Activity 1:Giant Among Us.
New Zealand has a really special environment. Many of the plants and trees found in New Zealand are not found anywhere else in the world. These plants and trees are endemic to our country. In New Zealand, one of the largest and longest living endemic trees is the NZ Kauri tree. Kauri are mainly found in three regions of New Zealand: the Coromandel, Auckland and Northland. The largest Kauri tree in the country is in the Waipoua Forest in Northland. It is called Tāne Mahuta. Some people refer to it as the ‘Lord of the Forest.’
Thousands of people go to visit Tāne Mahuta every year. Would you like to be one of those people who got to see Tāne Mahuta in real life? Why or why not?
On your blog, tell us whether you would like to go and visit Tāne Mahuta one day. Be sure to tell us why you do (or do not) want to visit this endemic tree.
I would really like to because its really famous and it would probable be the first time I get to see something extremely famous plus I really like its name Tāne Mahuta.
One of the most common plants found in New Zealand forests is the fern. It is a special, iconic symbol of New Zealand. You will find pictures of ferns on the jerseys of many famous sporting teams in New Zealand, including the New Zealand All Blacks.
Did you know that many of these teams also have the word ‘fern’ in their name? Use your best researching skills to find three New Zealand sporting teams who use the word ‘fern’ in their title.
On your blog list three sports teams that have the word ‘fern’ in their title. Beside each team’s name, post a picture of their uniform. Then, at the bottom of your blog post tell us which of the three uniforms you like best and why.
.Here are three sporting teams that have the word "fern" in them.
- Black Ferns
- Silvers Ferns
- White Ferns
Activity 3: Weird and wonderful
New Zealand is just one of many countries that has amazing plants and trees. In fact, the African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!
Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.
Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?
On your blog, tell us how to solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).
So the way to do it is by finding out how many days are in a year then you times it by three then you see what that is in, ml so that is what I pretty much did to find my answer of 1095. What is actually the number what I got from doing 365 and 3.
Mōrena Reuben!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Mikey. I am a member of the Summer Learning Journey team and I will be commenting on your blog posts this summer. Congratulations on completing your first lot of activities! :)
Those are great reasons to want to visit Tāne Mahuta. I like his name too, it's very powerful. If you were able to visit Tāne Mahuta who would you take with you?
You've chosen some very famous sports teams there, Reuben. Are you able to share a picture of each teams uniform and pick a favourite? I like the Silver Ferns best - their uniform reminds me of the dresses my netball team wears. Do you play any sports?
Well done for answering our maths problem correctly! It's important to know what information you need when solving problems, isn't it? You've done a great job in identifying what that information is in this problem. What strategy did you use to solve it?
You've made a great start to the Summer Learning Journey programme Reuben. I'm looking forward to reading more posts from you soon :)
Happy blogging!