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After much deliberation we have finally finished our "Deciding" phase of our I'm a Survivor inquiry unit. Our chosen questions are:
What are common hunting techniques used by predators?
and
What are some common defense techniques used by prey?
Here are some clips that can be viewed anytime to get you thinking about techniques that are used..... Kakapo - Try and watch these before Wednesday, (you can watch them in class, before school or in any free time)
(caution - hunting is good for the predator, but not great for the prey so there are some "yucky" scenes)
We are in our DECIDING phase of our Inquiry unit, we are deciding what we will look at for the next eight weeks. We have looked at the achievement objectives from the New Zealand Curriculum, we have discussed what contexts we may wish to learn about (various animals), we are now trying to look at what are some unique characteristics of animal groups that we could learn about.In class we have discussed
How animals fly,
How animals hunt,
and many more.......
The following link looks at another pretty special characteristic; maybe we could look at animals that are special in this way.
Follow the link to learn about a pretty special animal.
This is an interesting short film that was made for a competition run by Tourism New Zealand.
Homework for Kakapo for Week 8 is to answer one of the three questions below in the 'comments' section. Each answer should start off with the number of the question and the words "I think...". Share your opinion.
1. Why would Tourism New Zealand run a short film competition?
2. Why does the old man refer to the place as "his Eden"?
3. What would you make a short film about if you were entering this competition?
This is the extended and enhanced version of FROSTY MAN AND THE BMX KID which was written and directed by Tim McLachlan – one of the five finalists in the international YOUR BIG BREAK film-making competition run by Tourism New Zealand in conjunction with Barrie Osborne (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings) and Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings, King Kong).
Check out this clip, a mobile phone company "T Mobile" planned this flash mob at Heathrow Airport on unsuspecting travellers as they unboarded the plane and came through the arrivals gate. It would be pretty special coming home to this, or arriving in a country and recieving this welcome!
This week part of Kakapo's homework is to post a comment on one of our blogs. Hopefully this video will help by providing ideas for all students to write about. Are there any parents looking at our blog that could leave a comment also?
This video is about a true life hero who teaches all of us a lesson about priorities, love and dedication. It inspires me to be a better me, to TAKE A STEP in a small way each day toward an improved self. What are your thoughts on Team Hoyt? It is not comical like some of our other posts and a little longer, watch the whole clip and try to leave a comment.
Family Life Education Pasefika (FLEP) is a pacific health organisation based in Auckland. FLEP uses various media including music, drama, dance and arts to enhance dialogue with Pacific communities with which they work. FLEP works in intermediate, secondary & tertiary institutions promoting a positive view of health.
