S2 made a podcast about Samuel Marsden and about what he saw while he was sailing

down the tamaki river. We had 4 people be the host and ask Samuel Marsden the question. The types of questions we asked was was he scared when he sailed down the river or perhaps proud. And in the first verse the host are claimed as time travelers and we brang back Samuel Marsden from 1820. This task was a little hard because my group wouldn’t focus but we eventually got it.

Me and LS2 walked along the Tamaki river. I enjoyed the fact that we got to walk to Point england and play.

This image shows that this was a learning thing and also something fun.

I mapped a Kuaka birds migratory flight path. I used my smart searching skills to find where the Kuaka stops and refuels

We made a dot to dot connection about Kuaka. We needed to find two words that correlated and we found information that made sense with those two words.

Something our group found intereesting is that they can fly from NZ to Alaska because that is a very far distance to fly.

Something interesting I found out about the Kuaka was that they like crustaceans. From this DLO I can see what the Kuaka is, why they choose alaska and the birds diet.

We used our smart searching skills to research facts about Samuel Marsden. To make sure our facts were correct we used Websites. The website I used were Wikipedia Something interesting I found out about Samuel marsden was Samuel Marsden had six children with his first wife Elizabeth Checkley.

We used Adobe Express to express our creativity and try recreate what Samuel Marsden saw when he was in Tamaki river. We tried to show what it might have look like a long time ago. We included a village Samuel Marsden might have seen on the mountain specificaly wooden houses, rough ocean and lightning because we wanted to represent how it might have been rough to get here.We learnt that you have to get a clear prompt for the AI to understand.

Before.

After.

This is the image I created using the Adobe Express. I found this activity challenging because i couldnt put what i needed. but I found it fun because I was able to control what i wanted to put in but this AI was really amusing since it added a lady as my lamp post.  Something I learnt when using prompts for AI is you need to be really specific with your words for it to generate.

Before my AI prompts.

After my AI promtps.

We had to make the original picture and turn it into this text that was given to me please give feed back to say how i did and what i can do in the future.

The alley was a narrow, dirty passage between old, decaying buildings. The rain-slicked cobblestones shone under dim gas lamps. Rusty fire escapes clung to the walls. Colorful graffiti covered the brickwork. Dirty puddles reflected laundry hanging overhead. The air smelled of rot and rust, with the sound of gurgling drains. Shadows moved at the edges of sight. A tin can rattled down the alley, followed by silence. The alley held forgotten stories, its stones filled with a sense of sadness.

Our challenge today was to use the links provided and our own smart searching skills to find out what Kauri dieback is and what we need to do to try and prevent this from spreading. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp.

I worked by myself and I found it interesting that a disease can infect trees and wither them.

LI: To use our smart searching skills 

Our Year 7/8 camp was at Kokako Lodge in Hunua. Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to find out about the kokako bird and create an infographic to share the facts we researched in our own words.

Something I found interesting about the kokako bird was that it could only live for around 20 years.q