1. Explain the links between the legend of Rahi and the game of Ki o rahi.  – The ki o rahi game is inspired by the Maori legend Rahi tutaka Hina’s story of rescuing Ti ara, his wife. The game has different zones inspired by scenarios that Rahi went through on his way to rescue his wife, such as Te ao, being the world, and Pawero, the densive area. The ball (ki) is Rahi, and the ki is passed through the zones through speed teamwork and agility.

Ki o rahi refers to ki (life energy) in freedom without limits.

One key value from ki o rahi is whanaungatanga (teamwork)

In social studies we have been doing a source analysis task where we had to summarise some news articles and be able to tell the difference between a primary and secondary source.

Here is my work –

In social studies we had to do a poster on the social inquiry process and we had to make a model for it.

The model included stuff like inquiry topic presentation, problem presentation and included ways to do research.

This year in maths we did stuff like geometry, graphs, lines, linear algebra, normal algebra and card games.

I enjoyed the card games the most this year, they were cool to learn and even the ones I knew they were good to play as well.

The most memorable moment in maths might of been when Mr Boon took us outside to watch him fight Mr Williams in a sumo wrestle. We all expected Mr Boon to get stomped on but he actually won. It might’ve been a rigged fight though because Mr Williams was going easy on him.

I am kind of nervous going into ncea level 1, I can’t fully remember what maths category I picked but hopefully it was a good one. Hopefully I have a good teacher and I have fun next year. Maths isn’t fun though so that probably won’t happen. But yeah I kinda enjoyed maths this year it was cool we had good times with mr goon.

Climate change is a term that refers to the long time changes in global temperature and weather patterns. It has always been happening slowly but now that we are in the ‘anthropocene’ (era where humans control the planet) humans are speeding up the climate change process faster than ever.

Climate change is mostly caused by humans doing things that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The main causes start with burning fossil fuels. The combustion of coal, oil, and natural gas for energy, transportation, and industry reasons releases large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Next is deforestation. Trees absorb Carbon dioxide, so cutting them down reduces this, leading to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Agricultural activities release methane (CH4) from livestock as well as nitrous oxide (N2O) from fertilized soils. Certain industrial activities emit various greenhouse gases, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and per fluorocarbons (PFCs), which are potent but less common. Landfills produce methane as organic waste decomposes without oxygen.

This is my week 1 blog post for term 4 2024.

In the holidays I went to speedway 4 times and slept in a lot. I also hung out with my mates and worked on some race-cars.

The two goals I have are to improve my grades and get an award at the end of year assembly.

I’m exited to hangout with my friends and work on my intellect.

The drugs full name is Methamphetamine.

Some street names it has are Tina, Chrissy, Speed, Meth, Tweak, Glass, Crank, Chalk, Cinnamon and Chicken feed.

Methamphetamine is an addictive drug that will give the user a high when they take it. During a high the user will experience heightened confidence, a false sense of happiness, but the user can become addicted and the drug can destroy the users life. It is first a stimulant but then when the user takes it more it will morph into a poison and destroy the users body from the inside out. Often the user will die from health problems related to meth such as heart failure, lung damage, seizures etc. Suicide can also become a problem due to depression caused by the fallout, or “withdrawal” of not taking the drug.

 Methamphetamine appears as a white crystal-like drug. 

It is used by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), injecting it, smoking it or eating it. 

 When a teenager first takes the drug, they get such a high that they want it again and their body will become dependent on the drug to feel any type of pleasure.

Positives of the drug include experiencing heightened confidence, a false sense of happiness and seemingly unlimited energy. Negatives of the drug include memory loss, aggression, psychotic behaviour, brain and heart damage and depression.

Short term effects on wellbeing include tiredness after the high, aggressiveness, irritation.

Long term effects on wellbeing include mental health issues.

Aim: I want to find out how to test the acidity/base of certain household chemicals

Equipment:

• Safety glasses
• Spotting tile
• Red & blue litmus paper
• Universal indicator solution
• Pipette
• Various household chemicals (eg. fizzy, cleaning products, dishwasher, vinegar)

Method:

1. Get your equipment ready and be safe.
2. Using a pipette, get some of whatever chemical you’re doing and drop around 5 drops of the substance into the spotting tile.
3. Repeat this until you have 5 chemicals/substances in your spotting tile.
4. To test your chemicals with litmus paper, get some litmus paper and dip around half of it into the chemical that you’re testing, note the starting colour and then the colour that it turns when mixed with the chemical.
5. To test your chemicals with Universal indicator solution, firstly you have to get a few drops (3 or 4) of the Universal indicator solution in your pipette and put some drops in the chemical that you are testing. Note the starting colour and then the colour that it turns when mixed with the solution.
6. Record your results.

Results:

1. Meth – addiction (lt, n, p), anxiety (st, n, p), confusion (st, n, p), insomnia (lt, n, p), violent behaviour (st, n, p)
2. Ketamine – disorientation (st n p), dizziness (st n p), increased blood pressure (st n p), changes in sensory perception (st n p), feeling detached from yourself (st n p)
3. Ice (crystal meth) – increased alertness (st p p), dry mouth (st n p), excessive sweating (st n p), fast heart rate (st n p), reduced appetite (st n p), increased s*x drive (st n ip)
4. Ecstasy – increased sensitivity (st p p), high blood pressure (st n p), involuntary jaw clenching (st n p), nausea (st n p), restless legs (st n p), hyperpyrexia (st n p), heart problems (lt n p)

ST (short term) – less than 3 months

LT (long term) – more than 3 months

P – positive effect

N – negative effect

P – personal

IP – interpersonal

S – societal

Aim: I want to find out how to build a model atom.

Method:

Equipment

• paper
• scissors
• colouring pencils
• something to trace around

Instructions

1. Get your equipment ready
2. Cut out a circle around the size of a doorknob, this will be your nucleus.
3. Cut out however many rings you need around the outside of the nucleus, these will be your shells
4. Draw your protons neutrons and electrons onto the nucleus and shells
5. Tie them together with a string.

Results:

We don’t mention it

Discussion:

The atom we did for it was neon. It has 10 protons neutrons and electrons and the atomic number is 10. The mass number is 20.1797.

Today in English we watched a trailer for a movie we will watch at some point in the coming weeks. The movie name is “Uproar” and I am doing my honest impressions of the trailer.

1. I think it’ll be about the main guy in the movie wanting to be an actor and thus not paying much attention to the racism protests around him. The protests are the 1981 springbok tour protests in New Zealand.
2. Nothing if I’ll be honest, just didn’t seem too engaging but I’m fairly sure it’ll be different in the movie, that’s what a trailer is for just a short sneak peek.
3. I have fairly high expectations for this movie considering the guy playing the main character in this movie is none other than Julian Dennison, and any movie that he’s in is bound to be a decent one. He brings a ton of energy into the movie and my expectations are pretty high for this.