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Passion Project Reflection:

Since week 5 we have been doing a Passion Project. In my class, we looked at doing an Augmented Reality Sandbox. Prior to that, we started constructing our own from scratch in groups. It took two weeks to plan and design.

Down below is a picture showing our group plan:

Since it took approximately two weeks to do the planning and design concept of this, we finally started construction on the actual sandbox. Whilst construction was taking place, the electronics team were taught on how to connect the 3D connector and the projector so that it projects and give colour on what we want to sculpt.

I don't know what week it is but we have finally completed the sandbox. Well without legs. During this, we did have mistakes. We had to get sand from the beach because we couldn't have sponsorship, our legs were too wobbly and many other things. One thing is that we can still complete it next year. Hopefully. With the completion of one sandbox, we got everything running and connected but the graphics aren't as advanced as the one you see on youtube.

Writing

Interactions with the Natural Environment of the Amazon River:

Down below is a paragraph that sums up the transformation of the tribe from a sustained culture to a 

more urbanised one.

The Jaguar tribe are indigenous people that live in isolated areas of the Amazon River in Peru and Brazil. Interestingly enough, the Matses Tribe, tradition people, live by what their religion is. Whilst living in the forest, The Matses Tribe had to go through a number of stages to be able to sustain their natural habitat. In doing so their farming procedures meant that they had to cut down rainforest trees, as so the nutrients within them get washed away by heavy rainfall leaving it infertile to the tribe. Having little contact with the outer world, they started to rely on goods such as clothing which came from there. Due to this, they had been lured into the only economic opportunities available. Not only does it lure them it also affects them as a culture as they go through discrimination and outside influences leaving them with little interest in their traditional lifestyle.

Passion Projects

This is like a Reflection/Log Book Blog post:

So this is like the process of what has happened over these past few days of Passion Projects. It also reflects on what was done and who did

Day	What we did	Who did them	What to do next?
Thurs Week 5
	We drew designs      2. Found links to websites to      buy a cheap graphics card      4. Found specific requirements of a laptop 5. Waiting for construction 6. Tried designing	Kahciar, Addyson, Kashaye Jared and Cody Kiarn and Aseem Jayden Josiah	We need to send in our form for our materials and start construction
Mon
	Constructed the letter for sponsorship Finished the design for the sandbox Finished a letter and sent it to the people who we are asking for laptops and other requirements 5. Sent letters out to Bunnings, Mitre 10, Placemakers and fulton hogan requiring sand	Dominique and Addyson Kashaye Kashaye, Aseem, Cody, Jared 5. Kashaye	We need to start constructing…..also need to wait on further emails of Companies hoping to sponser us with sand
Thurs Week 6
	Started cutting pieces Installing Linux Learned the Saftey Rules Cleaning Contact details	Jayden and Kashaye Josiah Negative Sand Construction Team Aseem	For the third time, start construction. HOPEFULLY. Als,o thinkaboutt the research presentation about our augmented sandbox. Find out a way to hook up the connect sensor to the projector for our sandbox
Mon Week 7
	Started the presentation and also took/gathered videos and pictures for our presentation Started putting the legs and base together for the sandbox	Kahciar, Addyson, Dominique Jayden, Kiarn, Kashaye	Continue with the presentation

Pictures

Montserrat Eruption 1995

Montserrat Eruption 1995

Extreme Natural Event:
Partner: Michelle

My experience throughout this whole topic has been bumpy. We watched videos, a lot of them, and we have also been given paragraph lessons. Given the headstart, we started a research of our own with the question to answer. To tell you the least we struggled the first couple of weeks. A lot of the questions we understood, but the rest didn't make sense in any way or form. We had some ups and downs. One of them is that we almost lost our slideshow. Well, that's all for now. 

xoxo Gossip Girl

Hurricane Katrina

Paragraph using 3 different sentence starters.

This is the sentence starters used in my writing
  - Red, White and Blue
  - EmDash
  - The 'W' Start



Here is a short paragraph of Hurricane Katrina...

When strong winds reach up to 270 km/h or less a hurricane occurs. Hurricanes need a number of factors to form, an ocean temperature of 26.5℃ and a depth of 50m. Storm surges and heavy rainfall are significant results of the storm. Hurricane ⸺ a fierce storm ⸺ is likely to affect people in its path. Buildings, local homes, and businesses are one of many things destroyed by a hurricane.

Reflection

What did you perform?
Raven and I did a duet on the piano and performed  Lovely by Billie Eilish.

Who did you do it with?
I performed my duet with Raven Tipoki

Why did you choose this song?
I chose this song because I really like the melody of it and it's a very nice song.

If you perform again what would change?
I wouldn't change anything because I was happy with the performance even though we hit like 2-3 wrong chords, but it's funny to look back on.

What has been your favourite project this year?
My favourite project was the horror composition that we created. It was my favourite because Raven and I had a lot of fun getting frights from our own piece of work. Although I was not able to perform the piece with her, I had a lot of fun.ud

What have you found challenging about this year?
This year I found it challenging to overcome my fears of performing in a crowd. I'm really proud of myself because I don't have any nerves anymore and I'm keen to perform again.

What advice would you give to the year 10's of 2019?
Just do it. If you are passionate about music and you really enjoy learning new types of instruments or songs then you should do it. At first, it's scary but after so many performances those nerves fade away.

Goals for 2019
I'm just hoping to succeed in NCEA and make it through all of my exams. I also hope to fail at least once and learn from it cause it's a really good way of learning and improving.

Matariki

On Monday, Mr Langley taught us about Matariki. Following that he taught us a few sentences structures to help with our writing. 

Here is an example of my writing.

Matariki is the name given to a cluster of seven stars. This occurs on the last few days of May, around the shortest day of the year. Remarkably, the appearance of the stars signifies the beginning of a New Year. While Matariki is in the sky, people gather and preserve crops. Celebrating Matariki gathers people of young and old generation to reflect on the past and plan for the future.

Experiment

These are a list of things that make a home earthquake proof:

• External walls are 6 inches thick. 
• Steel bars on the inside of walls.
• Reinforced concrete as the foundation.
• Hard soil under the home.
• Steel bars in the roof.

The outcome of our earthquake-proof house:

It was not successful because it didn't have a flat base because by the time I started it I didn't have the resources I needed. Architects make deep foundations to keep tall buildings stable. 

Natural Disasters

What went well today?
- Finally finished the short paragraph and bullet points of environmental vuneralabilties

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
- Finish the cultural vuneralabilties and diagrams (possibly)


What didn't go well today?
- It was a very disruptive period

How will you improve on that next lesson?
- Stay on task more

Practical Rock Cycle

Natural Disaster

What went well today?
- We finished the diagram and the annotation. We also started on the formation of a volcano and the eruption of it

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
- We need to finish the formation and start researching how it erupted.

What didn't go well today?
- There wasn't enough time.

How will you improve on that next lesson?
- Manage time properly

Natural Disasters

What went well today?
- We finished the diagram and the annotation.

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
- Need help with finding accurate information. (there are two different sites telling us to different plate boundaries)

What didn't go well today?
- There wasn't enough time.

How will you improve on that next lesson?
- Manage time properly

Social Science Research History Reflection

What went well today?
- We found out what plate boundaries Montserrat lies on and what type of boundary it is. We also found out the formation of the volcano

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
- Need help with finding accurate information. (there are two different sites telling us to different plate boundaries)

What didn't go well today?
- Not enough work was done

How will you improve on that next lesson?
- Be more focused

Persuasive Writing

‘Having a friend is more important than having money’

Is having money more important than having a friend? Sure enough, money can buy you short-term happiness but it’s incomparable to the endless happiness a friendship can provide. As the old saying goes ⸺ ‘Money can never buy you happiness’. I know the idea of poverty may seem life-threatening, if you have a friend by your side at rough times, then poverty may not seem as horrible as it should.

I am a strong believer that some feel that having money is more valuable than having a friend, but others seem to think otherwise. In my opinion, I truly believe that without friends to spend your money with, there is no need for money in this case. Imagine having the money to buy a brand new shirt that you have been itching to buy but have no friends to kindly “show-it-off” too. You would have bored yourself out at the fact that you actually got it, and no one would care that you even had it. Think of this as being in a personal loop of being happy at the moment, then being solely alone. Nothing you would want to go through, right? Friends are what makes spending money ‘worthwhile’.

So my opinion has been stated, but let’s just look at the other side of things and pretend that money is better than having friends. If in this situation, your friend buys a drink and you ask for one, what do you think the answer would be. The answer to this situation would most-likely be to buy them one as well. This can be, in some sense, irritating ff these friends were never there, on the other hand, you could have the drink and keep some change all to yourself. This may sound selfish, but who cares right? After all, there is no-one to spend the money on anyway.

After telling you my opinions, I think the answer is crystal clear. Friends play an important part in the way you use and share money, regardless of the situation. After reading this, do you think money can buy happiness? Can money buy family? Can money buy friends? Money or Friends… what would be your choice?.