Ancient Animals

For the last few weeks of science we have been working on our science badge and my one is paleontology.  I have just finished my fourth activity and it is about Prehistoric animals, so what I am saying is I had to write down on the geological periods of earth's history and then draw either a plant or an animal from that period.  I have made a slide to display what i have done I hope you enjoy have a great day. 

Extinct Animals

For science we had to pick a badge to work on for our science badge so I picked Paleontology which is the study of field/ fossils.  So right I am working on my second activity and it is about researching 3 extinct animals and then writing 3 paragraphs about them.

I hope you learn and enjoy!

Extinct Animals: Moa, Haast Eagle, Woolly Mammoth

Moa:
The Moa was a huge species of birds who can't fly, which is mainly called a flightless bird.  Moa was native to New Zealand, they lived around the mainland of New Zealand, the Great Barrier, D'Urville and the Stewart Islands.  The Moa could grow up to approximately 2 metres in height and weigh about 230kg.  The Moa was originally hunted by the Haast eagle but in 1300 A.D, when the Māori people settled in, that is when they hunted the Moa.  Though it is uncertain how the Moa looked like, they said that the Moa looked similar to an Emus which had a domed back.  The Moa had a long neck that produced a low pitched sound, they also had rough and furry feathers.  Although there are still a lot of mysteries about the moa and how they live, it has been said that people have found Moa poop as a fossil.

• Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/moa

Haast Eagle:
The Haast Eagle was the largest, the baddest and the most beautiful eagle to have ever existed in the world.  The Haast's eagle was mostly known as the Māori legend Pouakai and there's a doubt that the early settlers were hunted by these magnificent birds.  The Haast's had a wingspan between 2 to 3 metres and also weighing up to 13 kilograms, which is about 30 pounds.  It is thought that the Haast's eagle wings is heavier than any living eagle alive today.  It is aslso thought that the skeleton of the Haast's eagle relate to the Little Eagle of Australia.  The Haast;s eagle ;argest claws can reach up to 9cm long which is making it large as a tiger's/  It is likely that a Haast's eagle was a forest dweler or a eagle that lives in a forest.  The Haast's eagles cause of extinction is because of a Moa extinction which was cause by the Māori people, they also became extinct around the 1400.  The Haast's Eagles scientific name is Harpagornis Moorei. 

• Source: Haast's Eagle

Woolly Mammoth:

The Woolly Mammoth was the largest mammal that one roamed the Northern Landscape in large groups.  The Woolly Mammoth was believed to be related to present day Elephants, the Woolly Mammoth only remained in the wild until around 1700 BC when the Woolly Mammoth became extinct.  The Woolly Mammoth was found roaming the Arctic Tundra where they would often gather in groups for warmth ad protection.  Woolly Mammoths lived in 2 groups which people have thought to be different enough to characterized as separate species.  The Woolly Mammoths was an enormous animal with height reaching up to 4 metres, but only some can reach that height, some can only reach up to 1.8 metre.  The Woolly Mammoths scientific name is Mammuthus Primigenius, they can also weigh about 8000kg which is about 8.8 tons and their life span can be up to 60 to 80 years.  The colour of the Woolly Mammoth was brown, back and tan, the Woolly mammoth was originally extinct in 8000 BC but some o the Woolly Mammoths were located in the Arctic Ocean in 1700 BC.  

• Source: Woolly Mammoth

Exploring the World

For half of term 2 we have been working on our kete called "Our World, Our Life", but our topic for our kete is Science.  So in the first few weeks of our kete we went to different classes to try out the first class we tried out was obviously our own class, in our class we did the marble run and we had to see which one goes around the track the longest.

In the next class which was 7Al we learned about experiments with citric acid and many more which I probably don't remember although it was a really cool and I learned a lot.  Next was 7Tz, we learnt about parachutes and how they work and also how to make one that stays up in the air for longer.  Lastly was 7Ds although I was not there since I was in ESOL, I heard that the lesson was about flight and how an airplane flies through the air.

After all the experimenting we had time to get into groups and figure out what we were gonna for our presentation for our kete.  I was with Chloe and Mikayla, we did astronomy and we had to figure out a question to our genre.  We had  to experiment to find out things, when we finished we ended up making a google slide and a rocket ship.

Our Question was: What are the conditions on Earth that make it suitable for humans to live on and where else could we live?

Here is our presentation :

NYLD 2018

On Wednesday 30th of May year 7 and 8 students who were on the student council went to an event called NYLD 2018 (National Young Leaders Day.  The people who where included were Nate, Tobey, Isabella, Izzy, Faith, Emily, Makaea and I. The event was held in Horncastle Arena.

NYLD is an event where young leaders listen to role models/special people and learn new things, but mainly get inspired. 

My favourite speaker of the day was when Riley Hathaway talked about saving our ocean and cleaning up, it was really inspiring. But what caught my interest is when Jono Naylor talked about never giving up and it was really 

My personal highlight would be when there was a giant Inflated T-Rex was running and when there were giant inflatable balloons were being thrown around, it was really fun and exciting.

These are some key things I took away from the event (NYLD 2018)

• Never give up on your passion and your passion is yours. - Amanda Wilson
• Being different is good, doing what you want to do. - Amanda Wilson 
• Always be encouraging each other, never be sad, always be positive. 
• Don't be afraid to do things out of your comfort zone,
• Don't be scared of failing, failing is a good thing, make good choices, use your potential and risk failing, you can't succeed without failing.  - Jono Naylor
• There is always HOPE, H-Humility, O- Other Focused, P- Play to your Strengths, E- Extend your self.  HOPE is LOVE. - Jono Naylor 
• Try get over your fears, never be scared to try anything, inspire other people and get the word out. - Riley Hathaway
• Pick up rubbish to help clean the oceans and not make animals go extinct or endangered. - Riley Hathaway

Here are some pictures from the day:

This was the last performance of the day 

This were pictures when we were getting signed. 

Photo of Vince Harder and William Wairua.