Time, Past & Future | Rugby World Cup

LI: To apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy to learn about the RWC.

For this activiy we had to answer eight questions on the DLO. The Rugby World Cup happens every four years so we had to multiply in fours.To work out the answers I used my knowledge of multiplication. Example: When will the 11th Rugby World Cup be held? The questions were about the time, past and future. I was born between the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup. I think that it is scary that in thirty four years time I will be fourty four years old.

Basic Fact Boxes

LI: To remember basic maths facts.

I did the basic facts boxes up to twenty and chose to do the speed demon challenge. My time that I got was four minutes and fifty seven seconds. It wasn't really that hard there were a lot of questions so I got that time. I think I could do better next time.

Venn Diagram

LI: To apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

For this activity we had to find as many differences and similarities between NZ and Japan as we could. I learnt many similarities and differences between Japan and New Zealand. My group and I researched as much as we could to find information. It was hard to find similarities between the two countries because they are very different to each other.

Rube Goldberg Machine

LI: To apply knowledge of simple machines to create a Rube Goldberg machine.

Over the past weeks, in groups LS1 had to make a Rube Golderg machine. We used the 6 simple machines. We tried to put as many simple machines as we could but we only managed to get four out of the six. The simple machines were: Wheel & Axle, Lever, Pulley, Incline Plane, Wedge & Screw. The challenges were turning a Chromebook on, helping Mr Wong roll dice and hitting a putter. Our scenario was turning on the Chromebook.

On the last week our group had managed to get the machine finish. We used four different types of simple machines a wheel and axle, pulley, incline plane and a lever. For the wheel and axle we used a car. For the Pulley we used a string from a yo-yo and latches from the window. For the incline plane we used a marble roll down a ramp. And used the dominoes as the lever.  

The most challenging task was creating the machines and trying to apply the 6 simple machines and communicating with our group to know what is going on and how we could help. I'd change another way of putting dominoes up without it falling because we always had to keep setting it up again and the amount of sellotape we used.

Positions | Rugby World Cup

LI: To apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

For this task we had to match the position of rugby players to their photos. I didn't know that much about rugby players so I did some research about them, found out how many caps they've played to make the information more detailed and the positions they played. Richie McCaw is the most capped rugby player of all time.

Rugby World Cup | Rugby Events

LI: To apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy to learn about the RWC.

For this activity we had to find three historical events about the Rugby World Cup. I picked 1987 which was when the first rugby world cup was held because New Zealand won the first rugby world cup. For my second event I picked 2011 games which was when New Zealand won their second time at Eden Park. The last event I picked was in 2015 where New Zealand won for the third time. This   record topped all the teams. We had to add images for each event to give more information.

World Time | Rugby World Cup

LI: To apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.

For this activity we had to find out the times of the countries. AM stands for 'ante meridiem' which is latin for before midday. PM stands for 'post meridiem' which is latin for after midday. If a country or continent was big then it would have different times for different places like Canada, Australia, USA and many more countries. It is called East coast, West coast, North coast & South coast. The time also differs when day light saving starts in different countries (Eg: Australia, NZ). When people cross the equator the time will change.