Tuesday 24 June 2014

Class interruption

Kinds of interruption occurring during class times. 
Interphone
Phone
People coming from student office, sports office etc.
Dental nurse
Internet

These are the kinds of interruptions during the class times. We have been having these interruptions from the start of the year. These effect our learning during the learning time. If the interphone comes in, we have to stop everything we do and listen. Even if it's not required for us. If the phone comes in, we have to stop learning and the teacher has to answer it and sometimes we get noisy. When the people comes in from the sports office or student office, we have to stop and let them do their job. If the dental nurse comes in, we have to find that person. When the internet stops, we can't learn because we use internet to learn and if it goes off, we have to fix it. Pretty much all these problems stops us from learning and we might not learn much.

Now these are the solutions for it.

We could have the class secretary.
We could have the mail box.
We could have the telephone person sitting next to the phone and answering the phone.


Monday 23 June 2014

Social experiment

Social means communicating with the others and the word experiment means testing with an object and if you join the two words together it means testing with communicating just like our science fair where we have our aim, hypothesis, method and result.


Process

Aim
Is to find out people's reaction to complements and insults given anonymously.

Hypothesis
I think if it is a good comment the people will stay around for a little more and if it is a bad comment you will get angry and turn back.

Equipment & method


Result
The 50% of people that was given an insult or a bad comment walked away from the speaker but 50% of them stayed there and listened to what the speaker had to say. Most of the people in the

Sunday 22 June 2014

Scam letter

Link to scam letter

This letter is from Emily Park, to anonymous. She got scammed in Africa two years ago. So she went to Washington D.C to the FBI to get her money back. Then she met Mrs. Maria Farnandez who is a representative of FBI and she got most of her money back. Now she is saying that we should contact Mrs. Maria Farnandez to get our money back if we got scammed.

Two reasons that this letter is a scam
1. Emily Park's email address is different. At the top, she wrote her email is 'annie@luckyconcord.com' and in the second sentence it says 'emilypark381@yahoo.com'
2. She is 66 years old currently. She can't be 64 when she got scammed because in the letter it said she flew to Washington D.C and it would be hard for her to fly and it would have took lots of time for her to write this letter as she might not be familiar with technology.

3 evidence
1. Grammar mistakes.
'She said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake that I should fly down to Nigeria to see things for myself which I did and she took me to the paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment.'


It's weird that she says this abruptly.
'Please contact Mrs. Maria Farnandez through her email address (mariafarnandez@katamail.com) or you can as well reach her on her telephone number which she gave to me directly (+234-9094654395)'

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Making a sentence

Because the weather was not good, we had to cancel the practice for the competition 'Who eats the watermelon the most'.

Since I am a student, I have to go to the assembly.

After the weeks that I was sick, I was finally able to eat the ice cream.

Before you go to the concert, you have to get ready.

While I was dancing in the room, someone came into the room.

I can sleep all night, as I am a sleepyhead.

Go to the basketball game, if you are interested.

You can have the lollies, although you were naughty.

It's good to eat the carrots, even if it tastes bad.

Get your math books ready, as soon as you're ready to go.

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Describing the scene


Woke up in the morning and pulled myself up. I unzipped the tent and flicked the tent. I can see my stick that I left on the snow. In the background, There is a substantial icy mountain that I am going to climb. I just sat there for a long time listening to sound of the nature. The sky is deep and clean like a sea, because of that snow, wind and cold, it looks like that the mountain is blowing its breath to me.
I felt cold, so I got some more clothes on for myself. I felt like I'm sitting in the concert hall with the birds are singing for me. The concert only for me. I could smell the woods burning from the valleys way down there. As I drink lots and lots of fresh air, I can fee my mind going fresh. High up the mountain, you always get your ear blocking. I swallowed my saliva and got myself up and kept going on my journey.

Wednesday 11 June 2014

Invisible Soldier

By looking at that title 'Invisible Soldier' I think this is about the person with a technology because the word invisible indicates the technology and soldier indicates the person. 

How long have been the army has spent 5 billion dollars on camouflage?
8 years.

What is the material that U.S spent 5 billion dollars on?
Camouflage.

What is the camouflage?
A material pattern which can be used to camouflage soldiers in any terrain or environment.

What is Harry Potter is wearing in the movie?
The invisible cloak.

What technology is behind invisible cloak?
Quantum stealth technology

How does the invisible cloak work?
By bending the light around the person.

Who will benefit the most with this new technology?
Snipers.

Do you need a power source to make the cloak work?
No, you don't need a power source.

Monday 9 June 2014

How to videos



Rating
0-3
0 = not done
3 = extremely well done

Do I have a title slide?- 3

Do I have subtitles for the steps?- 3

How well does the voiceover timing match the photos?- 2

How well do the photos match the script?- 2

Are the photos well focused?- 3

Is the audio clear?- 2

Reflection

A strength was that we made our photos detailed.

A problem we overcame was that for one of our photo, it turned up as black screen and we found out we had to save it again with jpg not screenshot.

Our best shot was step 3. We had no one to take a picture of us and we took a picture by ourselves and it turned out good.

Apiece of advice I would give to next year's class making How to Videos is that you need to plan well. Planning is the most important part or else your video will turn out bad.

Sunday 8 June 2014

Mode, median, mean and range



Mode, median, mean and range
Mode, median, mean and range

Don't you think these words sound strange?
Don't you think these words sound strange?

I will get your mind to change

Mode, mode mo mo mo mode, mode
Is the number that occurs occurs the most most

Singing mode, mode mo mo mo mode, mode
Is the number that occurs occurs the most most

You got 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 which of those numbers did I say more?
Which of those numbers did I say more?
3 is the mode cause it occurs the most

Mode, mode mo mo mo mode, mode
Is the number that occurs occurs  the most most

Singing mode, mode mo mo mo mode, mode
Is the number that occurs occurs the most most

You got 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 which of those numbers did I say more?
Which of those numbers did I say more?
3 is the mode because it occurs the most

Now stop, let's take it to the middle.
Got to find the median no time to daddle diddle

Line up all the numbers from the smallest to the big and the ones thats in the middle does a median jig
Go median, middle number, go median, middle number
Now the third ones mean, not nice but mean
Its the average number if you know what I mean
Just add up all the numbers and divide them by the number of added
Whats that, whats mean?
You add up all the numbers and divide them by the number of added
Yeah you know what I mean
You add up all the numbers and divide them by the number of added
It's the average number, mean, its the average number
1 more round and the song is done
Lets talk about range and have some fun
It's the biggest number minus the smallest number, in the group, in the group
It's the biggest number minus the smallest number , in the group, in the group

You got Mode, Median, Mean and Range
Mode, Median, Mean and Range

Don't you think these words sound strange?
Don't you think these words sound strange?


I just got your mind to change

Thursday 5 June 2014

Science behind the glowstick

What I think now (before we start)
I think when you snap the glowstick you break the kernel of the glowstick(chemical) and it start to move out to the other kernels.

What I think now (after hearing others' ideas)
I think there might be a glass inside the glowstick tube and there is a kernel inside the chemical.

What I think now (after seeing Miss C cut open the tube)
There is a glass tube inside the glowstick and it has the glowing chemical inside it and when you break it, it comes out and mixes with the chemical that was in a outer tube.

What I think now (after researching)


3 questions I still have

Synthesis is developing and progressing knowledge by experimenting and researching.

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Sample

What is a sample?
Sample is a small amount of information or resources.

Why take a sample?
Because samples save time, money and it's safe.

 What are some examples of sampling done in real life?
Doctor- Blood. They don't take all your blood out of you, they only get a small amount of your blood!
Police- Hair. They don't take off all your hair out of you, they only get a small amount of your hair!

What does the word 'population' mean?
Population is a group that the sample is taken.

How can you tell if you are sampling the right population?

Monday 2 June 2014

TIS Times- Bailey Dobier

Article

Interview with Bailey

"How many countries have you studied in for 4 years?"
"12 countries."

"How many students graduated from the TGS this weekend?"
"15 students. I was one of them."

"What did you most enjoy during your school years?"
"It was all amazing and mind blowing but the most out of all was crossing India by train. It was awesome."

"How did you find out about the TGS?"
"I found it out online. I was going to Rangi Ruru Girl's School before."

"What are you going to do after your graduation?"
"We are going to travel to Tanzania and will climb Mt Kilimanjaro."