the research, I used this website called "History.Com" I had fun using this because they will gave you a lot of information and choices of what is happening in every decade. I really like this because their story and words are easy to understand which make it more easier for me to write and finish one decade.

So I searched about what is happening in 1900's, 1930's, 1950's, 1970's and 1980's. And for very decade I choose one interesting topics and they are, " The Galveston Hurricane ( 1900's )", " The Great Depression ( 1930's )", " When Polio Triggered Fear and Panic Among parents in the 1950's. Disappeared in Argentina's Dirty War in 1970's and The popular culture in 1980's. I had fun and learn a lot of things because I didn't know them, also working with your team will make your job easier.

Here is the Slide:

                   

Beef Jerky ( Biltong )

Kia Ora everyone, so I will be telling you guys our lessons in Science which is Hurumanu 3. So this week me and the rest of the class are making an experiment called Biltong, if you are not sure what's this stuff is well it 's an traditional root dried meet in South Africa. So the first thing we have done is to try answering some question such as Hypothesis ( it's where you have to make a guess of something ),  Justification this one include a lot of stuff like to find one source of information that relates to our aim, then we need to copy and paste a website where I find the thing and fix it and changes it to my own word. Finally the last step that we need to do that took me a lot of time to write and that is the methods (Materials, Instruction ) so I have to research a website where I can read and get some ideas how to make them.

When were doing this we have to make sure we put it on our own words, and also make sure that the instructions are clear and simple to understand. Because if we don't write it properly we wouldn't be able to do the experiment right so I have to make sure, after I have done the instruction I have to read it out allowed and let my partner act it. And now that we had make the biltong and finish it quickly, we had to blog it and share the steps:

The first thing we did is we let Mrs Allan cut the meat into 1/2 inch then put it onto a big tray because we are in a group. And get two cups to put the salt and sugar, then we have to get a pinch of salt and spread them properly to the meat both sides also the sugar. After that Mrs Allan gave us a piece of string to tie them near the window because that part is cool and will make it more easier to dry.

So here is piece of work and instructions that I made:

Materials

•  Write all of the things you need
• 1 strip of meat 
• 2.5 tbsp coarse salt
• 1.5 tbsp brown sugar (optional)
•  Dry pan 
• Sharp knife 
• No metallic container 
• Plastic cover 
• Spice grinder 
• A Hook or a paper clips

Instructions

1.  Write out the step-by-step instructions

• Prepare all the ingredients and equipment, but make sure you have cleaned your hands before you start doing the experiment. 

• Using a sharp knife you need to cut the beef into the middle part of the meat inch thick strips pieces, but make each strip are equal and it needs to be around 6 inches long.Remember it’s not on the non-metallic container.

• Then get a paper or a cup to put your sugar and salt, put 3 teaspoon each and mix them properly. 

• And get a pinch of salt and the sugar and spread them evenly on the top side of the meat. Then get a pinch of salt and the sugar and turn around your meat to cover the bottom part. Spread it evenly!

• Add a hook to the thickest part of the meat, if you don’t have a hook you can use plastic covered paper clips or a peg .And hang you biltong in a dry place or cool one and ventilated(air) space from the fan that was blowing gently just to increase the airflow.

• But don’t direct the fan at the meat/biltong because if you don’t do it the meat will harden, and separate all the meat to make sure they are not touching. You also have to place a newspaper at the bottom to catch any liquid. 

• Dry the meat 3-4 days, and test it every day by squeezing the meat on both sides and remember you need to wash your hands before you touch the biltong. And if you think it still had the given meat then it’s still wet inside. 

• It’s ready when it’s hard on the outside but kinda moist on the inside.

• Once it was done cut them into thin slices with your sharp knife and enjoyed the biltong. 

After that we have to do the results and the conclusion, so this one it include the aim which is
preserve meat using salt then what's was our result mean. After that there's the question asking
if our guest were correct and we have the discussion. I had a lot of trouble finishing this one
because I have to research " How would the salt kill the bacteria?" and doing that was not easy.
Let's say that I have to be careful of my words and remember to not use fancy words,after
researching and listening to out Science teacher was fun because I get to learn a lot of stuff 
that I haven't know and some new words.

Here is the answer for the question:
If you put a pinch of salt into the meat it will immediately dry them out and the meat draws out the moisturiser ( it moisture the meat because it as an ionic compound with some strong attractive forces )  through the process of osmosis, and as the salt enters the meat cells let say the cell wall  that’s why the alters ( changes ) the structure of the muscle fibers and also the proteins.  Salt draws out all of the water on the meat, and adding salt to meat can also cause microbial cells and result in the loss of water from the cell, also causing cell death and the meat doesn’t rot. 

Mahinga Kai

Today's lesson was about Mahinga Kai it's our reading activity that we have to do and finish. So this Hurumanu 1 was our social study and reading time, and today I have to share to you guys some facts about what I learn. I will share you guys two of the activities in the slide, I picked this two because I enjoy doing it and learn some new things about it. These two activities were about a person who have been farming to live and to eat food, I was actually inspired about the story of Karl Russell let's just say that he always work hard to feed himself, and love the nature. And he don't waste money to buy food because he knows to his self that the nature can provide him.

And then he shared some facts where he find some of the foods like at the beach, or at his backyard. This story is basically about how to preserve foods. And here is the two activity:

What does “living off the land” mean for Karl?

For Karl Russell call himself as a rich man because he was living off the land and for him it means that he was growing his own food. Like growing hunted traded or even collected himself, for him its a seasontraitional which means he work for summer, autumn and he need to preserve the food so it will last the winter. And the reward is eating the best food nature provide instead of going to supermarket and spending most of your money. 

Where does he find food?

He find his food by growing them and collected them. Sometimes he goes to nearby beaches and collects some kaimoana like tuaki, kutai, paua, and kina. 

Second One:

Why is knowing about seasons important?

It’s was because Karl follows their traditional seasonal and it means knowing the season was important, because if he doesn’t know what season is it he wouldn’t be able to save food for winter. Like no plants are growing in winter but instead it will die and not grow properly and you also would waste a precious seeds. Also he knows what season he will grow the plants and when he would collect them. 

What happens to the kai that Karl gathers?

Karl and his whanau will hunted it first and gathered then traded there for generations, and he will eat them but still need to preserve other of the foods he collect in forest and beaches. So still have some foods to eat in winter.

Health Activity

Good day everyone, today I will be sharing you guys what we have done this Tuesday. That activity is about how much sugar do we think is in Fizzy Drinks, Energy Drinks, Powdered Drinks, Fruit Juice, and Flavoured milk ( tsp ). But first we have to be in group of 4 to 5 people and then discuss about them, we need to agreed to everyone in the group and listen to their opinion. After discussing it with my group the whole class and I comeback to mat, and see which number is the lowest and which guess is the highest. Looking at the result of everybody was really shocking because of the guess are different like some say 1 tsp and then 14 tsp, etc.

So here is the guesses of my group :
Fizzy Drinks - 20 tsp
Energy Drinks - 7 tsp
Sports Drink - 3 tsp
Powdered Drinks - 7 tsp
Fruit Juice - 9 tsp
Flavoured Milk - 5 tsp

And after that we have to combine with the other group and do another activity which talked about this. Then grab some equipment like a cup to put the sugars, plastics and a teaspoon. And then put the exact sugars that we need for those drinks, seeing that was really shocking because there's a lot of sugar in every single drink but luckily I'm not a fan of them.

Here is my group and the topics: