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.

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