Depression

In Digital tech we have to try and find a way to solve an issue. It has to be either an environmental issue, social issue, or an ethical issue. I chose a social issue, Depression. The reason I chose this issue is because it affects peoples emotions, their life, and their social life. Also, people are becoming depressed at an earlier age more and more and we need to stop it.

If you know anyone who is depressed or might be affected by others, here are some ways we could solve this issue.
1. Support them and tell them to call 1737. (calling 1737 is really good because it's free and available for anyone day and night.)
2. Try as hard as you can to make/keep them happy, healthy and heard.
3. Give them things to do like, play some fun games, give them a book to read, but overall just keep them engaged in anything they would like to do to pass the time.

In order to do this, you will need to be alert (if you aren't already), you will need to be careful, you need to make sure not to forget to engage yourself in some activities and you absolutely need to help them and yourself, to keep thinking happy thoughts.

Digital Tech

In Digital Tech, we have each been focusing on a social, environmental or an ethical issue. I chose social, and the issue I chose was depression. We had to do some reasearch about our issue and then ask three questions, and try to find the answers to them. My three questions were:
1. How can we help people with depression?
2. What can we do to help people with depression?
3. Why might they want help?
We had to find three websites and a quote on their front page about our issue. Here is the reasearch I did:

We also looked at four ways to tell people about our issue:

1. Gamefroot.

2. Code.org.

3. Scratch.
4. Spheros.
I chose Code.org because it is easier to create and app, and because I am going to make a pick-a-path about someone who has depression, and how they cope with it. Also in the app you will get to choose between a few options to try and be happy.

Tapu Ae

Tapu Ae is a Maori game of which you use a ki (ball) to knock three tennis balls of three cones. There are three sections of the court, the cones are on each end of the court, with a circle around each. The guardian is the only person allowed in the circle, and two attackers have to try and knock the three balls off. Two defenders are also on each side of the court(Two of one colour being on one side and two of the other colour on the other side, The same is said with the attackers). There are two people of each team in the mid-field who have to pass to whatever side is attacking. Tapu Ae is normally played 7 aside, but you can play with more people if you want. The rules for Tapu Ae are:
1. Stay in your part of the court.
2. Only the guardian on their side can go in their circle.
3. Don't step out of the lines (Including the lines on the outside of the court).
4. If you are playing with rippas, you can run with the ball, if you aren't then you can only take two steps with the ball.
We talked about the Ki, Tupu, Pawero and Te Ao. I was Mid Field, Defense and Attack. I enjoyed playing defense the most but I also enjoyed playing Attack. Most of my team was not cooperative but most of my team was. My team could improve making decisions and coming together as a team.

Mars

Mars

How to get to Mars

Aim: To learn about Mars exploration.

1. Rover facts 
2. Design, Draw and Make a Rover
3. Mars facts

1. Rover facts: 

What are the 5 parts for? 
Link: Rovers 5 parts

Fill in the table below.

Name:	Purpose:
Wheels	It has six wheels and each of them has one motor. The two at the front and back wheels both have a steering motor each. Because of this, the rover can make a full 360 degree turn. The rover can swerve and curve and make arcing turns.
Solar Panel	The rover has a radioisotope power system which produces a flow of electricity which uses the heat of plutonium's radioactive decay as fuel.
Laser
Camera	The rover has many senses. One of the cameras is used for landing. Some of the other cameras are used to record the surface and while the rover is moving around. The rover also has a camera on it's arm.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	The drill will dig into the ground to collect the samples. The drill has three attachments that analyse the surface and facilitate sample acquisition.

2. In groups of 3 you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:

1. Lego Technics
2. A4 paper
3. Pencil
4. Ruler
5. Eraser

The drawing and model must have:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 tool at the front than includes a shovel, pick and drill.
• 1 solar panel
• 1 laser that points at the ground

 ( Take a photo and upload  your mars rover onto your blog.)

3. Mars Facts
Link: Facts

You will need to find out the following:

Fact	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days	687 Earth Days
Length of 1 day	24 hours	24 hours and 37 mins.
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.		54.6 million km
Gravity:	9.807 m/s²	3.711 m/s²
Colour:	Blue an Green.	Red and Orange.
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	−153 °C to 20 °C
Rainfall	It does rain on Earth	It doesn't rain on mars.
Atmosphere	78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.03%	Carbon dioxide: 95.32 percent. Nitrogen: 2.7 percent. Argon: 1.6 percent.
Surface	Water Land	Rock More Rock
Moons and names	Moon.	Phobos Deimos

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.

Plants

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

   

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1.  Kauri

2. Titoki

3.  Bottlebrushes

Deciduous:

1.  Oak

2.  Maple 

3. Elm

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound   

Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing.

Example: 
Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound
Leaf colour: Green
Photo of leaf: 

Plant drawing: