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Thursday, 25 June 2015

Another awesome post from Paerata's individual blogs! (Tara)


 Hi Guys today I did another comment on an awesome blog post from Tara- (Paerata's blog) Her blog post about bullying made me stop and have a look through, so I did! Here's the awesome blog post from Tara :   http://www.tarapaerata.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/this-is-cool-check-it-out.html


My Comment:

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

My blog comment on Paerata's individual blog (Miracle)

McCahon class was doing quad blogging today. If you have no idea what quad blogging is then it means a new term/concept that has 4 schools blogging in a cycle that helps people view and comment on students blogs. The way this works is once a class signs up they get entered into a "quad" and then a moderator makes sure things run smoothly. When I was looking at Paerata's individual blogs. I was flicking through until I came to Miracle's blog, I scrolled down and I found a best friends blog post. It gave me detail on her friends, and furthermore detail about their nicknames. Here's the the link to her blog post:  http://miraclepaerata.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/my-best-friends.html?showComment=1435106194726#c4970251086092669598


      Blog comment:

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

I PAST ADDITION FINALLY!

   I have finally past addition! I guess all that work paid of now all I have to do is pass subtraction, multiplication and division. 

Thursday, 4 June 2015

4/06/15 A.T.K Speedwrite: What are Stars?




My Information Report Success Criteria:
Self
Peer
My heading/title:


  • is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)


My opening paragraph/introduction:


  • says what my report is about in a clear way


  • gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification


  • outlines the main features of the subject


My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:


  • have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)


  • are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject


  • give detailed information (factual descriptions)


  • include specific, technical vocabulary


  • are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)


  • may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information


My end paragraph/conclusion:


  • draws the report together/sums up my main points


  • may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found


[Introduction]

Have you ever wondered about the life cycle of stars? Well if you have, then read on this explanation will help you gain more information that you could use to write your own explanation!


[Paragraph 1-Life cycle]

To begin of with the life cycle, stars are born in a cloud of hydrogen atoms and dust atoms that is called nebula. Also there is gravity battling the star, but the core of the star which is nuclear fusion and it’s usually called equilibrium which means it’s the main sequence. The energy produces to help blow much of the disc of gas away, leaving the new star shining brightly. The centre, or core of the proto star gets increasingly dense and hot until nuclear fusion is finally triggered!  Stars sequence lasts depending on the mass of the star and how much hydrogen fuel the star contains. Some stars shine unevenly, and known to be a variable star.



[Paragraph 2 -Appearance]

Have you noticed that most of our stars are all different colours and shapes! One star that makes me really interested in is Orion. The reason why I am interested in Orion is because because it is visible and from we live (New Zealand) in Autumn we can see it in and also in winter and spring! Lastly, we can see that stars are all different colors and shapes and sizes.Stars range in colour depending on how hot they can be. (Temperature) Did you also know that the second brightest star is Canopus!



[Paragraph 3 -Types of stars]

These different types of stars like a proto and dwarf star. Did you that Rigel (the star) is 20 000 degrees and it is also 40 000 times brighter than the sun! Stars that are more than eight times the mass of the sun are called “blue giants”! During a supernova event, enough light is released is outshine an entire galaxy of billions of stars. A supernova are the most dynamic and energetic events in our universe. There are different kinds of stars, there are nova stars, a supergiant star and a dwarf star.


[Conclusion]


Did you know in ancient civilization they knew when a new year had passed by observing changes in patterns in the stars! I hoped you have learnt some information about stars if you still have some questions then go to this website http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/stars.html. Good luck on your explanation.   

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Did you know that there are different phases of the Moon!

 


This presentation is about the Moons phases. I have been collaborating with my two team-mates and classmates. We have learnt a lot, but now it's time for you to learn some facts too!