They travelled for days on end and saw places so beautiful, fields of stunning amethyst flowers, snowy peaks of silver and diamond, sunsets of gold and bronze, calm streams to raging waterfalls of sapphire, to cities of stone, concrete and glass. They travelled far from home. They travelled along the same road or ruby coloured Read More…
Protocode
First it drives off the breezeway for 10cm. The parachute will deploy and it will land on the ground. When it hits the ground it will wind up the parachute. Then it will drive around randomly and if it sees an obstacle it will stop drive back, turn and try again. That would simulate it Read More…
BTN – Slam Poetry
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4807056.htm Summary Facts Questions Insights This video was mainly about slam poetry and what it takes to be good at it. Raps can be a lot like poetry, because of the rhythm and the rhyme. Slam poetry lets you use any topic, structure and form you want. You can choose to have very fast or Read More…
BTN – Humans In Space
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4204568.htm Summary Facts Questions Insight This video was mainly about some of the achievements that mankind has made over the years about space exploration and sending people into space. On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was the first human in space. The rocket was called the Vostok 1. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Read More…
100 Word Challenge – …we seemed to be on the television…
Earlier, after school, my friends and I had gone out to buy a secret Christmas present for our other friend, Kate, who was moving schools next year. We went to a busy store that was full of Christmas themed gifts, but also, there was a TV crew. We didn’t think it mattered. We were wrong. Read More…
100 Word Challenge – Bricks Gorilla Yellow Running Pretty
Yellow flecks of the pretty sunset dance on the leaves sparkling with dew. Running water can be heard a short distance away A wall made of bricks is standing tall and proud in the distance, like a silver back gorilla It rains again The leaves on the trees seem to wilt with the water cascading Read More…
BTN – Mars Experiment
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4305305.htm Summary Facts Questions Insights This video was mainly about what it would be like to live on Mars and how NASA is sending 6 people into a dome on the side of a volcano for a year to see how humans cope with the conditions they would face on Mars. If you lived on Read More…
100 Word Challenge – …because I said so…
“Ugh, do I have to?” I groaned. “Yes, you have to babysit your sister!” “Why?” “Because I said so!” “Why does she have to babysit me? I can take care of myself you know!” My little sister was standing at the door, with an annoyed look on her face. “I can take care of myself! Read More…
Video Reflection – Solar System
Summary Facts Questions Insights This video was mainly about our solar system, the ‘characteristics’ of the planets in our solar system and what will happen to our solar system in the future. We have eight planets in our solar system, Earth, Venus, Mercury and Mars, which are the most like our planet, and four gas Read More…
BTN – Mars Mission
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3566674.htm Summary Facts Questions Insights This video was about the Mars Rover Curiosity, some of the challenges it had to face to get to the surface of Mars such as the atmosphere, and why it is so important. It took 8 months for Curiosity to get to Mars from Earth. Curiosity’s heat shield had to Read More…