Activity 2 : Caine’s Arcade

Day 5 : Friday 3rd January
Activity 2 : Caine’s Arcade



My favourite game right now is volleyball!!!. I love volleyball so much, I love everything about it, from the thrill I get when serving to the nerves I get when spiking (well trying to spike). To play you need 2 teams (each team must have 6 players each), from there you need a net to separate both teams and a "volleyball" to pass back and forth from both teams. Although, no one can hold the ball, no person can hit the ball twice in a row, the maximum number of hits your team can do is 3 before you HAVE to send it over the net to the other side. To score a point you must hit the ball over the net and on the other teams side of the court, both teams are trying to see who can win a "set" (a set is basically a round that only ends when one team has reached 25 points, or is 2 points ahead when tying at 25 or more".That is just some simple rules for my favourite game, its not very easy to explain in the game words than it is to show, so I have linked a simple video to help explain my favourite game volleyball.

Link : Volleyball rules

Activity 1 : Ministry of inspiration

Day 5 : Friday 3rd January

Activity 1 : Ministry of inspiration 

If our school ever offered up an underwater robotics club I would love to sign up!. At my school we were offered up a number of extra curricular activity's, one of them being "robotics". It may not be underwater robotics but I feel as though it has given me a taste of what "underwater robotics" would be like, but just a bit different. I loved my robotics club and I even competed in a competition with my school, although it was not for the competition but more for the fun and experience. Robotics unfortunately clashed with my sports so I had to let one go and I chose to finish robotics, but all the time I spent programming the bots and making them move were really the best, also after watching the video it made me miss the feeling I got while controlling the bot.

Activity 3 : Putting our heads together

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 3 : Putting our heads together

Link to poster : POSTER

For my poster I tried to include many important things. I was sure to add a "person" where we can see their brain (representing mental well-being) and above their brain is a storm could, to show that they, at the moment have a negative mental well-being. Then I was sure to add some main things that John and Mike shared in their sites, but in picture forms. I placed a pair of gumboots with the letters that spell out "Friday" to represent gumboot Friday. I put the smiley face there too, to represent happiness because everyone deserves to be happy. I put the "key to life" because one of the sites that was given was called "key to life". I also put a piggy-bank with charity on it because all of the money donated is given to charity to help with kids mental health care. I put the people holding hands with the letters "P, M, H" because it stands for "Positive Mental Health" which is something that Mike and John are trying to help with. I made sure to place all those things around the person to show that there are many things around that are here to help when we are mentally unstable sometimes.

Activity 2 : iMoko

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 2 : iMoko



Hauora has 4 dimensions, mental and emotional (one), physical (two), spiritual (three) and social (four). For all these 4 dimensions I choose to do different things to keep my well-being strong and healthy. My methods for keeping my mental and emotional well-being strong is to always think positive, because I know that my thought will affect the way i feel emotionally (towards something). For my physical well-being I always try to be active and do sports, to strengthen my ability to move. I also like to honour my values and the things I believe in (e.g god and my cultural practices). For my social well-being I like to talk and bond with my family and friends. Most importantly I like to take some time alone and listen to music, to just care and focus on myself.

Activity 1 : Medical Mavericks

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 1 : Medical Mavericks



Michel Mayor (on right)

For this activity I choose to read about the 2019 Nobel prize in physics, awarded to Michel Mayor. Michel was awarded the physics award for discovering an "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star" . Michel was born on January 12th 1942, in Lausanne, Switzerland and was 77 at the time. Also at the time of receiving the award, Michel Mayor was affiliated with the University of Geneva, in Geneva Switzerland. Although Michel was not the only one to receive the 2019 Nobel prize in physics. He also shared the award with his partner Didier Queloz, but it didn't stop there. Not only did they have to share the award with each other but also with James Pebbles (but only for the theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology). So Michel was only awarded 1/4 of the prize ( along with Didier, but James receiving 1/2 of the prize).

Activity 3 : Need for speed

Day 3 : Wednesday 1st January
Activity 3 : Need for speed

This is my "speedy vehicle", I designed it to look like a normal bike but really its the fastest thing ever created. It's made from special metals found from the planet Pluto (also known as the dwarf planet). The special metal becomes hard and firm when not used, but when in use it becomes as light as air and moves faster than light. Its also got boosters at the back to add to the speed (it makes me go 2x faster when in use). The yellow bit in the middle is how I activate my bike, making its that only I can use it (its got my special butt print). Also when I pick up the bike by the seat (yellow bit) it all comes together and folds itself into the seat, and when pressed twice it will pop open and come together as the bike.

Activity 2 : Printing prosthetics

Day 3 : Wednesday 1st January
Activity 2 : Printing prosthetics



One thing I learned from watching the video was that there is a global community of volunteers that use 3D design software and 3D printers to create prosthetics for many children and adults that are missing fingers, wrist, hands or even palms. The one thing that surprised me was that many modern prosthetics cost over thousands of dollars and they give the ones they create away from as little as nothing (people get it for free) to under $100 dollars. I think what they are doing is really amazing, I love it so much, and I support them 100% !!!

Activity 1 : Nanogirl

Day 3 : Wednesday 1st January - Inventive Inventors
Activity 1 : Nanogirl



If I was to ever have the chance to live in a little house I don't think I would take that opportunity. Watching the little tours of each house was really cool and fun but I don't think I could ever live in a space that small. I;m a very unorganised and messy type of person and if I don't think I would be able to fit all my stuff in that small space. I've grown up in small but spacious houses but nothing to that extent. Although I love the designs and how they made it so that there is more room with less space, also the fact that everything is in close distance. Although I wouldn't really like to have the toilet so close to my kitchen, and because of those reasons (and some others) I don't think I would ever live in a small house, even thought it looks so cool and fun.

- Happy New Years

Activity 3 : Hidden figures

Day 2 : Tuesday 31st December

Activity 3 : Hidden figures

To me I thought that this app was really good, although it did get very hard and difficult to understand what the coding app had wanted for me to do. The coding was very and I enjoyed playing it very much although the explanations should be a bit more clear and simple for people (like me) to understand. I was able to reach up to level 6 but only completed up to level 5.

- Happy New Years Eve

Activity 2 : Overcoming adversity

Day 2 : Tuesday 31st December
Activity 2 : Overcoming adversity



It may not seem like a challenge but something challenging (for me) that I had overcome was when I overcame the hate of others. When I say that I "overcame the hate of others" its mainly about how I didn't let the fact that people bullied me ruin the love and joy I liked to spread and show. Growing up I wasn't showed such love and appreciation (from people at school) that many people show me now days, but it was still very hard for me to let the past go and move forward. When I would get bullied by the other girls and boys I would really hate myself and I would wonder why am I so different? why do they pick on me like I don't have thoughts and feelings as well. Although as time went on I realised that everyone is different and that if I let the past affect my future then I wont get anywhere in life. After a year or so just doing my own thing, many kids would still have smart remarks about the things I did and was doing but I didn't let it stop me from reaching my goals. Even though none of then apologised to me personally I made sure to let them know that what they did to me was not ok, and now every time they talk or interact with me I talk like nothing happened because I know that they feel bad for what they did and I know that if I keep bringing up the past I will ever grow as a person. In some of the hardest moments of my life I learnt to forgive the people who brought me the most pain and right now, they are some of my greatest friends. To me, forgiving them was one of the most challenges I had ever overcome.

- Happy New Years Eve

Activity 1 : Through careful observations

Day 2 : Tuesday 31st December - Cracking the code
Activity 1 : Through careful observations



The lovely painting "The starry night", painted by Vincent Van Gogh is very popular. When I look at the painting I see many tiny houses and a few Mountains, as well as a sky that looks to have had much thought into creating. The way the sky was created looks very strange and odd but its really what captures my attention when looking at the painting. When looking at the sky, the whiteness looks like the clouds swirled up and the yellow dots look like they represent the Moon and stars, and how bright they shine in the night sky. What also captures my attention is the black figure that takes up a good amount of the painting, to me it looks like black flames, but I'm not too sure what it really is or represents.

- Happy New Years Eve

Activity 3 : Apple vs Microsoft

Day 1 : Monday 30th December
Activity 3 : Apple vs Microsoft

 

The 3 rivalries I have found are coke vs Pepsi, McDonald vs burger king as well as all blacks vs Australia. Coke and Pepsi are two very popular soda (fizzy) company's that have been battling for many years trying to take the number 1 spot (while also battling many other company's as well). Its not too clear who is involved but the two franchises are always trying to "one up" each other while also coming in with something new when the other has made a mistake or when the other is failing. Although personally I choose Coke over Pepsi any day. The other franchises that have been going head to head, battling it out for the number one spot would have to be McDonald's vs Burger King. McDonald's and Burger King are two very popular fast food franchise. I also could not find out who is mainly involved but, these two company's have also been trying to "on up " each other as well. For example they try to keep coming up with better adds, bringing in many celebrities to catch the eyes of young people to make them want to go to their food franchise even more. The other rivalries would be Australia vs All blacks. These two teams have also been versing each other for the number one spot, but unlike the other company's these two teams battle each other physically in a game of Rugby. These two teams are involved, battling each other when ever they get a chance.

Activity 2 : Influences

Day 1 : Monday 30th December
Activity 2 : Influences



If I was to ever create a YouTube channel I don't think I would post certain types of videos. I think my channel would be filled of many funny and random videos. Vlogs of my day, me trying something new or even me eating foods (which is what many people are into these days). The main thing I would make sure everyone knows about my YouTube channel is, is that it is a family friendly channel made for fun and memories to be shared and watched.

Activity 1 : The world wide web

Day 1 : Monday 30th December - Driving digital innovation
Activity 1 : The world wide web

My : presentation