Dangerous decibals

Here are some points I learnt about hearing /dangerous decibals

• You measure your how loud something is with decibals
• Your eardrum is as weak as tissue paper
• Don't clean ear wax with cottonn buds or anything that pushes ear wax into your ears
• Clean ear wax with a wet cloth, gently clean around ears
• Once you've lost a bit of your hearing you can't get it back
• In every career you have to use your hearing
• If you go to a rock concert you may loose you hearing within ten seconds
• Carey wright fits hearing ads
• If you get sore ears from diving to deep come back up immediatly
• They use a number of tools to fit hearing ads
• You can sit in traffic for about 6 hours and you wont lose a bit of your hearing
• You can go to a ear nurse to remove ear wax
• There are many types of hearing ads
• You can be born with hearing loss
• You can see decibals when you hit a tuning fork on the ground once and then put it near your ear.
• You can get tunning forks from any music shop
• If you are thirty and you don't care about your hearing you might have hearing like an eighty year old
• A normaal conversation is about seventy decibals
• You might cause damange to your hears if you are in a area with 85 or more decibals
• You need to talk to someone has hearing lose at the front.

Another five similes

Today we have doing another 5 similes.

NO CLICHES!

As tired as a bussness man after a hard day at work.

As quick witted as a comedian to an audience.

As frightened as a child in a haunted house on halleween.

Gently like a caring mother to her sleeping new born baby.

Grey like the sky on a cold, miserble winter day.

5 Orignal Similes

In class we are learning about Similes, for our blog post we have to create five orginal similes.

NO CLICHES!

As sharp as sea shells cutting on your bare feet at the beach.

As shiny as a crow's eyes when its spotted your diamond necklace.

As relaxed as a baby sleeping in its cradle.

Intricate like a beauitiful Picaso painting.

Burning like a man tanning at the beach without any sunblock.
As hard as a strong mans muscels.


My best one is in yellow.

Zodiac story (New Zealand Chinese week)

Next week is New Zealand Chinese week. So we are doing this work for our blog post

Read the Zodiac Story

Answer these questions

Number the animals in order

1st Rat

2nd Ox

3rd Tiger

4th Rabbit

5th Flying dragon

6th Snake

7th Horse

8th Goat

9th Monkey

10th Rooster

11th Dog

12th Pig

Which animal is not in the zodiac? Cat

Why is this animal not in the zodiac? The rat pushed the cat into the water, making it loose

Why was the emperor surprised about the animal which came in 5th place? The flying dragon came in fifth place because it helped a village by giving it rain.

Look at the artwork

Find out the following

What is the zodiac animal for 2014? The animal of 2014 is the horse.

What is the zodiac animal which represents the year you were born in? I was born in 2001 so my animal is the snake.

What are the personality characteristics of your animal? The snake is sneeky and strong willed.

Reading CSI

Research about the guy from the Limb and Life article we've been reading in CSI.

Write questions for the following answers:

Q.How old is Cameron Clapp?

A. 28

Q.When did Cameron Clapp get hit by a train causing him to lose both of his legs and right arm?

A. September 15, 2001

Q. What happened to Cameron Clapp?

A. He was hit by a train.

Q. How many fake limbs does he have?

A. He has 3. One each for walking, running & swimming

Q. What movie was Cameron Clapp star in?

A .2008 feature film Stop-Loss.

Q.What is Camerons job?

A. He gives motivational talks to soldiers who have lost limbs.

Q.How much did the fake legs cost?

A. $40,000 each.

Q. What is the word Cameron uses to call his fake legs?

A. Prosthetic.

Q. What limbs did Cameron lose?

A. His right arm and both legs.

Q. What did Cameron say in one of his speeches?

A.  "I left the wheelchair five months after the accident and I don’t want to have to use it again."

 

School

It's term three and to celerbrate this occaison I have a Brooklyn and Bailey link where you can win back to school items. Click here.

Maths week famous math people

Here are some famous maths people.

They are drawn on stamps from different countries.

This man was one of the

greatest mathematicians.

Calculate the age

Leonhard Euler was when

he died.

76

Pierre de Fermat was a very

gifted French mathematician.

How old was he when he died?

59

Sofia Kovalevskaya was an

outstanding mathematician who was a

Russian and very popular.

She was born in Moscow in 1850 and

died in Stockholm in 1891.

How long did she live for?

41 years

Sir Isaac Newton was

one of the greatest

mathematicians of

all time.

He was born in England

on Christmas day.

How long did he live

for?

84 years

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

was a German maths

person who became

famous for his work

in inventing calculus.

How old was he when he

died?

70

Sophie Germain lived all her life in

Paris. She was a brilliant

mathematician. A street in Paris is

named after her – and perhaps also

a football club!

Sophie lived from 1776 to 1831.

How long did she live for?

55 years

Maria Agnesi was born in Italy in

1718. She was eldest in a family of

21 children!

Maria was a very bright and

intelligent student. She could speak

5 different languages before she

was 9 years old !

She became an outstanding maths

person and was the first professor

of mathematics at a University.

Maria died in 1799.

How old was she?

81

Ernest Rutherford is New

Zealand’s greatest

scientist. He was awarded

the Noble Prize in

Chemistry in 1908.

Lord Rutherford was also

a mathematician. While at

University in 1892 he

taught mathematics at

Christchurch Boys’ High School.

How many years did Ernest Rutherford live for ?

66

Maths week

The Marvellous Majestic
Mathematical Word Search !
F   R   A   C   T   I    O   N   Y     T
F   O   U   R   S   Q   U   A   R     E
G   M   U   L   T   I   P    L   Y     N
G   E   O   M   E   T   R   Y   P     V
O   A   L   G   E   B   R   A    H    Y
N   T   V   D   E   C   A   G    O    N
E   S   P    E   N   T   A   G    O    N
A   R   I    T   H   M   E   T     I    C
T   W  O   D   I    V    I    D    E   G
I    J    T    R   I    A   N    G    L   E

There are 15 words buried in this

marvellous majestic mathematical table.

They are all mathematics words.

How many can you find ?

1. Fraction
2. Geometry
3. Four square
4. Four
5. Square
6. Multiply
7. Algebra
8. Triangle
9. Metric
10. Arithmetic
11. Divide
12. Pentagon
13. Meats
14. Metry
15. Envy

Another maths week question

Tuesday: Bath Tub Maths ! These problems are tricky!

The hot water tap when it is full-on can fill a bath in 7 minutes.
What fraction of the bath can it fill in 1 minute?
1/7

When the cold water tap is full-on it can the
fill the bath completely in 5 minutes.
Colin has just had a long hard run and
wants to have a cold-water bath.
How long will the cold water tap take to fill
3/5 of the bath for Colin?
3 minutes

The cold water tap when it
is full-on can fill a bath in 5
minutes.
The hot water tap when it is
full-on can fill a bath in 7
minutes.
How long will it take both taps
to fill the bath when they are
both set to full-on.
Give you answer in minutes
and seconds.
2 minutes

When the bath is full its volume is 1 cubic
metres. Archi is a person with a volume of
0.08 cubic metres.
He carefully jumps into the bath.
How much water will spill over the side of
the bath!
Give your answer in cubic metres.
0.02 cubic meters

When the plug is open the bath will empty
completely in 4 minutes.
Now when Toni comes to have a bath the
cold water tap and the hot water tap are both
set to run full-on but unfortunately someone
has left the plug open and the water flows out
at the same time.
How long will it take to fill the bath now?
Give you answer in minutes and seconds
12 minutes

Two tens for a five maths problem

This week is maths week where you solve a maths problem every day. Try solve this problem.

Monday: "Two Tens For a Five."

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's firstscene in the movie 'One Night in theTropics' is a classic. Abbott cons Costello by simply askingfor change. "Have you got 2 tens for afive?" he asks. As Lou realised he has been duped, Bud snaps back: "OK, here's your five, give me back my 2 tens!" The skit carries on and Lou loses money! "Two Tens for a Five" is a classic vaudeville routine made famous by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and has been repeated many times over the years.

Here is the script!
Abbott: Have you got two tens for a five?
Costello: Just so happen to have it.
Lou gives Bud ten dollars and Bud gives Lou five
dollars.
Costello: Just a minute, just one minute!
Abbott: Something wrong?
Costello: Fifteen dollars just went south!ain.
Abbott: Oh come on.
Costello: You gave me a lot of your fast talk,, you said 'do you have
two tens for a five' and I gave you two tens for a five.
Abbott: Just a minute, are you accusing me of cheating?
Costello: No, but you got two tens for a five.
Abbott: Alright here's your five now gimme back my two tens.
Costello: Okay, that's better.
Bud gives Lou five dollars and Lou gives Bud ten dollars.
After a slight pause Lou realises he has been conned again.
Costello: What are you doing?
Abbott: What’s wrong now?
Costello: Look Abbott, here's two tens gimme a five!
Abbott: Certainly.
Lou gives Bud ten dollars and Bud gives Lou five dollars.
Costello: HA HA HA HAAA!
You did it to me...
You did it to me again
Abbott: Oh come on

How much did Luo lose

Answer:$45
My guess:$35

TGC open night

Last night Tauranga Girls College had there open night where you and your family could go around and look at the school and learn about what subjects you might and are taking. The subjects that I have to take are:

English
Math
Science
Social studies
PE

At Tauranga Girls you have to take two languages, you can choose between 6:
Maori basic
Maori advanced
French
German
Japanese

The languages that I am doing is French and German.

You also have to choose two arts subjects between the 6 subjects that they have, these subjects are:
Art
Dance
Drama
Dance and drama
Graphic design
Music

I have chosen to do dance and drama and art;

The final range of subjects that I have to pick is technology, for you can choose between these:
Food
Graphic design
textiles
Computing

I learnt from the open night I learnt that I don't need to do computing because I've done multimedia, but I'm thinking about doing it in year ten. So my last two options that I am doing is Graphic design and Food.

What I learnt at the open night
Other than learning that I don't need to do computing and I met my new deans, I also learnt that my sisters new teacher

New coke lids

Coke has designed 16 new bottle caps which mean that people can reuse coke bottles for lots of different purposes.

Coca Cola teamed up with award-winning ad agency Ogilvy & Mather China on a new “2nd Lives” campaign and created 16 red screw-on caps that transform the otherwise-useless left-over plastic bottle into something creative, fun and usable. This environmentally friendly campaign launched in Vietnam, where 40,000 free caps will be given away when purchasing the iconic soda drink.

DO NOT CHEAT BY LOOKING AT THE INTERNET!

Try to guess what the 16 changed bottle caps are:

1.Bubble blower

2.Fan

3.Dummy

4. Coffe plunger

5.water bottle lids

6.lifts off on one side

7.Spray pump

8. Water gun

9. bath plug

Clue for 1 bottle cap to get you on the road: it’s round, translucent and pops.

AFTER WE HAVE GUESSED, find the list of 16 bottle caps using the internet.

1. Water gun

2. Paint brushes

3. Pencil sharpeners

4. instruments/ baby shaker

5. Pump spray

6. Soap cap

7. Weights

8. light

9. Sauce cap

10. Salt and pepper cap

11. bubble blower

12. Soy sauce bottle cap

13. Whistle

14. Oil cap

15. unkown

16. unkown

Child safety handbook

In our class we were given a child safety handbook. For our blog post we have to answer the question that our teacher gave us.

Child Safety Handbook

Chapter 1 Personal Awareness

Part 2 - Health p23 - 30

1. What edition of the Child Safety Handbook is this? 40

2. Where does the information in the CSH come from? 900ºC New Zealand

3. What is a disclaimer and why is there a disclaimer in the CSH? A disclaimer is a rule where you can't sue your business, you can't sue this book  (or this blog) .

4. What are 3 medical conditions which can develop as a result of being overweight in childhood? Diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol and it can greatly affect your self-esteem and confidence.

5. What is the recommendation for

- television? You need to limit TV viewing to 2 hours per day.

- rewards for good behaviour? You are to reward your child with healthy snacks rather than sweets.

- number of meals and snacks per day? Your child is needed to eat 3 nutritious meals and 2 healthy snacks per day.

- exercise? Encourage your child to do 2 hour of exercise and activity per day.

- salt? Choose foods low in salt

- milk? If your child is over two than they should drink reduced-fat milk

- soft drinks?You should replace the soft drinks and sweeten drinks in your house to water or milk

6. True or False?

- Boys have more body fat than girls False

- Being a vegetarian can affect your iron levels True

- Children under 4 years olds shouldn’t eat raw carrots True

- It is safe to store leftover food in cans False

7. Name 7 things children can be allergic to :
Animals
Plants
Dust
Weather
Chemicals
Peanuts

8. How would you know that you have asthma:

Coughing during the night

Coughing when not sick

Unusual paleness or sweating

Breathing through pursed lips

Fast breathing

Restless during sleep

Fatigue that is not due to work or play

Noisy and difficult breathing

9. How many times a day should you brush your teeth? 2

10. What should you do if your tooth gets knocked out in an accident? Put it in milk and take it to the dentist within an hour.

Picture book facts

1. Where do Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and Kanga live?He lived in 100 acre wood.

2. What country is Dracula’s castle found? In Romania

3. Tin Tin’s friend Captain Haddock lived in what house? He lived in Marlinspike Hall.

4. Huckleberry Finn travelled down what river?Mississippi River

5. Where did Paddington Bear come from? peru

6. The Scarlett Pimpernell was set where and when?UK 1905

7. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson was set where?In Scotland

8. In The Cay, 11 year old Phillip Enright’s boat leaves from where before it is torpedoed? Curaçao

9. In what city does Black Beauty pull a taxicab? Victorian, London

10. Where was Tarzan raised? in the African jungles

11. Where was James Biggleworth otherwise known as Biggles born?India in May 1899

12. Where does 7 year old Sara Crewe from the Little Princess story go to school?Miss Minchin's Seminary for Girls in New York

13. Which country does Lemuel Gulliver wash ashore on his first voyage after being shipwrecked? Lillipot

14. What country does a family who were shipwrecked come from?Switzerland

17. In the “Little House in the Big Woods” the first of the Little House on the Prairie series, where is the Ingall’s family home?