The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 Predictions- 

What do I think I know about this disaster?

It was a train rail disaster, it happened, Dec 24th 1953.

What do I think I will find out about this disaster?

How much people died, what cause the disaster, who died.

1. How many people were on board the train?     285 people were on the train

2. Where did the lahar begin?
    The lahar began at Ruapehu's crater lake 

3. When did the Tangiwai Railway Disaster take place?     24th of December 1953

4. How did the train driver know to put on his emergency brakes?     He saw man warning him with a torch

5. Why did the Queen give out medals?      She gave them medals for bravery

6. What was installed after the Tangiwai Railway Disaster?

    A better bridge and a warning tower

Short video -

•  Lahar
•  Disaster
•  Erupted
•  Flood
•  Crater

Long video -

•  Identified
•  Inquiry
• Event
• Design
• Permanently

Poster -

The Ballantynes Fire

 Predictions -

What do I think I know about this disaster?

It is a big fire, it was in Ballantynes at Nov 18th 1974

What do I think I will find out about this disaster?

How many people died and who or what started it

1. Why was Ballantyne’s an ‘exclusive’ store?     It is the oldest store in New Zealand and it was the most deadliest fire in New Zealand

2. Where was the Ballantyne’s department store located?
     Christchurch 

3. When did the Ballantyne’s fire occur?     18th of November 1974 at 3 : 46 PM

4. Why were the upstairs workers not told that there was a fire?     People thought it was just a cellar fire so they weren't worried

5. How many people died in the fire?     41 Employees died out of 640 shoppers, 2 people jumped off the veranda and got knocked unconscious but they recovered

6. What safety changes have been made as a result of the Ballantyne’s fire?

    They added fire drills, fire alarms, smoke alarms and no smoking inside

Video Notes :

Short video :

• 46 people missing
• One of the worse New Zealand's fire
• 4 : 00 in the afternoon
• Army's and air forces helped fighting the fire
• It went on for 4 hours

Long Video :

• It was 50 years ago
• The trapped workers were waved down to the people on the street asking for help
• They had 25 minutes before the first flame were seen
• The resources wasn't very helpful because it was way too long and hard too hear

Olympic Task board

 Hello viewers,

This week we had been doing a task board about Olympic. My group is Kakariki and our topic was about rowing. We had to do activities. The first activity was looking through the resources below. There was a journal and a video. The 2nd activity was ' complete the key ideas google drawings in your hurumanu folder ', in the google drawing there was cloud with text boxes around it. 

This what it looked like

 

Here is what I wrote

The 3rd activity, we had to do a quiz. The last activity is ' complete the new Olympic sport activity in your hurumanu 1 folder '. It was a google drawing that we had to make our own game. There was a a set of instructions. Those instructions were, what gear would be needed the rules and where it would take place.

This is what it looks like

This is what I did

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed. What is your favorite sport? Bye!

Chili Tasting

Aim :

I want to find out how to reduce spice from food

Research :

Experiment Video

Scientific Video

Funny Video

Method :

Equipment 

1. Hot sauce
2. Chili
3. Tooth pick
4. Stop watch
5. Water
6. Coke
7. Milk

Instructions :

• Get your equipment
• Dip the toothpick in the hot sauce
• Suck the hot sauce off the toothpick
• Start timing
• Stop the timer when it stop burning

Results :

The time it took stop the burning 

Just Chili : 50 secs Water : 12 secs Coke : 11 secs Milk : 7 secs

Conclusion :

I found out that milk is the best to stop the burning

Discussion :

Why does chili burn your mouth and why does milk stop it? 

Chili burns your mouth because the capsaicin is released into your saliva and then binds on to receptors in your mouth and tongue and  the milk stops it because many milk products contain casein, and casein stops the spice.

Goal Setting Term 3

 Hello viewers,

This past weeks we have been doing a goal setting for term 2. If you don't know what a goal setting is, it is a google doc were we write our goals for each term. In the goal setting, we had to write the subjects taken this term and what hurumanu we have. Then we had to write academic goals and non-academic goals.

This is what a goal setting looks like

Year 7/8 Wānanga Goal Setting

Name: Rye		Class:  TZ	Term: 3	Year: 7
Greatest achievement from last term:
I haven’t achieved anything
Subjects taken this term: WdT, SmT, Sci
Hurumanu:
1	Ngā Tāngata
2	Tūhūra
3	Te Ao Whānui
Technology: WdT, SmT
Language:
Other: Sci
Academic Goals
Short term (this term):
1	Maths
2	Art
Non-academic goal (can be out of school):
Drawing, Reading, Writing.
What are my learning strengths (Refer to Year 8 Graduate Profile)		What are my learning work ons (Refer to Year 8 Graduate Profile)
I always listen to the talker I alway try my best I am usually organize		Start being a outstander
How will I achieve this?
Help other that are in need
End of term reflection

Thank you for reading my blog. Bye!